July 20, 2004 |
Fatigue &
Low Energy Detoxify Your Liver
Your liver governs your body’s ability to metabolize important chemicals (such as dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the sex hormones). In addition to their regular jobs, these chemicals affect mood and attitude. And, the liver’s role as body detoxifier takes a toll on its ability to do its job, just as a water filter becomes clogged and sluggish after purifying several badly contaminated loads. The first sign of liver backlog often appears as depressed or anxious mood, sleeplessness, food cravings, irritability, and emotional roller coastering. How To Cleanse Your LiverMilder methods, spread out over several days or weeks, can be done without disrupting your daily schedule. Harsher methods, taking a day or two, usually require that you remove yourself from day-to-day duties until the procedure is completed. Some examples follow. (For more options and a more detailed how-to, see The Chemistry of Success by Susan Lark, M.D. and James Richards, MBA, published by Bay Books and available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders and your local book store.) The mild detox diet: This diet lightens the liver’s workload so it can focus more energy on cleansing and rejuvenating. The liver literally can re-grow brand new liver tissueas much as one-third of its total mass at a time if given the chance.
During detox, eat a predominantly vegetarian diet, with emphasis on raw, organic salads and vegetables, and whole grains and legumes. Soft-textured fish such as salmon, and eggs, are permitted if desired. Avoid fatty or processed foods, refined white sugar and flour, alcohol, caffeine, and non-essential drugs. Drink chamomile and peppermint teas, and mineral water. Make your last meal of the day your lightest, so your liver can spend the night rejuvenating instead of detoxifying food by-products. The longer you follow this diet, the more refreshed your liver will become. Take blue-green algae. It promotes efficient liver function and has the happy side effect of stabilizing mood. Dose: 1 tbsp daily, in 8-12 ounces water. Use algae only from a reputable company that processes it in an FDA-approved laboratory, otherwise you could get a highly toxic form. Take essential fatty acids. Specifically, GLA (gamma linolenic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), which have been shown to enhance mood and reduce aggression, irritability, anger, hostility, and emotional vulnerability to stress. Dose: 1-2 capsules of fish oil daily (rich in DHA), and/or 2-4 capsules of borage oil daily (rich in GLA). You can also take 1-2 tablespoons of flaxseed oil to get the same benefit.
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