5 Ways to Strengthen Your Liver

Treat your liver with respect.  In fact i suggest that we add one other guideline to follow.  It takes two to three days for your liver to heal damage caused by alcohol.  This plausibly applies to most other toxins we voluntarily ingest against our better judgement.


Thus if you must, then schedule any heavy use to insure three heals of  healing afterward..  Once a week is a great schedule even if you must become seriously over dosed.  I provide this guidance for those who cannot avoid the problem but want to retain good health.


I hopes that helps someone out there shape their life and health.

5 Ways to Strengthen Your Liver

By Susan Melgren, www.care2.com | June 17, 2014

Last Updated: June 17, 2014 5:06 pm

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To support your liver and aid your body’s natural detoxification process, follow these tips:

We devote plenty of time and energy into cleaning our homes, but what about our bodies? As you rid your home of clutter and dust this year, consider cleansing your body of toxins, too. Every day we encounter high levels of chemicals—from the food we eat to the personal care products we use each morning. Our bodies remove some chemicals through its natural waste system, but because we live in such a toxin-laden world, this system can get bogged down.

Your liver is arguably one of the most important organs in your body’s natural detoxification system. To prevent our fat tissues and cells from absorbing them, the liver turns fat-soluble toxins into water-soluble toxins, from which point our bodies can easily flush them. This is just one small role that liver plays in our body, however; the liver has more than 500 functions, from metabolizing fat to regulating hormones, and if it spends too much time working to remove toxins, your health can falter.

1. Don’t overburden your liver. Your liver works hard enough without having to process things like alcohol and over-the-counter painkillers, which are unnecessarily hard on this vital organ. In fact, taking regular, small doses of painkillers is the leading cause of drug-induced liver disease and failure.

2.Drink plenty of lemon water. Water is important to the natural detox system; it’s one of the methods by which our bodies remove toxins. The citric acid in lemon juice encourages the liver to produce bile, which is another vehicle that our bodies use to excrete toxins.

3.Take liver-support supplements. Turmeric, milk thistle and dandelion are all known to be helpful at cleansing and protecting the liver. Try 50 milligrams of turmeric, 500 milligrams of dandelion extract, or 500 milligrams of milk thistle daily. You can also steep fresh dandelion roots into a boiling water to make a tea. (Note: If foraging for wild dandelions, only pick them from areas that you know are free from toxic pesticides.)

4. Eat cruciferous vegetables. Broccoli, cabbage, kale, arugula, collard greens and other cruciferous vegetables are recommended foods when doing a liver detox. Be sure to eat at least one serving a day.

5. Get enough minerals. Minerals are essential to the liver detoxification process, so make sure you’re eating plenty of mineral-rich foods or taking a good mineral supplement (look for a liquid-based supplement with both macro and trace minerals). Important minerals for liver detoxification include calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, iron, selenium, zinc, manganese and others.

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