Diet Chart For Healthy liver

Liver has to perform multiple metabolic functions in the human body. With exposure to environmental toxins, toxic body care products and processed foods, One of the main ways that the body rids itself of toxins is through the liver. Liver itself has to get detoxified to avoid the oxidative stress of the chemicals. In accordance to that diet rich in anti-oxidants, phytochemicals is preferred. Now a days fatty liver is the common issue, Two known causes of fatty liver disease are an excess consumption of alcohol and a prolonged diet containing foods with a high proportion of calories coming from lipids. For the patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with pure steatosis and no evidence of inflammation, a gradual weight loss is often the only recommendation. In more serious cases, medications that decrease insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and those that induce weight loss have been shown to improve liver function.

If you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, abdominal obesity or diabetes you’re at a higher risk of developing liver disease, so it’s even more important for you to eat wisely and manage these conditions. If you’ve been diagnosed with liver disease, you may need to manage your protein, salt and fluid intake too – seek advice from your doctor or dietitian. Avoid high calorie-meals, saturated fat, refined carbohydrates (such as white bread, white rice and regular pasta) and sugars. Don’t eat raw or undercooked shellfish. For a well-adjusted diet, eat fiber, which you can obtain from fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads, rice and cereals. Also eat meat (but limit the amount of red meat), dairy (low-fat milk and small amounts of cheese) and fats (the “good” fats that are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated such as vegetable oils, nuts, seeds, and fish). Hydration is essential, so drink a lot of water.

Do's:

1. Include high calcium rich foods (beans, milk, cheese, tofu, fish, dry fruits)

Don'ts:

1. Avoid consumption of caffeinated products.
2. Limit the intake of phosphorus containing foods- meat, soft drinks.
3. Never consume Iron rich foods along with calcium rich foods as that might lead to malabsorption.
4. Foods with high levels of oxalic acid such as spinach, collard greens, sweet potatoes, rhubarb and beans prevent calcium absorption. So don't consume calcium rich foods along with these foods.

1. Cereal: Brown rice, whole wheat, oats, jowar, bajra, ragi
2. Pulses: red gram, green gram, black gram, bengal gram
3. Vegetables: all gourds-bitter gourd, snake gourd, ridge gourd, bottle gourd, ivy gourd, ladies finger, tinda,green leafy vegetables
4. Fruits: citrus fruits-orange, mousambi, grape fruit, lemon; berries-strawberry, blueberry, black berry; cranberry, cherries, papaya, pineapple, guava.
5. Milk and milk products: low fat milk, low fat curd.
6. Meat,fish & egg: Skin out chicken, egg white, fish like salmon, sardines, trout, mackerel, tuna.
7. Oil: 2 tsp (10ml)
8. Sugar: 2 tsp (10gm) 9.Other beverages: green tea.