Best 3 Liver cleansing foods of all time in Uganda

Written by Abet Tonny

The liver is one of the most endangered organs in the body of a 21st-century human. Weighing just about 1.5 kg in healthy adults, the liver is one of the body's most vital organs. But as people's lifestyle and diet change, hepatologists -liver specialists, forecast a darker destiny for human liver. To these hepatologists, the liver is getting greatly overworked making the human liver dreadfully inefficient in guaranteeing the vastly pursued -higher life expectancy for humanity.

Obesity is one lifestyle disease which has dramatically increased in the last three decades. Obesity crashes the liver's proper functioning and lowers its general efficiency through deposition of unnecessary fat.

However, some people's liver is ill-functioning and inefficient because of medications -side effects. Pain killers, drugs for heart diseases and antipsychotic drugs have been linked to causation of liver diseases and thus lower its efficiency.

Briefly, let's see why the liver is considered paramount in a human body:

• Removing toxins from the body. We are exposed to some much toxic substances like residues of pesticide on the tomatoes from we purchase from local markets, those from prescription drugs and food additives among others.
• Ensuring the fat we enjoy in fried chicken and pork is properly digested and transformed into tiny materials used to generate energy, insulate our body and improve our reproduction functioning.
• Producing the energy for the body.
• Improving body immunity.
• Storing nutrients for future use in the body.

It is thus obvious that your liver is so important for longer life. And here are the top 3 foods that nutritionists have proven effective in cleansing the liver of toxins and increasing its general efficiency.

1. Garlic

Rich in glutathione -a powerful antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals and detoxifies the liver, the working of garlic in liver cleansing is excellent.

Eat 2-3 garlic cloves daily. Also, use garlic in your daily cooking whenever possible.

2. Grapefruit or Orange

This fruit is very rich in vitamin C, pectin and antioxidants. These substances enclosed in grapefruit are very efficient in ridding of toxins tormenting the liver.

Drink a small glass of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice or enjoy the whole fruit with your breakfast daily to preserve you energized and healthy.

3. Beetroots

High in flavonoids and beta-carotene, the two substances that stimulate and improve general liver functioning. 

Add fresh beetroots or juice to your daily meals.

Make a super-liver-cleansing salad with 1 cup of chopped or blended beetroots, 2 tablespoonfuls of olive oil and the juice of 1/2 lemon. Mix well, enjoy 3 times daily to perfect your liver health and efficiency.

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About the writer: Abet Tonny is a health professional and long-time science writer in Uganda.