Ask Women Net

Liver Detoxification for Better Health and Easy Weight Loss

Liver detoxification is a key to a successful weight loss. Read on to find out how toxic overload burdens your liver and what you can do to help detoxify your liver which will result in better health and easy and permanent weight loss.

The accumulation of body fat around your waistline suggests that your liver doesn’t function properly. This means that if you improve the health of your liver, you will be able to lose weight easily and permanently. As long as you don’t work on improving your liver function by detoxifying it, you won’t be able to lose weight efficiently. Even if you do manage to lose a few pounds by means of strict diet and vigorous exercise, you won’t be able to keep this weight off.
[wp_ad_camp_2]
Most of us face issues with increased difficulty to lose weight after our 30th birthday. As time passes the problem gets more and more severe. When we reach our fourties we become completely desperate. You might have heard that this is normal, but this doesn’t make you feel any better. After all there should be a medical reason for it and it should be something that can be treated. And yes, you are right, it can be. It will need some serious effort on your part, patience and education, but the results will well worth your efforts.

Once your liver works efficiently, to its full capacity, weight loss will be much easier. You will be also able to maintain your results easily. But when your liver is still overloaded with toxins, these toxins circulate in your body and may damage your organs and interfere with proper body function in a number of ways. So, as you see, it is not only about losing weight. It is also about improving your health and well-being.

Toxic Overload

The main way for toxins to get in your body is through foods. Unfortunately, our most popular foods are exactly of that type of food you should never eat. This includes meat and poultry injected with growth hormones, fruits and vegetables stuffed with chemicals and fried foods full of trans-fatty acids. Toxic overload comes on slowly, a day at a time, so you won’t feel all the symptoms right away. It will probably start with tiredness that you will attribute to “simply getting older”.

When all these toxins get accumulated in your body to a solid buildup, your confused body can’t metabolize properly. You are feeling tired and depressed. It is extremely difficult to get out of the bed in the morning. Since your body doesn’t metabolize properly, it cannot absorb nutrients necessary for healthy life no matter how many supplements you take. Taking these supplements now is almost similar to throwing them away.

crispy breadYour sluggish liver can’t produce sufficient amounts of bile. Bile is a liquid produced by your liver. This liquid is responsible for cleaning up waste products that were formed in your liver as well as for helping to break down fats in small intestine for digestion (visitWikipedia to learn more about bile). Now it becomes clear that when bile production is insufficient due to your liver sluggishness, the fat cannot be broken down and processed properly. Instead, it will be stored in your body, most often around your waist area!

Many things you are consuming on daily basis contribute to accumulation of toxins in your body. Here are some examples:

  • – artificial sweeteners
  • – trans-fatty acids
  • – painkillers
  • – alcohol

In a healthy body detoxification is a constant process. You eliminate toxins through your digestive, urinary, circulatory, respiratory and lymphatic systems. But once you allowed the toxins to accumulate by consuming poor quality food, you will need detoxification treatment that will stimulate your body’s ability to cleanse itself. Along with detoxification that you will do on a regular basis, you will need to change your diet. You will eliminate these poor foods and replace them with higher quality organic foods. You will also need to do proper adjustments in your lifestyle.
[wp_ad_camp_2]

Tips for Liver Detoxification

Apple Cider Vinegar and Lemon Water

To help your metabolism and clean up your liver, drink a cup of warm water with the juice of half a fresh lemon or a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar just before your meal twice a day. This will stimulate bile production which will help your body metabolize more efficiently.

Keep in mind that vinegar is very acidic, so do not overdo. When overdosed, vinegar might wreak havoc in your digestive system and your bones. It might also interfere with high blood pressure and diabetes medications, so consult your doctor before taking vinegar if you are using this type of medicines.

Proteins at Every Meal

measure tapeYour liver needs amino acids to produce bile. Amino acids are available in high protein foods. Eat protein foods often, preferably at every meal. Eggs are especially recommended as they have an additional benefit of being a rich source of lecithin.

Omega-3 and Minerals

Eat walnuts, flaxseed, salmon, take fish oil supplements to get enough of essential fatty acids. Eat richly colored vegetables as they are the best source of flavonoids. Make sure you consume foods rich in vitamin C (guava, red sweet pepper, cantaloupe, pimientos, sweet green pepper, papaya, strawberries), B vitamins (tuna, whole grains, turkey, bananas, lentils, chili peppers) and folic acid (chicken livers, bulgur, okra, orange juice, spinach, white beans, red kidney beans, avocado).

Magnesium and zinc are extremely important for you liver detoxification. Zinc is found in oysters, crabmeat, turkey, calf’s liver, pumpkin seeds, dried beans and seafood. Magnesium sources include milk, soya beans, cereals and fish.

in Weight Loss

What other girls read…