Onions and garlic help the liver detoxify.
Michele Chevalley Hedge
From: body and soul
October 06, 2012 6:00PM
NUTRITIONIST Michele Chevalley Hedge provides a day-by-day guide to liver cleansing
Monday
Spice things up. Turmeric helps protect the liver against toxic damage and can even regenerate damaged liver cells. Turmeric also boosts the production of bile and hepatic dusts, which is beneficial to those with gall bladder issues.
Tuesday
Go green. Green tea has antioxidant properties and is loaded with catechins, a type of antioxidant that helps eliminate fat accumulation and promote proper liver function. It also protects against toxins that can cause serious liver damage.
Wednesday
Befriend onions and garlic. Foods rich in sulphur-containing compounds are one of the primary types of molecules used to help the liver detoxify. Garlic contains allicin and selenium which help protect the liver from toxic overload.
Thursday
Try grapefruit. This fruit is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants which are excellent for cleansing the liver. One of the flavonoids in grapefruit, naringenin, contains a compound that causes the liver to burn fat rather than store it.
Friday
Sidestep alcohol and fructose. Both are very hard on the liver. Fructose is converted into fat that gets stored in your liver and other tissues. When consumed in excess this can lead to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Saturday
Go nuts for walnuts. All nuts contain amino acids and essential fatty acids, but walnuts in particular are high in the amino acid L-arginine and antioxidant glutathione which can assist in detoxifying the liver and oxygenating
the blood.
Sunday
Eat. People sometimes think that cleansing the liver is best supported by strict detoxing or fasting, however the simple act of eating whole foods can clean up your liver. We need nutrients to support our body’s natural detoxification.
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