At the onset of the summer season, our body, especially the liver, needs cleaning from the biochemical junk accumulated over six months. After all, the liver as a filter, cleanses the blood, but at the same time accumulates toxins. However, you do not want to starve? Include in the diet products that promote detoxification, and let your body do the rest for you. Help to perform liver cleansing, folk recipes, time-tested.
Fasting takes not only kilograms, but also strength. Lean food may be a shock therapy for your body, which significantly reduces the energy potential. Possible bouts of nausea and a sense of fatigue can be knocked out of the rut and make you disabled. Can you afford such a forced inaction - simple? We offer a simple alternative. Balanced in a certain way a daily diet can help cleanse the liver of toxins. To do this, choose products that will support the body's natural ability to release itself from toxins. And also reduce the consumption of food, which exposes the body to harmful substances. Detoxification does not have to be unpleasant. The best way is to purify the liver gradually, with the help of folk recipes and without any chemistry.
Where do toxins come from?
They penetrate into our diet in different ways:
- vegetables and fruits, which, when grown, were treated with herbicides and pesticides;
- Prepackaged products containing many artificial additives and preservatives;
- animal meat, which was administered various antibiotics or hormones;
- fish living in water bodies with high content of mercury and other harmful substances.
Some toxins disrupt the functions of the neurological and immune systems, while others simulate the action of hormones. All of them are potentially harmful and dangerous to health if they eventually accumulate in the tissues. This accumulation of toxins overloads the liver, which acts as a kind of filter of the body. It purifies the blood of toxins, which helps to remove them from the body.
If the liver instead sends the uncleaned - "dirty" - blood back to the body, the by-products of the metabolism, such as hormones, neurotransmitters and markers of inflammation, are re-used in the process of vital activity. These substances are like signaling messenger molecules that transmit certain information to cells. When information accumulates and it becomes too much, it disrupts communication - similarly with atmospheric interference in the radio - and can negatively affect all body systems.
How to determine the effectiveness of the liver?
The first signs of intoxication:
- chronic malaise;
- fatigue;
- headache;
- allergies;
- bitter taste in the mouth;
swelling;
Irritability and even clouding of the mind.
If you know this, then it's time to act.
What to eat to clear the liver.
To maintain the body's natural ability to detoxify, maintain the necessary water balance and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, fiber and essential fatty acids. Include in the diet as many products that eliminate toxins. BEET is an excellent source of betaine, which helps purify the liver, blood, intestines and protects against the destructive effects of alcohol. Also beets are a good antioxidant. CITRAS CITRUS (orange, lemon) contains limonene. It helps the liver in neutralizing carcinogens. This applies to both orange and lemon juice. And also the seeds of dill and cumin. Tsikoriya is an ornamental plant, a kind of bitter herbs. This variety includes escarole salad and frisee, Belgian endive and radicchio. They have a cleansing property. The listed greens promote the secretion of bile, which removes toxins. CROSS-VEGETABLE VEGETABLES - (Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower) sources of glucosinolate, which helps to cleanse the liver of chemicals and medications. IZUM - contains inulin, a substance that reduces the "burden" of the liver by stimulating the activity of the kidneys and removing toxic substances from the intestine. OVES, BEAN, PEA, STRAWBERRY, PEARS, APPLES - supply soluble fiber to the body. Once in the intestine, it absorbs toxins, removing them from the liver. SPARGE, WILLING CHICKEN, WALNUTS WALNUT, BAMMY, RAW SPIN, POTATOES IN MUNDER, AVOCADO contain useful glutathione. It is necessary for purification from fat-soluble toxins. BROKCOLS, BRUSSELS, POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEAS, SPINAT - these plants contain a sufficient amount of alfalipoic acid (alpha-fatty acid) - a strong antioxidant. It neutralizes the harmful effects of free radicals. LUCK, BRUSSELS, BROKCOLS, RED PEPPER, GARLIC, BEAN, YELLOW YELLOW - they contain a lot of sulfur-containing compounds, which in turn purify the liver of the by-products of medications, neurotransmitters and hormones. HERBAL TEA, for example, from mint, chamomile, yarrow, dandelion promotes the process of detoxification.
And in order to make it easier for you, we suggest to clean the liver with folk recipes - tasty and useful.
Chicory salad with cheese and pears.
2 cups radicchio salad, chopped;
2 cup frisee salad, chopped;
60 g of cheddar cheese, grated;
3 tbsp. l. olive oil;
3 tbsp. l. freshly squeezed lemon juice;
2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
8 sheets of endive;
8 sheets of dandelion - if desired;
1 pear.
1. In a large container, combine chopped radicchio salads, frieze and grated cheese.
2. For the sauce, mix the olive oil, lemon juice and sugar in a small cup. Sprinkle the sauce with herbs and mix.
3. Spread the salad over the plates. Decorate with endives, dandelion leaves and pieces of pear.
1 serving: 225 kcal, fats - 15.4 g (59%), of which saturated - 4.45 g, carbohydrates - 18.7 g (31%), proteins - 5.8 g (10%), cholesterol - 15 mg, fiber - 5.2 g, calcium - 216 mg, iron - 1.4 mg, sodium - 140 mg.
