What can we do, eat, or take that is good for our liver?
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taking milk thistle is very good for the liver also tomato juice.
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Hi there. Try this one.\n1 . Celery (Details)  Known as in hindi, french, german...  \nCelery referred to as Ajwain ke Patte in Indian parlance is a very useful herb for the urinary system.It has a balanced mix of minerals, vitamins, nutrients, essential oils giving it a characteristic smell. Its leaves are to be included in the salad every day for people with tendency to have stone formation in the gall bladder or Kidney. The regular intake of the leaves will enhance the urine secretion frequeny as well as dilute any stone type formation if existing in the system.\nKeeping the liver clean and healthy is important also. \nMilk thistle is a herb which protects the liver and improves its function \n\nArtichoke - this herb has been clinically proven to help maintain a healthy liver and can help lower cholesterol levels\n\nA herbal tonic containing digestive bitters such as dandelion root and gentian helps to stimulate the liver and improve its function\n\nVitamin C and the B complex vitamins are essential for a healthy liver\n\nLecithin helps the liver to metabolise fats.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nCraig - Naturopath
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If you are going to rely on eating the cleansing agents, then you'd better be prepared for  two to six months of consistent dietary changes before you'll feel any effect.  \n\nYou can access a number of liver detoxification products through online health stores.  This is probably the best and easiest route, since you live so far from town. \n\nI tell you from experience, it's best to use high quality, guaranteed potency herbal extracts (which are a liquid form to be added to warm water - not pills), rather than solid food for liver cleanse.  It's much more convenient, and quicker.  \n\nI suggest you do a bit of research first.  Brand names of herbal extracts that I've used and recommend are, Gaia Herbs, Herbs Etc, and NOW products.\n\nYou can purchase these brands from many online sites. \n \nAlso, there are some online health assessment questionnaires that you can complete to help you get a better idea of what cleansing agents you should use. \n\n ***Online assessment is in no way a reliable substitution for a health evaluation from a certifed Naturopath or Dietician.  But it is a good research tool to help point you in the right direction.\n\n\nOne permanent, simple life change you can make to help keep your liver healthier is to always add dandelion greens to your salad.  And, make sure to eat raw, fresh leafy green every day.\n\nWishing you bountiful health!\n\nEdited}\nI understand your frustration about wanting a direct answer to your direct question.  The answer is: You can only perform liver cleansing by the 'JUST EATING REGULAR GROCERIES METHOD' with a significant time commitment, and sustained dietary changes.  Hence, the reason why the answers you've received reference some product or another.  \n\nThe quickest way to liver cleansing with only groceries is to buy loads of fresh, organic veggies - including:  garlic, onions, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, beets (root and leaves), black radish, red peppers, cabbage, asparagus, wheat grass, leafy greens including dandelion, various sprouts and several small, fresh lemons.  Commit to a weekend juice fast.  Use a juicer (not a blender ... a juicer gets much more of the nutrition close to the skin) to juice down all but the lemon.  Spend Sat & Sun alternating between the fresh vegetable juice, and lemon water using fresh lemon.  \n\nDepending on the state of your liver and its toxicity, you may need to repeat the juice cleansing several times.  It's alot of work to do it this way, that's to say nothing of the expense.  You really might find purchasing high potency liquid herbals from the internet far more convenient, and ulitmately less expensive.  Good luck.
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take some iron vitamins or eat foods with high iron contents like liver (if u like liver) or just take vitamins. your low on iron
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you probably mean a detoxification diet. automatically cleans the liver. try unsweetened freshly squeezed fruit juice oir cxabbage/celery juice to detoxify. for three days and drink it whenever you want.This is only required if your system is really sluggish.
