Ayurveda: Detox your liver naturally
Ayurveda lists a few easily available food items that can help detox your liver naturally:
- Garlic
Garlic helps liver to activate enzymes that flush out toxins from our body. Also, it has high levels of allicin, which has antioxidants, antibiotic and antifungal properties, and Selenium, which increases the action of antioxidants. Both aid in the liver in cleansing.
- Carrot
Carrots are very high in plant- flavonoids and beta-carotene, which stipulate and support the overall liver functions. Vitamin A in carrots prevents liver disease. There are various ways you can add carrots toyour diet – salads, juice, soups, or curries.
- Apple
Apples contain pectin that helps cleanse the body and release toxins from the digestive system. With fewer toxins our liver can better manage its toxin load. Make sure you eat at least one apple a day.
- Walnuts
An excellent source for amino acids, eating walnuts regularly helps detox our liver. A study found that eating walnuts improved liver function tests in people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. But make sure you eat only handful of walnuts in a day and not more than that.
- Green Tea
Green tea is one of the trendiest drinks in the world. The plant-based antioxidants in green tea improve liver function. According to World Journal of Gastroenterology, green tea has high levels of antioxidants that help reduce body fat percentage and fat in the blood.
- Leafy vegetables
High in chlorophyll, green leafy vegetables flush out the toxins from our blood stream. They can neutralise heavy metals to protect the liver. Add more greens like palak (spinach), green peas, okra, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, etc. to your diet.
- Citrus fruits
Oranges, lemons, limes, and other citrus fruits boost the liver’s cleansing ability the detoxifying enzymes present in citrus fruits improve liver’s health and functionality. You can either juice them, add them to fruit salad or eat them as is – make sure you add all kinds of citrus foods to your meals.
- Turmeric
Turmeric is an excellent spice, which reduces the amount of radical damage in our liver. Turmeric helps in metabolising fats and production of bile juice, which acts as a natural detoxifier for our liver.
- Beetroot
A good source for vitamin C, beetroot stimulates bile and boost enzymatic activity, just like citrus fruits. The best way to consume beetroot is to chop them and toss them in your salad or juice them and mix it in your vegetable soup or juice. Eat these foods regularly to keep your liver healthy, especially when they are in season. Have a happy and healthy liver.
- Bottle Gourd Juice
A super detox food or juice is Bottle gourd Juice or vegetable, If you use 2-time dose of pure 200ml each dose a day in empty stomach. You feel your body extremely light and energetic. Meanwhile you have to avoid all junk food in whole day. While it is not possible to avoid junk food than you have to make gap of 8 hour after every meal. and continues use of bottle gourde juice. Moreover, for batter effect and benefit you have to use organic and home grown bottle gourd and make juice at home to make it tasteful you make use black salt, spink salt or lemon drops.
