Top 3 signs of Liver Problem to Watch Out For

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Article by Abet Tonny

Earlier, we discovered five incredible things that make the liver a very essential body organ. And well, in the next 3 minutes we are unearthing red-light signs you could be having a liver problem -better call it a disease. Wasting no time let's kick start.

Nausea & Vomiting

It's obvious for some people to feel nausea and or vomit a bit if they're traveling, this is a medical condition called motion sickness. Utterly annoying to fellow passengers in a bus, but as humans, we ought to sympathize with these chronic sufferers of motion sickness! Motion sickness is caused by disturbance of the inner ear by the movement of a vehicle or any other movements that the brain receives conflicting messages from the inner ear and other body receptors like eyes and skin. We shall discuss motion sickness in depth later.

Depression and anxiety also illicit nausea and vomiting urge, avoid these two always.

What about the one caused by liver disease? When nausea and vomiting occur separately or together without any known reason, you ought to get really concerned. Persistent feeling of nausea arises from the diminished ability of the liver to process and eliminate toxins engulfing our body.

General weakness & Tiredness

We discovered the liver is very important in break down of food nutrients into required energy packages to sustain the activeness, vigor, and energy we need to push on with life either at work or chatting with loved ones.

Unfortunately, when diseased, the energy packages become fewer reflected as a weakness. This condition is worsened by the increase in toxic products in the blood through junk foods, consuming pesticide residues in vegetables and fruits and the likes. This ''worsened state" is because the damaged liver with only a few portions of it functioning can't eliminate these toxins efficiently.

Loss of Appetite 

Undigested food causes a loss of appetite. And this loss of appetite is one of the early signs of a liver problem. We earlier learned the liver produces an important substance called bile; bile is essential in the break down of fat so that it can be made useful to the body. When fat or any other food we've eaten lies dormant in the stomach or intestine not broken down, the body deliberately refuses to yearn for any more food...and we call it the loss of appetite. And why the body decides to act this way still perplexes scientists.


Other notable signs of a diseased liver include changes in urine colour, abdominal cramp and fluid retention manifesting as swelling of feet and ankles.

When these signs manifest uniformly, it's high time you consult your doctor. You may also love to see Best 3 foods of all time for cleansing the liver.


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About the Writer: Abet Tonny is a health professional, specialist science writer, and digital marketing. He enjoys wild tours and celebrating Man Utd wins.

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.