Your Liver's Role in Weight Loss

Your Liver's Role in Weight Loss

Holding on to a few extra pounds you can’t seem to shake off?  Is your body stuck in a weight loss rut despite your increasing exercise?  Maybe your liver has the answer. 

Your liver’s job is to process and eliminate toxins.  Everyday our body encounters toxins through our environment and diet (pesticides, cleaning products, cosmetics, alcohol, etc).  Overexposure of these toxins leads to a clogged liver. When your liver can’t keep pace with the incoming toxins, those toxins, which are fat soluble, get stored in your fat cells where they are prevented from circulating in your blood stream and harming vital organs and your brain.  So, despite all your extra exercise effort, your body continues to hold on to those fat cells until the liver is able to catch up can process the stored toxins. 

Here are a few easy ways you can help your liver catch up, and in turn, help your body release those toxic fat cells it doesn’t want to let go of. 

Veggies, veggies and more veggies!  Really, you can never get enough.  Add in more broccoli, leafy greens, cabbage and herbs like cilantro and parsley.  Try having at least one of these at every meal. 

Start every morning with a glass of lemon water.  Try it warm if you prefer something hot when you wake up.  Continue to put lemon in your water throughout the day.

Be conscious of the toxins going into your body.  Opt for organic fruits and veggies, grass fed, organic meats, natural cosmetics and cleaning products, and limit your alcohol intake. 

Try adding in a little extra supplementation.   

Taking care of and supporting your body’s detoxification system is important for good hormonal health, weight loss and over all wellbeing