Everybody knows you can't live with out a liver - right? But, I bet you didn't know the health of your liver is directly connected to ALL chronic health conditions. Did you know that poor liver health is the biggest reason so many people can't seem to lose weight?
The liver is an incredible workhorse for the body and it acts as the body's major filtration and detoxification system. The liver is truly amazing! The liver functions as part of our digestive system by breaking down fats, proteins and carbohydrates from food we eat. All hormones,chemicals (including medications),environmental toxins, bacteria, viruses, fungus and parasites must be filtered through the liver.
Many of us (if not most of us) were raised in a time before there was much awareness of environmental toxins or any real understanding of the health hazards of commercially produced food. Just thinking back on the toxic household cleaning products my mother used in our home when I was growing up makes me grimace!
Years of eating commercial raised produce and livestock and exposure to toxic household cleaning products,eventually over stress the liver and it can't do it's job as a part of the digestive system and this is a major contributor to difficulty in losing weight.
Toxic Overload-
All those years of toxic overload begin to damage the liver and the toxins that normally get filtered out start to re-circulate through the body. This re-exposes glands to damaging compounds. Just consider how many medications you have been given over the years that have been found to be harmful and have been pulled off the market! Plus our livers were never designed to process synthetic hormones like estrogen or bovine growth hormones, OTC medications like NSAID's,or artificial sweeteners derived from pesticides like aspartame.
Reduce your toxic load-
This means of course its vitally important to takes steps to reduce the burden of toxins your liver is exposed to though daily living. And, this is one reason the top health experts agree that eating naturally raised livestock and organically grown produce is so important to overall health. These foods are free from man made toxins, plus they are complete and nutrient dense "fuel" for the body.
The Weight and Liver Connection -
If you have ever seen anyone with a pot belly you know that person has a congested liver. This is called edema. This is because the area in the abdomen becomes filed with liquid from the liver that cannot process protein properly. The only way to address this problem is to change the quality of the protein you eat from commercially raised to naturally raised. If you have a protruding pot belly begin by switching to quality protein and eliminate high fat foods and gluten containing grains. This is an essential step in beginning to repair your liver. Next you need to add foods that sooth and support the liver so it can do it's job again. Green leafy vegetables are rich in minerals and help ease a congested liver. Healthy fats such as avocados, raw coconut oil and raw nuts are beneficial too. There are many other good foods to help repair a clogged liver these are only a few.
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