Fragrant pancakes with fruit sauce. Oat bran, apple and pear are rich in fiber, which absorbs toxins, and raisins and orange peel support the liver.
Prepare the fruit sauce:
1 apple;
1 pear;
½ tsp cinnamon;
1 pinch of nutmeg;
1 tbsp. 2 tbsp. l. water 1 orange;
1 tbsp. l. starch;
¼ cup raisins;
1 glass of water.
It will be required for pancakes:
1 cup whole-grain flour;
2 tbsp. l. bran;
2 tsp. flour;
4 eggs;
2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
one and a half ch. baking powder;
1 cup buttermilk;
salt - to taste.
1. For apple sauce and pear, peel and cut. Pieces of fruit in a saucepan with raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg, pour 1 cup of water. Put on the fire when the water boils, reduce heat, cover and cook for about 10 minutes.
2. Rub zest into the orange. Fruit divide into slices and clean them of films and bones.
3. In a small cup, dilute the starch with 2 tbsp. l. water. Pour into the fruit mixture, stirring constantly, until it slightly thickens. Add the pieces of orange.
4. For pancakes in a large bowl, mix whole-grain flour, oat bran, pour the egg yolks and buttermilk, mix thoroughly.
5. In a blender, mixer or whisk, whisk the egg whites into a hard foam and add it to the pancake mixture.
6. Preheat the frying pan, grease with vegetable oil, pour the dough and fry the pancakes first on one side, then on the other. Serve with warm fruit sauce, you can add oil.
1 portion: 302 kcal, fats - 7.3 g (21%), of which saturated - 2.5 g, carbohydrates - 50.2 g (62%), proteins-13.7 g (17%), cholesterol - 217 mg, fiber - 7.2 g, calcium - 248 mg, iron - 2.6 mg, sodium - 217 mg.
Soup puree from zucchini and spinach. This simple dish will soothe the liver after a shake-up.
2 zucchini squash, cut;
1 handful of green beans or spinach;
2 stalks of celery, chopped;
1 cup of parsley, chopped.
1. Boil a few zucchini squash, green beans or spinach and celery until soft, about 20 minutes.
2. Mix boiled vegetables, as well as finely chopped parsley in a blender for 1-2 minutes until smooth. And the dish is ready for use.
1 portion: 55 kcal, fats - 1 g (9%), of which saturated - 0 g, carbohydrates -11 g (64%), proteins - 5 g (27%), fiber - 5 g, calcium-167 mg, iron - 5.3 mg, sodium -166 mg.
Beet soup. The antioxidant-rich beet also provides the body with betaine, which protects the liver. This soup is delicious when served hot or at room temperature.
3 beets;
2 carrots;
1 cup buttermilk or milk, low-fat;
half a glass of sour cream is lean;
half a glass of orange juice;
1 bunch of chives for decoration;
salt and pepper - to taste.
1. Put the beets in a pot of boiling water and cook until done, about 45 minutes. In the middle of the cooking process, add the carrots. Take out the vegetables and leave to cool. Peel the beetroot and cut it into pieces. Leave the broth in which the vegetables were boiled.
2. Mix the buttermilk, sour cream, orange juice and 1 cup vegetable broth in the middle cup.
3. In a blender boiled beets and carrots whip in puree, where slowly add a mixture of buttermilk.
4. Preheat the resulting soup with medium heat. Salt and pepper. Decorate with chives and onion, if desired, sour cream.
1 serving: 160 kcal, fats - 5.2 g (28%), of which saturated - 3 g, carbohydrates - 24.4 g (58%), proteins - 5.8 g (14%), cholesterol - 16, 6 g, fiber - 3.8 g, calcium - 139 mg, iron-139 mg, sodium - 162 mg.
Chicken with gremolat sauce. Gremolata is a classic sauce made of lemon, parsley and garlic. And also a good choice for cleansing, as citric acid - limonene - contained in the zest helps neutralize toxins in the liver.
2 tbsp. l. lemon peel (or 1 whole lemon);
half a glass of parsley, chopped;
2 cloves garlic, chopped;
1 chicken;
3 tbsp. l. olive oil;
½ tsp. salt, pepper.
1. Preheat the oven to 260 °.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the lemon zest, parsley and garlic.
3. Take the chicken, raise the skin and rub the lemon mixture into it. Suck the chicken inside. Also coat the carcass from above.
4. Mix the remaining lemon mixture with olive oil, salt and pepper, set aside.
5. Put chicken on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes. Turn the carcass of the bird, pouring it with olive oil, bake for another 10 minutes, until the skin becomes golden.
6. Reduce the temperature to 160 °, pour again 1 tbsp. l. olive oil. Continue to fry. All preparation of the bird should take about 1 hour.
7. Remove the chicken from the oven, leave to cool for 5 minutes, then cut into pieces and serve.
1 portion: 207 kcal, fats - 1.6 g (52%), of which saturated - 3.2 g, carbohydrates - 0.7 g (1%), proteins - 23.4 g (47%), cholesterol - 74.8 mg, cellulose 0.2 g, calcium 20.6 g, iron 1.3 g, sodium 72 g.