Liver friendly Foods

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Liver friendly Foods

Do you take care of your liver?

Here are some foods that cleanse your liver.

# Omega -3 rich food - Include Omega 3 rich foods.  walnuts, tuna fish are rich in Omega 3. Include them in your diet.

# Garlic and onion - Garlic and onion are smelly and have sulfur in them. It stimulates your liver in enzyme production. These enzymes eliminate toxins from your system.

# Beetroot - Beetroots are rich in flavonoids. Beetroot juice provides protection from oxidative stress.

# Grapefruit - Grapefruit contains lots of fibre. It expels toxins from your liver.

# Turmeric - Turmeric is anti inflammatory and heals naturally.

# Lemons - Your liver love lemons. Lemons are natural cleansers and rich in antioxidant.

# Leafy greens - Leafy greens are packed with chlorophyll. They detoxify heavy metals from your body.

# Include healthy fats - Include healthy fats like olives, walnuts, almonds and flax seeds. These produce glutathione, which is useful in detoxification.

# Apples - Apples are rich in pectin. Pectin is a soluble fibre which removes toxins from the blood. It also contains malic acid, which is a cleanser and removes carcinogenic substances from your blood.

# Green tea - Drink a cup  of green tea daily. It contains antioxidant named catechins.

# Olive oil - Olive oil is a fat that can suck up all the toxins in the body.

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Liver is a very important organ of the body. Functions of liver are : It stabilizes blood glucose levles by breaking down glycogen and releasing glucose into the bloodstream. It regulates lipid levels (triglycerides, fatty acids and cholesterol) by breaking down lipids and releasing into bloodstream. It removes extra amino acids from bloodstream and makes proteins or lipids or glucose for storage. It removes ammonia and then changes it to urea. 
Thus, we need to take care of liver and eat foods that benefits the liver.

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