You can help the liver’s regenerative process by adding these foods and nutrients to your diet:
Rather than indulging in heavy dishes, fried pastries and bottles of wine add some of these nutritious foods to your diet and
give yourself and your liver a true gift.
- Fresh vegetable juices
- Chlorophyll-rich foods: Wheat or barley grass juice or powder, along with chlorella, spirulina, or wild blue-green
algae have in many cases proven to be useful in jump-starting up a sluggish liver. - Garlic and onions: Garlic contains allicin, which is a sulfur-based compound needed by the liver for effective
detoxification. Garlic helps the liver rid the body of mercury, certain food additives and hormones. - Fresh vegetables: Eat plenty of fresh, lightly cooked, or raw vegetables, especially dark green, leafy vegetables such
as parsley, kale, watercress, alfalfa sprouted and collard greens. Orange, yellow, purple, and red-colored fruits and vegetables are also good, as they contain living enzymes, fiber, vitamin C, natural antibiotics and cancer-fighting phytonutrients. - High-antioxidant fruits: Blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries are all high in antioxidants, which help to protect the liver from the high levels of free radicals that are naturally produced during the process of
detoxification. - Bitter foods: The bitterness of foods such as dandelion, arugula, endive, radicchio, sorrel and watercress helps to
stimulate bile flow within the liver. - Herbs: Dill, caraway seeds, garlic, onions, boldo, turmeric and cayenne are easy to use in your food and can help
protect the liver. - Dandelion root tea: This simple tea enhances the entire digestive track and it is particularly effective at relieving
digestion after a high-fat meal. Dandelion is also an excellent herb for weight loss, as the leaves are a diuretic and the root improves fat metabolism. - Omega-3 fatty acids: Good sources of these important fats are ground flaxseed, flaxseed oil, walnuts, borage oil,
krill oil, chia seeds, purslane, acai, algae, hemp seeds, grape seed oil. Water: Drink 8 to 12 cups of pure water each day. Water helps the kidneys get rid of the toxins that the liver has broken down. - Nuts, seeds, avocados: These are good food sources of polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats, all less
harmful to the liver than saturated fats. - Hot water and lemon juice: This easy and healthy tonic works wonders for sweeping the bad stuff out your liver.
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April 8th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
I have not been able to find a straight forward answer to what to eat for a healthy liver. Thank you for blogging about this!