Sunday, June 14, 2009

Six methods protect your liver

Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the origin of the birth, for old men, it is normal to tonify kidney,but for the middle-aged man,there is no need to take care of it too much. The liver is different, it is the main organ for discharging, if the liver does work well, human blood will run disorders, lead to digestive disorders, high blood pressure and other diseases. At the same time,most middle-aged men are working hardly for their family,they have psychological pressure, mental depression, easily lead to stagnation of liver, restlessness, irritability, anxiety, loss of appetite and other symptoms. In addition,entertainment, tobacco,drink, together with the hepatitis virus, often fallen victim to the liver, "fatty liver", "viral" and other liver you will be targeted in secret. Modern medicine is even more important with the health of the liver as well as the relationship between life, medical experts call the liver as the body's "chemical factory", nutrients eaten everyday day have to deal with its metabolites after its transformation into biologically active proteins, lipids and glycogen, the supply of body organs need. If liver have problems, will affect the whole body and even life-threatening.
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In that case, the specific ways to protect it? Health experts give you six "golden point":

1.The right diet

First, for the adequate selection of food nutrients, to meet the physiological needs of the liver; Second, pay attention to food hygiene to prevent bacteria, viruses, invade the liver.

Suggest that you run through the following details of the daily diet:
Milk, eggs, fish, lean meat, soy products such as food, daily meal rotation arrangements for the liver to provide adequate high quality protein.
Appropriate consumption of glucose, sucrose, honey, fruit juices, such as easy to digest single-and dual-sugar carbohydrate foods to increase liver glycogen reserves.

Removal of food contamination, including vegetables, fruits and pesticide residues; certain food additives, such as flour brightener, preservatives; BBQ food and deterioration of food, such as rotten ginger, redness of the Lantern Festival, such as sprouting of potatoes. Responses: light as far as possible to buy pesticide-contaminated vegetables or no pesticides, and more clean water. Eat fruits and peel. Try to eat less or eat food containing additives, such as canned. Food from the BBQ and metamorphism.
Drink plenty of water. To mdrink fresh water 3 to 4 times everyday, each time a small bowl. Water can increase blood circulation, enhance liver cell viability, is conducive to rule out metabolic waste.


2: Sleep
Sleep in the supine human body, the liver can enjoy more of the blood-fed, together with the body in a rest state, the burden of the liver to the minimum,In contrast, the poor quality of sleep, especially sleep disorders, liver function easily involved. Medical experts have noted that a syndrome called sleep apnea sleep disorders can cause the liver damage.

3: Movement
Actively engaged in physical exercise is another effective way to protect liver, because movement can reduce the excessive body weight and prevent obesity, excessive fat on the liver to eliminate hazards, and promote gas exchange, accelerate blood circulation, protect the liver can be more oxygen and nutrients.

4: Emotion
Regulation of emotion, to resolve the hearts of the bad feelings, so their always have a good heart, the liver's health care benefit. If the mood swings, you can lose the balance of hormone secretion in vivo, resulting in barriers to blood circulation, affecting the liver's blood supply, so that the liver cell death due to ischemia, which is traditional Chinese medicine called "distressed spleen, liver injury angry." Chinese medicine practitioners believe that the impassioned, the most detrimental to the liver is anger, anger can lead to liver disorders, Jalan liver disease over time itself easily.
Emotional core of the system to learn how to control anger,angry even if not more than three minutes, to be calm, optimistic, cheerful, carefree, so that the liver-fire is off, the normal liver hair, smooth and healthy longer.

5: Active rest
Middle-aged men take the initiative to find time to rest a day is the greatest love to liver. Rest to reduce physical exertion, to reduce the glycogen, protein decomposition and produce lactic acid, so as to reduce the burden on the liver. Must not wait until the flu hit hard left hands to the work of thought, This is called passive rest, when the body's metabolic waste - lactic acid, carbon dioxide has accumulated more liver injury has been caused. And take the initiative to rest, that is, before the appearance of fatigue on the rest, the body is still less accumulated waste, which can take a break completely removed the protective effect on the liver best.
Do not do workaholic, not fatigue, especially in the liver has been ill. Two years before the untimely death of a famous Chinese painter Chen Yifei is a lesson, it is middle-aged men of high alert.


6: to prevent "enemies"
There are many "natural enemies"to the liver , the most important hepatitis C virus. In other words, a healthy liver hepatitis C virus is the primary enemy, and they often suffer from hepatitis drag - liver cirrhosis - liver cancer death. At present, scientists have found that A, B, C, D, E, G, such as six kinds of models of hepatitis C virus, especially in B, C, G and so the most dangerous type. The most effective means of vaccination, such as influenza, hepatitis B vaccine. To hepatitis A as an example, the vaccine over the past decade, nearly 1 million beneficiaries, with the result that the prevalence of hepatitis to 22 percent average annual rate of decline, it is estimated that 20 years after the eradication of the disease.
Followed by the drug. Survey data show that drug-induced liver injury account for about 10% of patients. In the elderly group, the higher the incidence. According to French reports, over 50 years of age in the "acute hepatitis" the patients, 43% caused by the drug. Such as aspirin, sulfa, penicillin, rifampin and equality are both commonly used drugs are harmful to the liver. Even those who appear to the safety of drugs (such as nutritional medicine, tonic, etc.) can also be a result of misuse or abuse planted the hidden dangers to the liver. Do not use it, especially the oral and almost 100% through the liver to deal with. Even tonic medicine or nutrition, but also to accept the guidance of a doctor, can not be given a free hand to avoid increasing the burden on the liver.