The doctor named the best products for liver health

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With age, the liver increasingly needs to restore glutathione levels, and the best products for its health are those that help with this. Such products were listed by Turkish doctor Onur Yaprak.

According to the doctor, the liver performs many functions every day, including breaking down nutrients entering the body, metabolizing proteins, carbohydrates and fats, and removing potentially toxic components. But bad habits, including unhealthy eating, alcohol consumption, inactivity, and excess weight, over time lead to liver damage and disease.

A liver that contains enough glutathione can more easily cope with the effects of harmful factors, but its reserves in it decrease over time due to aging and nutritional deficiencies, the specialist says. The doctor states that certain foods can replenish the content of this important substance for liver health.

“Glutathione is an essential amino acid produced in the liver and provides its ability to detoxify. We can maintain high levels of glutathione in our body with foods containing cysteine, sulfur, selenium and vitamin C,” said Dr. Onur Yaprak.

The doctor advised including the following sources of these nutrients in the diet.

• Sulfur: red meat, fish, chicken, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, onions.
• Vitamin C: strawberries, citrus fruits, kiwi, bell peppers.
• Selenium: fish, Brazil nuts, tuna, sardines, salmon, eggs, cheese, liver, sunflower seeds, brown rice, wheat, onions, garlic, mushrooms.

“The biggest help we can give our liver is to avoid unhealthy foods and drinks. “If you abandon a harmful eating style and switch to a Mediterranean diet, it will significantly reduce the detox load on the liver,” the doctor concluded.