Liver Cleanse Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs.

The liver is the chemical factory of the body, and the bile producer (synthesized from cholesterol). Most of the nutrients that are absorbed through intestines are taken directly to the liver for storage, repackaging, or combining with other compounds before they can be distributed to many other cells of the body. Waste and other toxic substances that are produced in the body or absorbed from the intestine are detoxified in the liver. Many compounds essential to growth and repair of bodily tissues are manufactured and/or stored in the liver. These include proteins, fats, glucose, cholesterol and lipoproteins. The liver can become overloaded, since everything coming from the intestines must be processed by the liver and this overwork interferes with its functioning.

The liver is the primary storehouse for vitamins and minerals for the times when they may be lacking in the diet. The liver also regulates blood levels of such substances as glucose and vitamin A, and releases them as needed to maintain constant concentrations in the blood. It also converts some vitamins to their biologically active form.

Liver cleanse Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs

Dandelion (one of the finest liver remedies)

Extensively used in Europe for its medicinal effects as a diuretic and tonic helpful in digestive, kidney, and liver complaints. Dandelion Coffee is a natural beverage without any of the injurious effects that ordinary tea and coffee have on the nerves and digestive organs. It exercises a stimulating influence over the whole system, helping the liver and kidneys to do their work and keeping the bowels in a healthy condition, so that it offers great advantages to dyspeptics and does not cause wakefulness.

Dandelion is a rich source of nutrients and other compounds that may improve liver functions, promote weight loss, possess diuretic activity, and improve blood sugar control. Dandelion root is regarded as one of the finest liver remedies, as both food and medicine. Studies have shown that dandelion root enhances the flow of bile, improving such conditions as liver congestion, bile duct inflammation, hepatitis, gallstones, and jaundice. 

Dandelion highly effective in improving the liver’s ability to clear potentially toxic agents.

Artichoke

Artichoke leaf extracts have demonstrated significant liver-protecting and -regenerating effects. They also have a choleretic effect, that promotes the flow of bile and fat -to and from the liver.  Choleretics are very useful in the treatment of hepatitis and other liver diseases with its decongesting effect.

Beetroots 

have long been used for medicinal purposes, primarily for disorders of the liver, given their stimulating effects on the liver’s detoxification processes. The pigment that gives beets their rich, purple-crimson color and its fiber content are the key factors.

Grapefruit 

Promotes the formation of the detoxifying enzyme glutathione-S-transferase in the liver that helps to make toxic compounds more water-soluble for excretion from the body. 

Caution: Grapefruit contains high levels of a flavonoid called naringin that can pose a problem for people taking certain drugs. Naringin reduces the activity of the CYP3A enzymes within the liver. These enzymes are used by your body to break down certain drugs, such as calcium channel blockers (used for high blood pressure), cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, sedatives, immune suppressants.

Amaranth

All amaranth varieties contain tocotrienols (vitamin E fraction) and squalene ( fatty acid), both of which are known to reduce cholesterol synthesis and Lower (bad) LDL cholesterol.

Scientists think that the beneficial effects are due to a significant increase in the activity of a liver enzyme called cholesterol 7-alpha-hydroxylase, which is the enzyme responsible for cholesterol breakdown into bile acids. Researchers think amaranth must also contain other (unidentified), but potent, cholesterol inhibitors in addition to its tocotrienols and squalene. Potentially studies show that amaranth lowers harmful LDL and VLDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels measured in the blood, while raising levels of beneficial HDL cholesterol. In the liver, amaranth decreases triglycerides.

Adzuki beans 

Contains molybdenum, which is necessary for the production of an enzyme called sulfite oxidase, one of the most important enzymes in a liver detoxification pathway called sulfoxidation. Poor sulfoxidation is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and with inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, delayed food sensitivity, multiple chemical sensitivities, and diet responsive autism.

Cumin seeds 

In one study, cumin was shown to protect laboratory animals from developing stomach or liver tumors. This cancer-protective effect may be due to cumin’s potent free-radical scavenging abilities, as well as the ability it has shown to enhance the liver’s detoxification enzymes.

Dill

is especially useful in promoting detoxification reactions in the liver to help the liver rid the body of toxic chemicals. Specifically, the monoterpene components of dill have been shown to activate the liver enzyme glutathione-S-transferase. This enzyme helps attach the antioxidant molecule glutathione to toxic molecules that would otherwise do damage in the body. 

Nutmeg

yields 24 to 30 percent essential oil. The principal component of this oil, called nutmeg butter or oil of mace, is an active compound called myristicin. In animal studies, myristicin has exhibited extraordinarily potent liver-protective activity. These researchers think myristicin works its protective properties by preventing the release of a very inflammatory compound called TNF-alpha from one of the immune system’s heavy guns, a type of white cell called a macrophage. High levels of TNF-alpha occur in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, which may explain the benefit of consuming nutmeg in that condition.

Pepper 

Support and enhance the liver’s detoxification processes

Curcumin 

• Enhances the body’s production of cancer-fighting compounds, such as glutathione
• Promotes the liver’s proper detoxification of cancer-causing compounds

Clams 

Consuming clams as a primary source of protein markedly reduces levels of cholesterol in both the blood and the liver—at least in mice.

Nutritional brewer’s yeast 

has been shown to keep homocysteine levels low; lower triglycerides and raise HDL levels while reducing LDL levels; help control blood sugar

Note: Your liver is a key player in your body's digestive system. Everything you eat or drink, including medicine, passes through it. You need to treat it right so it can stay healthy and do its job.

Care for your liver:

• Don't drink a lot of alcohol.
• Avoid touching or breathing chemicals.
• Eat a healthy diet and get regular exercise.
• Watch out for certain medicines.  Tylenol-acetaminophen can harm your liver if you take too much.

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