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SIGNS OF A TOXIC LIVER

 

Depression, chronic fatigue, emotional instability, moodiness, bouts of anger, sweating and bloating after a meal, inability to lose weight reguardless of diet or exercise, headaches, brain fog and lack of clarity, itchy skin, poor digestion, brown or age spots on the skin, abdominal pain, jaundice, anxiety, dark urine, pale or tar colored stool, muscle aches, bad breath / body odor, nausea, and / or easily bruises. 

 

Conditions increase in severity with a heavy meat diet, alcohol consumption, eating foods with refined sugars and processed carbohydrates, chronic dehydration, medication use, and malnutrition. Toxic livers may be a sign of other liver problems: cirrhosis, hepatitis, or hemochromatosis. 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO DETOX THE LIVER

 

1.  Lots of pure water with organic lemon. 

2.  Stop alcohol, caffeine, drug and sugar consumption.

3.  Limit meat and processed foods.

4.  Eat primarily an all organic diet with raw fruits and vegetables.

5.  Increase fiber.

5.  Eat liver cleansing foods.

6.  Exercise regularly.

7.  Incorporate fasting and cleanses into your life.

 

 

 

 

 

FOODS THAT NATURALLY CLEANSE THE LIVER

 

Apples: Pectin makes it easier for the liver to handle the toxic load during a cleanse.

 

Avocados: Glutathione neutralizes free radicals and increases immune system.

 

Alternative grains: Quinoa, millet, buckwheat help lower cholesterol and blood glucose levels

 

Beets & carrots:  Plant flavonoids, Beta-carotene; Improve and stimulate overall liver function

 

Cabbage, artichokes, asparagus, brussel sprouts and kale

 

Cruciferous vegetables:  (Cabbage, artichokes, asparagus, brussel sprouts and kale) Glucosinolate helps flush out toxins and carcenogens

 

Garlic:   Allicin and selenium aid in liver cleansing

 

Grapefruit:  Vitamin C and antioxidents for flushing

 

Green tea: Catechins

 

Lemon & limes:  Vitamin C and antioxidents for flushing

 

Leafy green vegetables: (Bitter gourd, arugula, dandillion greens, spinach, mustard greens, chicory) Chlorophyll helps neutralize heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides; Increases bile flow

 

Methionine:  Helps to decrease fat in the liver

 

Olive, hemp and flaxseed oil: Provides lipid base to suck up toxins, which takes the burden off of the liver

 

St. Mary's Thistle:  Protects liver from alcohol and carbon tetrachloride and helps regenerate cells

 

Tumeric:  Assists enzymes in flushing

 

Walnuts:  Amino acid Arginine which aids in detoxing the ammonia and is also high in glutathinone and Omega 3's

 

Zinc:  Helps to break down alcohol

 

 

 

 

The Liver

 

The liver is a vital organ responsible for over 500 processes, and it is also a gland, because it secretes chemicals to other parts of the body. Here are just a few of the functions:

 

Cleanes the blood by metabolizing drugs, chemicals and alcohol & nutralizes and destroys poisonous substances;

 

Regulates supplies of vitamins and minerals such as iron and copper;

 

Produces bile that is responsible for eliminating toxic substances & promotes digestion.

 

Regulates hormones such as sex hormones, cortisone and adrenal hormones and thyroid hormones;

 

Regulates energy by producing, storing and supplying glucose and fat;

 

Regulates & produces cholestorol and converts it to other essential substances;

 

Manufactures essential body proteins responsible for clotting blood, gives resistance to infection and transporting substances in the blood;

 

 

 

The sole responsibility of detoxing the entire body is the liver. We take in toxins through our lungs, our gut and our skin.

 

 

 

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