STARSPECIAL TUESDAY 14 MAY 2013
BODY, MIND AND SOUL
ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR LIVER HEALTH
CONTRIBUTED BY SANOFI
Tips on how to protect and maintain liver health:
1. Eat right and exercise
- balanced diet rich in different vegetables, fruits and proteins is important
- excess carbohydrates and fats can cause fat deposits in liver
- eat small meals through out the day
- easy to digest
- less taxing on liver
- don't forget to exercise
- gradual weight loss coupled with increased exercise will reduce fat deposits in livers
2. Minimize or avoid alcohol
- alcohol overload to the liver
3. Do not exceed recommended doses of medication
- overdose may affect the liver
- for common over the counter medication, an overdose can damage the liver
4. Nutritional supllements
- suplements containing phospholipids may help provide protection to liver, repair and regenerate damaged liver
De-bunking liver myths
1. Liver disease only happens to people who drink alcohol
- liver disease is also caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in particular those who are:
- obese
- diabetes
- high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (fats) in their blood
2. Alcohol can damage liver only when taken in excessive amount
- any amaount can damage the liver
3. Fatty liver can only affects fat people
- fatty liver is acquired from an unhealthy lifestyle like diet habits, smoking and stress
4. Once the liver is damanged, it cannot be reverse
- liver is the only organ that can be regenerate
- long term complication of liver disease occur when regeneration is:
- incomplete
- prevented by progressive development of scar tissue within the liver
5. All liver health supplements work in the same way
- not all phospolipids are the same
- only highly purified essentials phospolipids derived from soya beans through a special extraction process have been shown to concentrate in liver cells and help to protect liver
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