Take care of yourself: liver

Apart from the skin, the liver is the largest and heaviest organ in the human body.

The main function of the liver is to protect the body. Everything toxic that gets into it is neutralized here.

In a minute, about 1.5 liters of blood passes through the liver.

The liver synthesizes vitamin A, and its normal functioning is important for the exchange of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and trace elements.

What prevents the liver from working properly?

1. Alcohol. It destroys healthy liver cells and leads first to their degeneration into fat cells, and then to cirrhosis.

2. Smoking. This process is essentially a poisoning of the body, which causes the liver cells to work hard, removing tobacco toxins from the blood. In addition, nicotine is involved in the development of cirrhosis of the liver.

3. Poor nutrition. Excess in the diet of animal fats, fried, spicy and sweet can lead to the appearance of stones in the bile ducts and disruption of the functions of the liver itself.

4. Constant diets. Fasting and rapid weight loss lead to stagnation of bile in the ducts and can provoke the formation of insoluble gallstones. A lack of nutrients and vitamins weakens the liver cells and disrupts their functions.

How to help the liver become healthier?

1. Abstinence from alcohol. Liver cells recover well if you stop abusing alcohol. But it must be done as soon as possible.

2. Smoking cessation. Without the added burden of tobacco toxins, the liver works much more efficiently and stays healthy for longer.

3. Healthy eating. The correct balance of animal and vegetable fats, the rejection of excess sweet and fried foods will protect against gallstones and reduce the load on the liver.

4. Avoiding unhealthy diets. A balanced diet and exercise allow you not only to lose weight effectively and steadily, but also maintain good liver performance, which will not have to go through a period of starvation and process when the diet is disrupted.