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So here are your 5 easy natural detox tips\nEat cherries and strawberries\nThese foods are rich in ellagic acid a nutrient that helps mop up free radicals and help combat pollutants such as alcohol and as a by product they boost brain power.\nYou can also add raspberries an alternative to the above 2 choices.\nEat Grapes\nThese are rich in flavinols, which help your arteries work to their maximum and make blood run smoothly and quickly around the body.\nEat citrus fruits such as berries\nThese foods are rich in vitamins C & E, which will help cleanse and detoxify the liver making it work more efficiently.\nPrunes & Fibre\nEat prunes as they will naturally cleanse the colon stimulating the gut and help expel waste quicker, you should also up your intake of fibre as well to cleanse the colon further.\nApricots\nIf you are smoker this food is particularly useful, apricots are rich in beta-carotene and vitamin C which helps repair smoke damage to the lungs.\nCranberries or juice\nContains proanthocyanidin which are antitoxants that will help cleanse and flush out the kidneys.\nYou can also add a couple of supplements if you wish top the above list to help detoxify further. Alfalfa and milk thistle are good choices. The first acts as a general cleanser and the second as a cleanser for the liver.\nYour organ will be working more efficiently with above foods and this will help you get rid of weight faster as your kidneys and liver in particular will work more smoothly.\nNow here are 5 tips to lose weight fast\n5 Easy weight loss tips\nDrink Iced Water\nTwo litres a day minimum. Water has to be iced as the body will burn 100 calories just heating the water to normal body temperature. Also hunger pangs are very often thirst pangs, so this will help you stop over eating.\nAdd lemon to flavour if you wish and gain the added benefit of cleansing your liver at the same time.\nWater also helps your body metabolize stored fat by helping the kidneys flush waste quicker. When you don't drink enough water the liver needs to help the kidneys perform this function. When the liver has to help the kidneys its normal function of providing stored fat for energy is slowed down.\nGreen tea\nDrink 5 cups a day. Research shows this can burn a massive 80 calories a day! It is believed the antioxidant catechins in green tea boost the metabolism and help burn fat.\nChilli sauce & mustard\nThese foods increase your calorie burning capacity by between 5 - 10% for up to 2 hours after eating. This is because they contain capsaicin which speeds the metabolism, so if you enjoy hot food your in luck!\nLow fat diary foods\nCan increase fat burning in the abdominal area. Why? Because these foods are rich in calcium which encourages the release of fat from fat cells and also reduces the amount of fat absorbed.\nEat Fibre\nEating fiber foods to help keep things moving through your bowel as stated above and makes you feel full.\nThe average person can lose 9-10 pounds in one year just from doubling their fiber intake aim for 25grams per day ( the average for most adults is just 8grams ) fiber rich foods include strawberries, apples, brown rice, chick peas, potatoes ( with skins ) and brown rice.
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Definitely. I already eat liver, hearts and gizzards. I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to food. I'll try any food once.
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go to an herbal store and buy a detox tea....make sure it has red clover, fennel, dandelion root, oregon grape root, burdock root, chickweed, fenugreek, ginger, and cardamom. these are all blood, kidney, and liver cleansers
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Herbal Regimen for Liver Cleansing: \n\nEach morning: Drink 8 oz. Water with ½ lemon squeezed into into it (lemon stimulates gastric juices and has a slightly laxative effect.) Take 1 teaspoon psyllium husk mixed with 1 cup of water (stir & drink quickly). Follow with one more cup of water (important to avoid constipation!) \n\nAt all 3 meals: Take 1 tablet turmeric (400 mg.) & 1 tablet milk thistle (210 mg.). \n\n3 times per day between meals: \nDrink 1 cup of herbal tea made from the following: \n\n7 cups purified water \n3 Tablespoons Dandelion Root \n1 Tablespoon licorice root \n1 Tablespoon unpeeled fresh or dried ginger root \n½ Tablespoon fennel seed \nThese herbs are available in bulk form in health food stores. \n\nTo make the tea: \n\nBring water and herbs to a simmer in a non-metal pot. Lower the heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Turn off heat, let steep until tea cools to room temperature. Strain into glass jar. Tea will keep in refrigerator for 24 hours. \n\nMore hints for detoxing: \n\nTry a vegetarian diet for the 2 weeks that you are taking the herbs. If you need to eat protein do so before 3 p.m., as the liver does most of its work at night and protein slows down the detox process. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, fats, fried foods, glutenous grains (wheat, oatmeal, white rice) and dairy for best results. Drink purified water almost constantly and exercise mildly each day. Don't delay! It is best to complete a detox program before the weather turns cold, as your body will need warmer foods and will shift to a "building" rather than "eliminating" mode in winter. For more details on detoxing see October ‘99 Natural Health Magazine. \n\nRecommended Reading on Detox:\n\nElson Haas, MD: The Detox Diet (Celestial Arts, 1996)\n\nLaurel Vukovic: 14-day Herbal Cleansing (Prentice-Hall ‘97) \n\nSandra Cabot, MD: The Liver Cleansing Diet (WHAS 1996) \n\nSupplements to increase energy: \n\nFor a quick energy boost, try Alacer’s Emergen-C. This fully ascorbated (one step beyond ascorbic acid)1000 mg. Vitamin C with B vitamins and 32 minerals absorbs quickly into your system. All you need is water to make this nutritious drink come alive. Red Mt. Remedies puts Emergen-C in all 3 Red Mountain kits. \n\nIn Light, \nJill Ruttenberg,\nFounder Red Mt. Remedies\nTucson, Arizona \n1-888-791-8333
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Try doing a 'net search on "liver congestion" or "liver overload."  The liver has over 500 known functions.  A liver that is overloaded and incapable of taking care of body needs can cause a wide variety of symptoms. This is because the liver has so many separate and distinct functions, affecting health in many ways. \n\nRemoving poisons from your body is an important function of the liver.  In fact, this is one of the main reasons the liver becomes overloaded.  Poisons may enter your body in many ways.  You may inhale the poisons sprayed on your lawn, insecticides and household cleaning solvents, or chemicals  used in a hobby, such as photography.  These are all known poisons and should be avoided as much as possible.\n\nAlso, medications purchased and used so freely in our culture, put a significant extra load on the liver and can eventually be harmful.\n\nChemicals used as preservatives, stabilizers, artificial flavorings, artificial colorings and to aid in the processing of foods are all potential problems regarding liver function.  Add to all this smog, aerosol sprays (perfumes, hair sprays, deodorants, room fresheners, insect repellents, dusting aids), alcohol, and many other varied poisons in our environment and you can see how the liver may become overworked and ultimately damaged.\n\nThe liver is a major storage area for carbohydrates and proteins.  Ordinarily the liver stores very little fat; it should normally contain 3% to 5%.  There are several reasons that too much fat or fat-like substances accumulate in the liver.  People with poor protein intake have more fat in the liver because certain substances in protein are essential in breaking down fat.  Without these substances, fat is deposited rather than used. Conversely, too much protein in the diet causes a liver overload because the liver must eliminate the waste products from the protein breakdown.  Consumption of too many refined carbohydrates and/or too much alcohol can cause an elevation of triglycerides, which are fat in nature and accumulate in the liver, causing congestion and interference with normal liver function.\n\nSymptoms of liver overload may be aches and pains, severe fatigue, digestive disturbances, swelling, a constant chilled feeling, and poor appetite. There may be an inability to tolerate medications due to improper breakdown and elimination of the drugs, with an increased number of side effects.
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Any cheesy stuff. Too much of red meat.\n\nAvoid having too much of butter , cheese and spicy stuff.\nHave plenty of water, fresh fruits & veggies.\n\nAnything with lots of fibre content will do a lot of good to ur system
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liver and green leafy veg.
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first i am sorry to hear about ur husbands liver problem. I would recomend fruits, vegetables, rice, beans, and other natural foods.
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evrything passes thru the liver, the air we breath, the food we eat, the chemicals absorbed thru our skin ALL PASS THRU THE LIVER FOR PURIFICATION
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Many good supplements are out there, NORWEGIAN Cod Liver Oil is good (take the capsule form), Garlic & Onions also are good for it.
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No.\nThere is no such thing as a detoxifier.\n\nDrink water (or the water contained in natural fruit juices - use a variety) and have a good nights rest.\nYour body will look after itself - that is what the liver and kidneys do.
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Protein comes in many forms...you can drink an extra cup of Soy Milk, eat an egg, low fat milk, red meat (in moderation), etc.\n\nFor iron...liver is REALLY good for iron deficiency, as well as dark greens, beans, legumes, etc.  Cooking in a cast iron pot or skillet is a nice way to sneak in some extra iron, too.\n\nHowever, if you have this, you really do need to see if it's just your normal metabolism or if there's something underlying you need to address.