March is Liver Health Awareness Month

Liver problems or liver damage can endanger your life or quality of living. Conditions such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure make the liver unable to function well. 

Your liver deserves the best self-care health practices. Taking good care of your liver will help to improve its functioning.

The liver functions both as an organ and as a gland for detoxification, synthesis, and storage.

The liver cleanses and removes hazardous substances that threaten a healthy status. It is your very own purification system, acting as the gatekeeper for detoxifying chemicals and metabolizing drugs.

An early sign of liver problems is a change in skin color to a yellow hue.

The liver also functions to breaks down and filter the blood of the digestive tract. 

Additionally, the liver executes a wide range of tasks that include.

• Purifies filters clean the blood, produce new blood. It continually processes and disseminates roughly a liter of blood. 
• Regulate plasma glucose, cholesterol, and ammonia levels.
• Release the bile necessary for the digestion of fats that break down food and lubricate the intestines. 
• Remove bilirubin and ammonia from the blood.
• Help the body absorb whatever nutrients from within your food.
• Create proteins that the body can use for building and maintaining muscle and for blood clotting.
• Metabolize drugs/medications in a way that helps them achieve their objective.
• Aids in immune system function.
• Generate and store energy.

You have a role to play by doing your best to make sure that your liver is healthy. Boost your knowledge of what you can do to help improve your liver function. 

Here are proven best health practices to help you keep your liver in tip-top shape. 

 Best Practice Tips:

1. Healthier food choices are boost liver function. Remove or limit intake of certain foods from your diet.
2. Avoid eating fatty foods like margarine and shortening. Reduce your consumption of refined sugars. 
3. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. They contain valuable vitamins and minerals that the liver needs to perform its functions.
4. Physical activity and exercise help to improve liver function. Engaging in regular exercise gets your heart pumping increasing blood circulation. Helping your liver to better process and detoxify the blood.
5. Adopt the recommended daily fluid maximums. Drinking adequate amounts of water is needed to assist the liver with its detoxification processes.
6. Limit alcohol consumption. Alcohol is toxic to the liver and damages the liver.
7. Manage your stress because stress harms liver functioning.

Your liver is critical organ.You cannot continue to exist without its functions to your overall good health and wellbeing. 

Be alert to signs of liver malfunctions, prevent liver problems and liver damage. Do the right thing and make healthful choices that support efficient liver function. Love your liver and take good care of it.