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How To: Detox Your Liver

Hi I'm Amy and I'm here today with Caravan Wellness

I'm a registered dietitian and today we're going

to talk about how to detox your liver

so what I always like to focus on when we talk about

the liver detox is why do you need to detox your liver

and if you're going to detox your liver

then how when we talk about detox in the body

our kidneys and our liver naturally help to detoxify

our body

those are the organs

and that's what they're there for so the liver helps

to clean the blood and the kidneys

help to flush out the toxins

so the very first thing I always like to talk about

with the liver detox is to stay hydrated then of course

there are certain foods that you can incorporate

to help to detox your liver

but first I want to touch on the foods that you should eliminate

eliminate

foods such as nitrates and anything with trans fats

is very important

most of these things are found in packaged processed

products so that leads us to what should you eat obviously

anything plant based is going to be great for you

so if you want to first focus on just eating more vegetables

that's a great way to start detoxing your liver if

we're going to get more specific we're going to start

with foods that are high in potassium so high potassium

foods include bananas and sweet potatoes and dark

leafy greens all of these have very powerful antioxidants

that help to detoxify your liver when we talk about

protecting our liver

we want to eat foods that prevent other toxins from

entering the liver and that's where walnuts and avocados

those fatty foods come into

And then don't forget about delicious garlic and

even onions I know that they may make your breath smell

bad but they're very important because they contain

sulfur and that helps to protect the liver as well

so these are the foods that you can incorporate including

lemons of course

but the best way that I like to incorporate lemons

is through making a what I call a tonic

so one of my favorite liver detoxifying tonics includes

lemon fresh apple and cinnamon

so when you eat that it helps because it's antifungal

anti inflammatory and it helps to flush out your liver

again

we want to stay hydrated

so anytime we have a lot of liquids

it's going to help push the toxins out the next way

and the final way that I like to talk about detoxifying

the liver is by making a fresh pressed vegetable

juice so there you're getting all of the vitamins

and minerals

And antioxidants and nutrients with all of the hydration

these are the foods you can incorporate to detox your

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