Detoxify your Body
Weighing about 4 pounds, it is the largest organ of the body, and is responsible for approximately 620 functions. The average healthy liver produces over 2,000 recognized enzymes and 2,000 unrecognized enzymes.
Without the liver, digestion would be impossible and the conversion of food into living cells and energy nonexistent. It is the primary metabolic organ for proteins, fats and carbohydrates
It filters over a liter of blood per minute and produces from 1 to 1 1/2 quarts of bile each day. In most cases however, the liver operates at only 1/7th of its ability.
The liver is the body’s primary ‘anti-pollution’ organ.
It is in charge of removing potential toxins from the blood stream. Through the bile, the liver is able to remove certain drugs and heavy metals such as mercury.
It is responsible for destroying and removing red blood cells that have out lived their effectiveness.
It is also responsible for the formation of most of the blood’s clotting agents.
It cleanses poisons, toxins, and excessive build up of wastes.
The liver aids in the digestive process.
It has almost detergent like abilities to break up saturated fats and oils making it possible to eliminate them.
Your liver also repackages the fat you eat into a variety of compounds called lipoproteins.
You may have heard of ‘bad cholesterol’ and ‘good cholesterol’, although to a certain extent these are misnomers. In actual fact what is being spoken of is these very much larger molecular complexes called lipoproteins.
The cholesterol is carried in these lipoproteins and there are some (the ‘bad’ ones or LLDs) that carry cholesterol to the tissue (some of this is needed, but too much can be bad) and the others (called the ‘good’ ones or HDLs) that carry cholesterol from your tissues and get it out of your body via the gall bladder.
Your liver both makes some of these proteins and repackages the cholesterol/lipoprotein complexes from one type to the other, and if it fails to do this then the LDLs, the ‘bad’ cholesterol-laden lipoproteins, accumulate and your heart and blood vessels are at risk.
Let’s just take a moment to consider cholesterol.
It has had an amazingly bad press for a substance that is needed by every single tissue in the body.
It is needed for the walls of every cell in every tissue. It is needed to make bile so you can digest and absorb fats, and for the synthesis of vitamin D so you can have strong bones. You need it to make your sex hormones – without it where would the fun be? – and to make the cortisone-type hormones that are important for both your immune system and for handling stress.
You also need cholesterol, in very significant amounts, for all your nerve cells and for your brain. In fact brain is the richest source of cholesterol on the menu, containing up to four times as much as an equal weight of eggs; and it is there because it is needed.
Without cholesterol you would have indigestion and a bad liver, you couldn’t handle stress or any infections, you would be a sexless, nerveless wimp with a faulty brain and no backbone, so the fact that all your cells would fall apart, leaving you a gelatinous splodge, would hardly matter.
It is up to your liver to ensure that the cholesterol you eat, and the cholesterol you make within your own body, perform these beneficial roles and do not get diverted into harmful activities.
It is also the liver’s responsibility to break down excess amounts of these various compounds when they have done their job.
A healthy liver is essential for the proper synthesis of the correct amount of cholesterol for making good any shortfall in your diet. It is also important in that it ensures the proper transport of cholesterol through your blood to the tissues where it is needed and from the tissues where it is not needed and could be a problem.
This also means that your liver plays a significant role in the build-up of cholesterol-laden atheromas that can block your arteries and lead to heart attacks and related problems.
It breaks down poisons from alcohol, soda, hair sprays and deodorants. One key responsibility is regulating the metabolism.
It metabolizes fats, carbohydrates, proteins and many vitamins. The liver is the major fat burning organ in the body and regulates fat metabolism. The liver can also pump excessive fat out of the body through the bile into the small intestines. A diet high in fiber will help this unwanted fat will be carried out of the body via the bowel actions.
A liver filter is damaged by toxins or clogged up with excessive waste material it will be less able to remove small fat globules circulating in the blood stream causing excessive fat to build up in the blood vessel walls. This fat may then gradually build up in many other parts of the body, including other organs, and in fatty deposits under the skin. Causing cellulite in the buttocks, thighs, arms and abdominal wall.
Weight gain tends to occur around the abdominal area and potbelly will develop, if the liver does not regulate fat metabolism efficiently. A roll of fat around the upper abdomen is often a sign of a fatty liver, and can be almost impossible to lose this abdominal fat until the liver function is improved. A healthy liver will start burning fat efficiently and the weight will come off gradually.
