Top Ways to Support a Healthy Liver Quickly

Often mistreated and overlooked, your liver is directly involved in ALL stages of hormone production and elimination.

It plays a role in creating several key hormones, converting them into a form your cells can use, detoxifying excess hormones that may build up, and preparing them to be removed from your body.

The #1 root cause of hormone imbalance I see in women in their late thirties and beyond is a sluggish liver! This is because it slacks off on its duty of cycling out excess toxins and hormones, sending your body into a downward spiral of hormone dysfunction.

Your liver’s main job is to filter out toxins and excrete them from your body. But guess what happens when hormonal levels are out of whack and your body begins throwing excess at the liver? It simply can’t keep up.

And today, I’m going to show you how to fix that in just seconds per day.

The Liver-Hormone Connection

Here’s how your liver is supposed to work…

In Phase One (Oxidation) your body gets rid of the toxins by making them more soluble, or easier to urinate out of the body. Environmental toxins begin as fat-soluble, making them dependent on the liver to get filtered out of the body.

In the middle of this process, toxic chemicals are produced in the body that needs to be excreted. Unfortunately, they often aren’t due to things like nutritional deficiencies, low-protein issues, alcohol usage, and OTC med usage.

Phase Two, Conjugation, then, is the liver’s response to this issue. The oxidized chemicals get combined with sulfur and certain amino or organic acids before being excreted into the bile and urine.

So how does this impact your hormones?

One of those things that your liver is responsible for eliminating is excess hormones, especially estrogen.

But in our modern lifestyle includes almost constant toxic exposure through air, water, food and even the things you put on your skin (think personal care products, household products, and even your laundry detergent)…

Your liver is overloaded to begin with. Add to that the hormonal burden that escalates during the hormone flux of perimenopause! It’s a recipe for an exhausted liver that just can’t get rid of everything it needs to. It gets sluggish, allowing toxins and hormones to recirculate through your body. This is a recipe for hormone disaster (especially if you’re over 35).

One of the biggest results of this sluggish liver and excess hormone circulation is estrogen dominance—click here to learn more.

These excess hormones + the inflammation caused by certain food choices and toxins perpetuate a cycle of a slow liver, the buildup of junk, and a body that you suddenly don’t recognize anymore.

Key Liver Symptoms to Watch For:

Your liver sends lots of warning signs that it’s suffering, and when you know the signs, you’ll be able to compensate with proper nutrition and supplements to give it what it needs. Some of the biggest symptoms of a sluggish liver include:

• Digestive distress
• Sluggish energy all day and trouble sleeping at night
• Feeling hungover after only 1 or 2 glasses of wine
• Brain fog
• Belly fat you can’t shake, no matter what you try
• Pre-diabetes
• Headaches
• Skin issues like eczema
• Chronic infections
• Bloating
• Cravings, especially mid-afternoon or late at night
• Anxiety, depression, and unstable moods
• Symptoms of estrogen dominance, including fibrocystic breasts, fibroids, intense PMS, heavy periods, and more—see the full list here

If you experience ANY of these, it’s worth giving your liver some extra attention to help it get back up to working its best.

Give and Take for Optimal Liver Health

I’m certainly not suggesting that ONLY depriving your body of things you love is a good way to jumpstart health wins…

That’s just a recipe for more stress and more unmet expectations.

There’s an important balance here, as in all things: when you remove things from your lifestyle and diet, it’s crucial to find substitutes that will leave you encouraged and satisfied each step of the way!

Here are things that, yes, you should consider taking away in order to get your liver working as it should. But also, here are things that you can say a wholehearted YES to so you never feel like you’re missing out!

Things to Take Away:

To keep your liver functioning best, the #1 thing you can do is avoid toxins and inflammatory foods.

Prevention is the best medicine! Not having the toxins and inflammation-drivers in your body will obviously be a great help to your liver, as it tries to keep up with your body’s demands.

Keeping the toxins out can look like…

• Swapping out personal care and household products for non-toxic alternatives (The Smart Mom’s Guide to Essential Oils and The Essential Oils Hormone Solution both have great DIY recipes for this!)

• Eating organic and drinking filtered water. Food and water contamination is real. It’s one of the easiest ways these perpetrators sneak into your body, even if you *think* you’re eating healthy. I know it’s not possible all the time, but as often as you can, focus on fresh organic produce and bring your water bottle with you everywhere (filled with trusted water)! (Looking for a water filter? This is the brand that I use.)

• Trying to avoid the biggest inflammatory foods, like gluten, dairy, sugar, and grains. These foods are everywhere, but they are behind the epidemic of liver disease, blood sugar imbalances, obesity, hormone problems, and much more!

What You Can Give Your Body:

Healing your liver and keeping it working at its best isn’t just about saying NO to a lot of things… There are simple ways you can supply it with exactly what it needs to filter out junk and keep your hormones in a happy balance. Adding in key nutrients through food and supplements will ensure your liver can thrive in its job (and keep you happier, too)!

Top-Liver Supporting Foods

Here are some simple, easy-to-find foods you can incorporate daily to supply your liver with key nutrients it needs to thrive:

• Bitter Greens (like arugula, radicchio, kale, dandelion, spinach, chicory, and mustard leaves) help your liver detoxify your body and cycle out waste.
• Garlic activates liver enzymes to help your body flush out toxins effectively while also protecting your liver from damage
• Broccoli Sprouts trigger your body to produce a powerful antioxidant to safely and effectively eliminate toxins and threats
• Avocados naturally protect and repair your liver
• Beets are packed with key vitamins like iron, calcium, B vitamins, and antioxidants that your liver needs, and they also absorb heavy metals to speed up the detox process! (Don’t throw away the greens—they are packed with these key nutrients, too!)
• Turmeric is a powerhouse to relieve liver congestion and normalize its function to get it working as it should again
• Lemon triggers liver enzyme production more than any other food!
• Blueberries and Cranberries are packed with antioxidants that protect your liver and increase enzyme production

Top Liver-Supporting Supplements

I’m a HUGE proponent of supplements because they fast-track your results by supplying targeted vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that your body needs to work optimally.

Some of the biggest players for liver health include…

• B vitamins (to protect against damage and support both phases of detoxification) Get my recommended B Complex Vitamin HERE.

• Choline (crucial for getting your liver to convert vitamins and hormones into their active forms AND remove excess from circulation)

• Magnesium (to neutralize and eliminate estrogen from your body) Get my recommended form of magnesium HERE, because they are NOT all effective. I promise this is the best!

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Support Your Liver: Essentially Whole® Liver Support Blend

I know what it’s like to be overwhelmed by the thought of adding one more thing to your to-do list. You are a busy woman, and some days it’s lucky if you get 5 minutes to yourself, and you do not want to spend it researching supplements or counting out your foods for the day.

That’s why I’m committed to doing the dirty work for you by creating simple, effective solutions that make your life easier while boosting your health! Essentially Whole® Liver Support Blend is my own custom formula of optimal liver-loving ingredients that will keep it working its best for years to come.

Powerful ingredients like vitamin C, zinc, selenium, turmeric, green tea extract and more provide antioxidants and essential nutrients your body needs to cycle out toxins and restore balance!

FREE DOWNLOAD: Dr. Mariza’s Top 11 Supplements for Hormone Health

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