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20 Super Foods that Naturally Cleanse Your Liver
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Unfortunately, it seems as if the modern world in which we live is becoming more and more toxic by the day and diseases are on the rise. This isn’t so surprising now, is it? We have allowed everything around us, food, water, air, to become contaminated with toxins. A perfect example is bleach, something that is used everywhere as one of the best bacteria killing cleaning agents in the world, however, it’s extremely damaging to the lungs and respiratory tract anytime it is inhaled.
America also uses far too many pesticides, even though they have been linked to huge numbers of health ailments, some of them very serious. Although scientists have been voicing their concerns about the toxins in the environment for a long time now, their words seem to fall on deaf ears. Research now shows that toxins that were once rare are now showing up in the bodies of most Americans, including children.
We could go on and on about this but the good news here is, you do have a choice. You can surround yourself in a toxic environment, or you can surround yourself in a much more natural, clean, and almost completely chemical free location. The importance of detoxification cannot be stressed enough, and there are many ways you can clean out the huge accumulations of toxic chemicals from your body as well as your organs.
This article is helping you learn how to detox the largest gland in your body, the liver. You cannot survive without your liver. It has numerous functions within it the body such as:
- Storage of vitamins and iron
- Detoxification of the blood
- Converting stored sugar to useable sugar
- The production of bile ( to digest fats)
- The destruction of unneeded old red blood cells
- The breakdown of hemoglobin, insulin, and other hormones
These are just a few of the important jobs the liver performs every day. Your liver can be very prone to disease due to the amount of toxins it must remove daily. So help your liver do its best by feeding it some of these 20 well known, detoxifying super foods.
1. Walnuts
Walnuts have high amounts of an important amino acid called arginine. This is important for helping the liver remove ammonia from the body. These nuts are also high in omega-3 fatty acids and glutathione, which support the liver in its normal cleansing routines. Chew these well to help your body digest them properly.
2. Beets and Carrots
Like walnuts, carrots are also high in glutathione, which help to detoxify your liver. Both of these veggies are high in beta-carotene and plant flavonoids. Eating beets and/or carrots can help stimulate, as well as improve, the function of the liver.
3. Alternative Grains
Grains that are gluten rich, such as wheat and rye, actually increase the workload for the liver. Try eating alternative grains such as millet, buckwheat, and quinoa.
4. Olive Oil
Oils that have been made through the cold pressing process such as olive, hemp, and flax seed oil offer great support for your liver. These oils provide your body with a liquid base that can actually suck up the harmful toxins in your body like a dry sponge.
5. Green Tea
Dump those sodas and coffee and brew up some healthy green tea instead. This tea is full of antioxidants called catechins, which are well known for assisting the liver in its functions. Always drink fresh brewed green tea, as those bottles and cans have no nutritional value.
6. Tomatoes
Another great veggie that contains more of those healthy glutathione’s, which help the liver to detoxify. As an added benefit, the lycopene in tomatoes will help protect you from skin, lung, and breast cancers. Two health treats in one!
7. Grapefruit
This fruit is also full of glutathione. It’s also very high in vitamin C and those healthy antioxidants. These help to increase the production of enzymes in the liver that improve the detoxification process.
8. Spinach
Adding raw spinach to your salad is a major good move as spinach contains tons of glutathione, that compound that triggers enzymes to clean up the liver.
9. Citrus Fruits
Both limes and lemons have very high vitamin C contents, which stimulate your liver and aid in the synthesizing of toxic substances into water soluble compounds.
10. Cabbage
The glucosinolates in cabbage are turned into isothiocyanates by the body and provide your liver with those great detoxifying enzymes that will help flush out those toxins.
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