Those with a fatty liver will not be able to lose weight unless they first improve liver function. When the accumulated liver fat has been removed, weight loss will occur easily. A very severe case of fatty liver can take several years to lose all of the excessive weight. A fatty liver can contibute to high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and mature-onset diabetes. Adolescents who consume a diet high in processed and fast foods can develope a fatty liver.
Other functions of liver include regulating blood sugar levels and balancing hormone levels, which lead to PMS. In a healthy detoxified liver, the left lobe is the area that produces the anti-allergens and antihistamines which control asthma, hay fever, sinus, allergies, sensitivities and congestion. Heart and circulatory problems soon begin when the liver is not doing its job due to being overloaded with toxins. Eczema, psoriasis or rashes are also associated with liver congestion.
Your body is detoxifying every minute of the day – in fact it uses 80% of the energy that it produces for detoxifying. This is why we need to keep the body’s detoxification channels (liver, kidneys, skin) constantly open and working optimally. There are many factors that influence detoxification activity, but probably the most important are diet and lifestyle.
Even ‘healthy’ foods may not be digested properly when not eating a diet of 50-80% raw food a day. Diets high in fats, alcohol, carbohydrates and chemicals lead to liver damage.
Many people overlook possible liver impairments. Signs of improper liver function may include an intolerance to greasy and spicy foods. Your liver may also be impaired and toxic if you are experiencing weight gain, headaches, irritability, aches and pains, indigestion, chronic constipation, PMS, poor thyroid functions, poor skin conditions, eczema, psoriasis, bowel problems, food allergies or skin blotches.
When the liver is functioning efficiently it helps keep the other organs healthy and toxic-free. The heart, blood vessels, eyes and skin all benefit greatly from a healthy, toxic-free liver. Very significantly, hormones too, will work much more effectively when the liver is toxic-free.
Liver health is a key to lymphatic health too. The liver produces the majority of lymph, and lymph a major route for nutrients from the liver. The integrity of the lymph system is dependent on immune cells in the liver that filter out harmful bacteria and destructive yeasts.
Your body is detoxifying every minute of the day – in fact it uses 80% of the energy that it produces for detoxifying. This is why we need to keep the body’s detoxification channels (liver, kidneys, skin) constantly open and working optimally.
There are many factors that influence detoxification activity, but probably the most important are diet and lifestyle.
One great way to cleanse and detoxify your body naturally is with an herbal colon cleanse. Cleansing your colon can help remove waste and toxins from your digestive system. For the best results, choose a cleanse product utilizing all-natural herbs and fiber.
Have just two to three moderate servings of protein foods a day. These include milk, meat, poultry, fish, soya and legumes. Use fresh fish only (grilled) and no tinned, smoked fish and shellfish.
For fat use virgin olive oil or coldpressed linseed oil.
Have vitamin C- and E-rich foods, such as oranges, berries, kiwi fruit, peppers, dark green vegetables and wheat germ. They help to protect the liver from potentially damaging free radicals.
Try green tea. Also rich in antioxidants, it may enhance the effects of vitamins C and E.
Take milk thistle supplements. Extracts of the plant protect liver cells, encourage repair of damaged cells and stimulate growth of new cells.
Use dandelion coffee or root infusions. When combined with milk thistle, they speed the flow of cell-damaging toxins away from the liver.
Eat fresh fruit and vegetables: steamed, roasted, grilled etc. especially onion, garlic, alfalfa sprouts, broccoli, artichoke and cabbage, all excellent detoxifiers – and avoid avocados and olives.
Eat no white rice and pasta, go for brown rice instead.
Drink at least 2-3 glasses of carrot and beetroot juice daily (can be mixed together), as this is excellent for detoxifying the liver and blood.
Take linseeds (best ground and sprinkled on salads or other foods), ground psyllium hulls (mix with water and drink, then another glass of water. They absorb water and clean the intestine) and Aloe Vera juice (add to water or fresh fruit juice).
Liver cleanse – Gallbladder cleanse by Hulda Regahr Clark from the book “The Cure for all Diseases”
One day “Nada’s Liver (Gallbladder) Detox: Eat only fat-free breakfast the day of cleanse, and then fast. In the evening: squeeze juice from 10 lemons and mix it with 1 cup of olive oil. Drink it. Walk all night. Empty bowels into the pot and look for stones.
Reference: nutritionstreet.com, healthy new age, cure zone, BBC healthy eating/
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