One of the most fundamental steps in ensuring the health of the body is the effective removal of toxins and harmful substances from the body. This can be a challenge in many cases for a good number of people due to the changing lifestyles and the world around them.

Most of the people not only do not have the time to focus on their health and body needs but also have to sometimes do extra steps necessary for protections from a rise in environmental factors. These advancements have considerably added to the level of toxins in the body.

From the drinking water to the air, everything has been polluted. In fact, harmful substances such as lead are found in a great amount in the water supply of some urban cities around the world.

In addition, modern diets are rarely found to be filled with nutrients and food that can help that body in getting rid of the harmful toxins. Processed foods lack in nutritional value and have several toxins and preservatives in them.

Unfortunately, these kinds of foods form the biggest part of the diet for most people. This situation causes accumulation of toxins in the body as the body’s own mechanism of detoxification is disturbed and not enough to filter out the toxins.

The liver is responsible to cleanse the body and keep poisonous substance out of the body. Disturbance in the liver’s function can bring countless negative effects keeping in mind liver is one of the hardest working organs of the body.

It is due to the liver that food is digested properly and essential nutrients such as minerals, iron, and vitamins are stored. Without the liver and production of bile, the body is unable to digest fats at all.

Why is keeping the liver healthy important?
As mentioned before, a disruption in liver functioning can bring multiple severe effects to the body as it is involved in the most significant processes in the body. Following are some of the most important tasks done by the liver in the human body:

• Absorption of nutrient
  Before several nutrients are filtered and passed into the blood stream, the liver is responsible for processing them. Without the liver’s function, particular types of nutrients can be difficult to be absorbed by the body.
• Removing Blood Cells
  Old blood cells that are either ruptured or unfit in any way are removed from the blood stream by the liver. This makes room for production of more efficient and new blood cells in the human body.
• Balancing
  Regulation of blood in order to balance the levels of fat, sugar, and protein is an important function performed by the liver.
• Making medication work
  Liver issues can lead to various complications including ineffectiveness of medicines taken. The liver is responsible for the metabolizing of medication and a number of types of alcohol, thus strengthening the body during a disease.
• Storage
  Important nutrients that can be required by the body under numerous conditions such as iron, minerals, and vitamin A are stored by the liver.
• Peptides and Cholesterol
  Proteins and ‘good’ cholesterol are produced by the liver in the body.
• Filtering out toxic matter
  The liver’s most fundamental job is to check on substances before and after they enter the blood stream to keep a check on whether any of them is potentially harmful. Sometimes, a number such toxins are able to enter the blood.
  Ammonia and bilirubin are some of the examples of the substances that are removed by the liver from the blood.

What causes damage to the liver?
When thinking about liver related diseases and dangers, the first thing that comes to the mind of most people is drinking problems and alcohol abuse. It is true that consuming an abundant amount of alcohol can harm the liver significantly. Cirrhosis is one of the serious health conditions associated with overloading of alcohol and its damage to the liver and is usually diagnosed in heavy drinkers.

What most people do not realize is that alcoholism is not the only cause behind Cirrhosis and other liver diseases. There are a good number of different factors that can induce diseases and liver malfunction including eating specific foods such as uncooked shellfish.

Acetaminophen and other medications also damage the liver’s healthy cells, making way for the development of scar tissues which makes the liver lose its ability to function. This is what happens in Cirrhosis, followed by an organ failure if not cured.

Eating poisonous substances repeatedly can also induce such a condition, such as wild mushrooms. Sometimes, continued intake of processed foods can trigger such reactions in the liver. Many food products contain chemicals that are greatly harmful to the body.

The body can be exposed to such chemicals from other sources as well due to the rise in land, air and water pollution. Residential areas located near factories are more prone to liver diseases because of the poisonous gases in the air and the industrial dumping in the water.

Symptoms Of liver complications
Liver functions and associated diseases have very clear symptoms that start appearing as soon the problem occurs as many of the functions in the body are interrupted. The following are some signs that your liver is having problems in functioning properly:

• Burning sensations and acid reflux
• Excessive production of sweat
• Chronic fatigue
• Anxiety or depression
• Mood swing or lack of concentration
• Constipation on a regular basis
• Weight gain (or no progress in losing weight)
• Gas and bloating
• Changing blood pressure (usually high)
• Loss of appetite
• Dark colored urine
• Easy bruising
• Rosacea

What can you do to improve the health of the liver?
There are simple steps and changes that you can make for a healthy liver if you are experiencing poor liver performance or liver disease. Consider the following steps for an effective health boost to the liver:

Removing toxic food from diet
Consider removing nitrates, nitrites, hydrogenated oils, sugars and other preservatives that come from processed foods. Most of these are responsible for toxins in blood streams and growth of bacteria in the liver of your body.

Add Potassium-rich foods
In addition to lowering cholesterol and systolic levels, potassium can help in a liver cleanse. Potassium rich foods such as sweet potatoes, beans, spinach, bananas, tomato sauce, and beet greens can be added to daily meals as they are a plentiful source of fulfilling the daily need.

Potassium supplements can also be taken under a prescription in your potassium levels are considerably low and foods alone cannot help in restoring them.

Other supplements
There are a number of other foods and herbs available in both raw and supplementary forms that are known to be good for the liver. Milk Thistle is the most popular known herb for liver treatment, especially after chemotherapy and chemical exposures. It is known to strengthen the walls of the liver and detoxify toxins from the liver.

Symptoms Of liver complications
Liver functions and associated diseases have very clear symptoms that start appearing as soon the problem occurs as many of the functions in the body are interrupted. The following are some signs that your liver is having problems in functioning properly:

• Burning sensations and acid reflux
• Excessive production of sweat
• Chronic fatigue
• Anxiety or depression
• Mood swing or lack of concentration
• Constipation on a regular basis
• Weight gain (or no progress in losing weight)
• Gas and bloating
• Changing blood pressure (usually high)
• Loss of appetite
• Dark colored urine
• Easy bruising
• Rosacea

What can you do to improve the health of the liver?
There are simple steps and changes that you can make for a healthy liver if you are experiencing poor liver performance or liver disease. Consider the following steps for an effective health boost to the liver:

Removing toxic food from diet
Consider removing nitrates, nitrites, hydrogenated oils, sugars and other preservatives that come from processed foods. Most of these are responsible for toxins in blood streams and growth of bacteria in the liver of your body.

Add Potassium-rich foods
In addition to lowering cholesterol and systolic levels, potassium can help in a liver cleanse. Potassium rich foods such as sweet potatoes, beans, spinach, bananas, tomato sauce, and beet greens can be added to daily meals as they are a plentiful source of fulfilling the daily need.

Potassium supplements can also be taken under a prescription in your potassium levels are considerably low and foods alone cannot help in restoring them.

Other supplements
There are a number of other foods and herbs available in both raw and supplementary forms that are known to be good for the liver. Milk Thistle is the most popular known herb for liver treatment, especially after chemotherapy and chemical exposures. It is known to strengthen the walls of the liver and detoxify toxins from the liver.

Turmeric is another useful resource of liver functions as it aids in healthy liver tissues and metabolism. Currently, there are studies being conducted to see the effect of turmeric on Cirrhosis.

Dandelion Root is yet another solution to help the liver in getting rid of toxins from the environment and food. It has a quick diuretic effect. Hence, the results of taking a dandelion root supplement or herb mixture can show instant effects on the person.

By Ashley Miller.
Original article at: https://reportshealthcare.com/simples-steps-liver-cleanse/
Photo is taken from the same website.