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Diet for Liver health

Liver is the most important organ
and has wide range of functions
like protein synthesis and
detoxification. This is the place
where most of the medicines get
metabolized. A balanced diet is very
important to protect the liver from
infections. Overeating adversely
affect the liver and damages the
liver cells.
Diet for liver:
• Include dietary fiber in your diet
which binds with bile. This will help
to transport toxins in large
intestine, and helps to eliminates
fat-soluble toxins.
• Your daily diet must contain
vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B,
beta carotene and calcium this will
protect the liver from damage.
• To increase liver decongestion and
functioning include food rich in
folic acid, choline, betaine,
methionine, vitamin B6 and
vitamin B12.

• Fasting with proper medical
supervision helps in the process of
detoxification.
• Vitamin C and Vitamin E is an
essential antioxidant to protect
your liver. Some of the foods you
can include are citrus fruits,
mangoes, red cabbage, green leafy
vegetables and almonds.
• Include nutritional yeast, peanuts
and brown rice which are rich in
Vitamin B complex.
• Include egg yolks, garlic, onions,
whole grains and beans which are
rich in methionine and cysteine.
• Avoid highly processed, refined
foods such as coffee, chocolate,
sugar, spicy foods, and fried foods.
• Avoid alcohol consumption.

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