Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Is Your Liver Crying Out For Help? What Can You Do

Liver disease is one of the most common ailments of the modern world. It is estimated that up to 30% of all people in the Western World suffer from mild liver disease, namely steatosis, or fatty liver.

This state is considered by some to be a warning - it is the stage where your liver is still able to fight aggressions, but has it does so it also wastes its resources. Liver cells are gradually filled with fat, and they will lose their ability to handle whatever you throw at them.

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The liver is the main metabolic organ of the body, responsible for handling conversion between fats and sugars, as well as getting rid of almost any toxic substance floating around in your blood.

Can you see why wasting liver resources can be dangerous? It can lead to toxic diseases, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and it increases the likelihood of suffering from cancer.

However, this is the ideal state to implement some easy changes that will quickly protect your liver from further damage and reverse any harm caused before.

The first change is in what you eat. Try to include more vegetables and fruit in your diet and switch to whole products. No one is really sure why, but studies show this simple change may be able to completely reverse the mild forms of the disease. You can boost the healing capabilities of your diet by avoiding milk and meat too.

Exercise is also key. You see, your liver won't know it is time to really burn out that fat unless you exercise. If you simply change your diet it will try to burn fat from around the body but due to its limited resources it won't be able to burn that much fat (causing the well known hard to hit belly fat). Instead it will turn to muscle!

Finally, a few supplements have even reversed serious cases of liver disease, such as cirrhosis and cancer. They include ginger, milk thistle, turmeric, and artichoke. A few companies jumped in and there are already combinations of these out there, some better than others.

Is Your Liver Crying Out For Help? What Can You Do

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