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Category: > Health > 10 Plant Foods That Naturally Cleanse Your Liver

10 Plant Foods That Naturally Cleanse Your Liver

Sep 20, 2014 Carly Fraser Save For Later Print

Last Updated: Apr 07, 2020

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Plant foods that naturally cleanse your liver are probably some of the most crucial foods you should be putting in your body this day in age. We live in a world where liver disease and complications are constantly on the rise. This has been attributed to several factors including continuous exposure to toxic substances either through water, air or food. Another avenue through which these toxins get into our bodies is through pesticides that are sprayed on crops, which are later consumed.

Most of these toxins affect the body’s largest gland, the liver. It’s important to understand that without the liver, a person cannot survive. Most undetected liver complications lead to death. A good number of people don’t know that liver complications can be naturally prevented simply by incorporating some common foods that help in liver detoxification. Here is a list of 10 plant foods that naturally cleanse your liver!

10 Foods That Cleanse the Liver

Beets and Carrots:

Carrots contain glutathione, a protein that helps to detoxify the liver. Glutathione is a simple molecule produced in the body naturally, and the better part of it is that it contains sulfur chemical groups that aid in trapping toxins like mercury and heavy metals in our body and then flushes them out Since we are currently living in a world full of heavy metal bombardment, it’s of much importance to take carrots and beets that can help stimulate and improve the overall functioning of the liver.

Grapefruit:

This is another source of glutathione, a liver cleansing molecule that is protein in nature. The fruit is also rich in vitamin C and antioxidants that are powerful liver cleansers. Grapefruit furthermore contains compounds that help in making of liver detoxification enzymes.

Garlic:

Garlic contains several compounds that activate the liver enzymes responsible for flushing out toxins from our body. Two powerful nutrients; allicin and selenium found in garlic have been proven to help in protection of the liver from toxic damage and mores help in the detoxification process.

Green Tea:

Green tea contains catechins, a type of plant antioxidant that has been proven to eliminate liver fat accumulation and more importantly promote liver functioning. Green tea also helps in protection of the liver from toxins that can accumulate and cause unimaginable liver damage.

Walnuts:

Walnuts contain high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, amino acid arginine and glutathione which aid in liver cleansing, and especially in detoxifying and eliminating ammonia. Walnuts also aid in oxygenating the blood.

Leafy Vegetables:

These leafy green vegetables like spinach, arugula, dandelion greens and mustard greens help in neutralizing heavy metals as they contain numerous liver cleansing compounds. These vegetables also aid in eliminating pesticides and herbicides from the body.

Avocados:

Avocados are rich in glutathione that actively cleanses the liver and promote its health. Some studies have gone as far as suggesting that eating one or two avocados a week for 30 days can actually repair a damaged liver.

Turmeric:

It has been considered as one of the most powerful type of food that maintains a healthy liver. Turmeric protects the liver against toxic damage and even renews the damaged liver cells. The food furthermore helps in the natural production of bile together with improving the overall functioning of the gallbladder which is too a body purifying organ.

Brussels Sprouts:

They are rich in the mineral sulfur and antioxidant glucosinolate. These substances help in production of certain enzymes that can prevent liver damage caused by environmental toxins.

Citrus Fruits:

Citrus fruits like lemons and lime contain high amounts of vitamin C that aid in detoxifying the liver by converting toxic materials into substances that can easily be absorbed by water.

The liver provides a primary way through which our body expels toxins. Liver complications can be of a great harm to the body and can even lead to death due to the accumulation of these toxics in the body. The above named foods help in cleansing the liver and promoting its functioning.

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Carly Fraser

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Carly Fraser has her BSc (Hons.) Degree in Neuroscience, and is the owner and founder at Live Love Fruit. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a determined life mission to help inspire and motivate individuals to critically think about what they put in their bodies and to find balance through nutrition and lifestyle. She has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals to re-connect with their bodies and learn self-love through proper eating habits and natural living. She loves to do yoga, dance, and immerse herself in nature.

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  1. Willie Acrey and Delma says

    Sep 26, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    Thanks a lot for your help ?

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