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4 Surprisingly Easy Ways To Detox Your Liver And Body


Been binge eating and drinking regularly late at night? Are you worried that it’s taking a toll on your liver health? 

While we are exercising and sleeping less due to the lifestyle today, at the same time we are also indulging in plenty of delicious food. Feasting too much for a prolonged period of time will cause health problems to rise, such as having a fatty liver, high blood cholesterol and other chronic illnesses.

As a result, our overall health gets affected and our body immunity may also be compromised. So, how do we practice good liver care and better care for our body?

While there are all kinds of detox diet, there are also easy ways to detoxify our body. Learn how we can regulate our digestive tract and remove the toxins from our body below!

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Drink More Water

Contrary to common misconceptions that you require the use of laxatives and diuretics to remove the “toxins” from your body, drinking water is actually one of the simplest yet effective ways to rejuvenate your body.

The uses of water for your body are far more than just quenching your thirst. Not only it is important for digestion and absorption of your food, water also regulate your body temperature and help to remove the waste products from your body.

Did you know that the feeling of thirst is actually your body signaling to you that you’re dehydrated? You should be drinking at least 2 litres of water daily – not reaching for a cup of water only when you’re thirsty. 

In our body, there are many metabolic processes which will produce a lot of waste products. In layman terms, the waste products are like the “toxins” in the body. An accumulation of these “toxins” or waste products in the body will result in serious health conditions. To prevent that, adequate water intake is required to effectively remove the waste products via excretion (urine), sweating and respiration (breathing). So, in order to achieve detoxification for our bodies, remember to always stay hydrated!

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Eat More Antioxidant Foods

Free radicals are known molecules that can harm our body cells. Excessive production of free radicals in our bodies can easily result in oxidative stress, causing damage to our bodies. It is believed that free radical damage to our body over a long duration of time can cause problems like liver problems, heart diseases, cancer and dementia.

Scary as it may sound, there is a pretty straightforward method to solve this harsh condition: eating more antioxidant foods. As the name suggests, antioxidants are a group of compounds which can inhibit the process of oxidation caused by free radicals. Thus, by consuming more antioxidant foods, we can easily negate and prevent harmful damages done by the free radicals.

Some common examples of antioxidant compounds include vitamin A, vitamin E, lutein and lycopene. And if you are looking to obtain these antioxidant compounds through food, you can consider fruits, vegetables, berries, cocoa, nuts and green tea. Avoid taking too much of processed and sugary foods. By doing these, you can “detoxify” your body of harmful free radicals.


Soy Lecithin

When discussing about “toxins” in our bodies, one of the most pressing concerns is the accumulation of blood lipids, or commonly known as bad blood cholesterol and fats in our body systems. So the discussion of detoxification should also include on ways to remove these excess fats and cholesterol from our bodies.

One of the most well-known supplements which can help lower blood cholesterol is none other than lecithin. Research has shown that lecithin not only helps to lower the bad blood cholesterol, it can also help to elevate the levels of good blood cholesterol.

Soy is the most commonly used ingredient to extract lecithin. What makes soy lecithin so effective is because it is rich in Choline, which maintains proper liver activity and functions in the transport of fats out of the liver. So, get your daily dose of soy lecithin today!

You can also give All Link Soy Isoflavones Tablets  a try!

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Traditional Chinese Herbs

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories, excess liver fat and high blood lipid is usually caused by traumatic damage to the Spleen due to a high-fat; high-calorie diet and excessive alcohol consumption. When the Spleen is damaged, the normal function of the liver will be affected, leading to disorders in lipid metabolism which can result in abnormal blood lipid levels.

There are some liver cleansing TCM herbs which can help to protect the liver by regulating lipid metabolism in the liver, strengthening the spleen. Some of the herbs include turmeric (姜黄), chrysanthemum (菊花), hawthorn fruit (山楂) and notoginseng (三七/ 田七). In a proper combination, they can work together to regulate our digestive system and prevent accumulation of excess fat in liver cells. With the use of technology, these effective detox tcm herbs and formulas are now readily available in powdered/ capsule forms. So you can get to save the hassle of boiling the herbs to obtain the natural healing effects.