5 Foods To Boost Your Liver

The liver is one of the most vital of your vital organs, supporting nearly every other organ in your body and taking as good a care of it as possible is vital to avoiding several major illnesses later in life.

Whilst the primary way of helping your liver is to avoid taxing its ability to detoxify the body and avoiding alcohol, there are also foods you can add to your diet that can help to improve your liver health.

 

Coffee And Tea

Both coffee and tea have many general health benefits, however, they are among the best drinks for helping your liver stay healthy.

According to a British Liver Trust report, regularly drinking coffee helps to prevent liver cancer, as proved in a World Health Organisation metastudy of over 1000 human studies.

As well as this, coffee lowers the risk of cirrhosis, fibrosis and other liver conditions, as well as slowing the progression of liver disease.

Tea on the other hand helps lower the risk of liver cancer, and can even reverse the damage caused by a high-fat diet on the liver.

 

Grapefruit

Grapefruit is a classic health fruit, which contains many liver-protecting antioxidants.

The main antioxidants that are found in grapefruit, naringenin and naringin, help to reduce inflammation and protect vulnerable liver cells. They can also reduce the development of hepatic fibrosis, a dangerous liver disease linked to chronic inflammation.

Whilst this is only proven in animal tests, naringin can help reduce the negative effects alcohol has on the liver by improving metabolisation.

 

Grapes and Berries

Grapes, and particularly berries such as blueberries and cranberries have a range of antioxidants which are linked to improved liver health.

With cranberries and blueberries, the antioxidant anthocyanins are part of what gives them their distinctive colour and are connected to improved liver health, better immunity and slower development of the development of scar tissue and fibrosis.

Grapes. on the other hand, contain resveratrol, which is an antioxidant with several benefits from the liver, including lowering inflammation and improving liver function.

 

Nuts

Nuts are a very high source of nutrients that help foster good liver health, including Vitamin E, and are connected to improved liver enzyme levels.

What is interesting is that the benefits appear to be cumulative; a study found that men who ate a large amount of nuts and seeds had a lower risk of developing fatty liver disease than men who ate a small amount.

 

Oily Fish

Oily fish contain omega-3 acids, which are linked with a lower risk of heart disease and reduce inflammation, making them incredibly kind to the liver too.

The fats from oily fish are shown in studies to help prevent fat build-up in the liver, as well as fight inflammation, improve resistance to insulin and regulating enzyme levels.

As fat accumulation is the first stage of liver disease, preventing fat build-up is a key part of keeping the liver healthy and therefore the rest of your body too.