So what has your liver ever done for you and why does your liver need love?
- It filters everything you ingest
- It filters everything you put on your skin
- It regulates the fat you ingest
- It helps balance your hormones
- Its job is to detox your body
- It filters your blood
- It makes proteins and cholesterol
- It assists in the digestive process
How Does the Liver Really Work?
It works in 2 phases. In phase 1, it takes in fat-soluble toxins, then in phase 2, it metabolizes them through 6 different steps to turn them into water-soluble waste products that are then eliminated through the body systems.
Liver Love
The 2 phases of the liver function need nutrients to allow the process to go smoothly.
- B vitamins: Eggs, bananas, yogurt, milk, leafy greens, and animal protein.
- Folic acid: Leafy greens, beans, citrus fruits, and whole grains.
- Glutathione: Asparagus, spinach, garlic, avocado, squash, zucchini, potatoes, melons, grapefruit, strawberries, and peaches.
- Antioxidants: Berries, beans, artichokes, prunes, apples, and green tea.
- Carotenoids: Carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, kale, dark leafy greens, and tomatoes.
- Vitamin E: Sunflower seeds, almonds, spinach, pumpkin, mangoes, and avocados.
- Vitamin C: Citrus fruits, guava, pineapple, kiwi fruit, strawberries, dark green vegetables, melons, papayas, and brussels sprouts.
- Glutamine: Poultry fish, seafood, dairy products, cabbage, and eggs.
- Glycine: Fish, meat, dairy, soybeans, spinach, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, pumpkin, banana, kiwi fruit, cucumber, and beans.
- Taurine: Cheese, milk, oats, pork, dark chocolate, eggs, turkey, chicken, and avocado.
- Cysteine: Pork poultry, eggs, dairy, garlic, onions, broccoli, brussels sprout, oats, granola, wheat germ, sprouted lentils.
- Cruciferous vegetables: Broccoli, cauliflower, kale and cabbage, and garlic.
Sometimes when I read a list like this, I think how can I get all this in just for my liver? Well, I do 2 things daily. I take my USANA Cellsentials and Hepasil. It’s a fabulous supplement to support your liver health and function.
Loving your liver may also help issues such as high cholesterol, fatty liver, gallstones or so many other functions the liver is in charge of.
Try this simple Liver Detox Smoothie
In a blender, add:
1 organic banana
1 cup frozen organic cherries
2 cups wild or organic blueberries
Water or coconut water to get the consistency you like.
