#45 January 2022 Simplify Health News - Happy New Year, Healthy and Happy New You!

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#45 January 2022 Simplify Health News

Happy New Year, Healthy and Happy New You!

Simplify Holistic Nutrition Consulting & Functional Medicine Health and Wellness Coaching

From my heart, I wish you a happy and healthy 2022! The beginning of a new year gives many of us the opportunity to press some reset buttons for our health. Good intentions to work on healthier behavior, a better workout routine, more sleep, and a more nutritious diet are excellent New Year's resolutions. To be successful with weight loss goals, I often talk about Liver health to my clients.

The holidays are the time where we all indulge a little more. Heavier meals, a glass of wine, a cocktail, chocolate….

I would love to give you a few healthy tips to support your Liver either as a cleanse for the coming month or as lifestyle changes for 2022!

The Liver is our largest organ inside our body.
It helps digest food, store energy, and remove toxins.

There are many foods, herbs, and spices that will support a healthy Liver, like all bitter herbs. You could drink Dandelion Root tea regularly, eat more Arugula, Artichokes, Endives, Chicory, and Radicchio.

Turmeric and its active bioflavonoid curcumin have been used for thousands of years to protect the Liver, promote bile flow, and act as a potent anti-inflammatory. A dash added to soups, stews, or even a salad is delicious.

Beets have betaine, which helps the Liver cells clear toxins and protects the Liver and bile ducts from damage. Beets raw, roasted, or juiced are an excellent Liver supportive food.

Milk Thistle (as a tea, for example), with the active constituent silymarin, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that support the liver. It may help the Liver repair itself by growing new cells.

Good fats are good for the Liver, bad fats are really bad for Liver health. Fried foods likely have unhealthy oxidized oils. Try to skip those. Stick to good quality healthy oils like Avocado oil, Salmon, Flaxseed oil, and an excellent quality Olive oil for cold use.

Lemon zest has a phytonutrient called d-limonene that supports Liver detoxification enzymes. Either grate lemon peels from organic lemons or lime or puree the lemon peel in a blender. You could add it to dressings, or simply to water.

Try to reduce the toxins that you ingest by buying organic foods. Drink filtered water, use glass containers instead of plastic, and choose skin products with fewer toxic ingredients.

Choose skin products with fewer toxic ingredients

Use your largest organ, your skin, as support for cleansing. Sweating in a sauna and bathing in Epsom salt are wonderful ways to add to your detoxification routine. Talk to the front desk staff at NAC about using the Infrared sauna!!

B-Vitamins are critical for efficient Liver detoxification of unwanted chemicals. A high-quality B-complex is a great way to get enough B-vitamins.

Choline is an essential micronutrient. It helps transport triglycerides from the Liver. You can get it from Eggs and Avocados..

Your Liver really loves greens, especially herbs like Cilantro and Parsley. Add them to your soups and salads.

Skip late-night eating!
The Liver regeneration cycle is between 11 PM and 3 AM. If your body is busy digesting foods at that time, it will disrupt your sleep and the detoxification process.

Cruciferous vegetables support the sulfation pathway (especially important to remove excess estrogens) with veggies like Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, and Bok choy.

I hope there are several tips that you can implement in your daily routine. We all know some of these topics, but sometimes we need a reminder of how we can improve and focus more on a specific topic of improving our health, energy, and well-being.

If you are looking for a Liver supportive supplement, please check out LiverCare™ from Patient One Formulas. To order supplements, you can use my cell phone number (781 883 5951) as a passcode. I have an agreement with the company to allow my clients to order supplements, so please feel free to take advantage of amazing well labeled and researched supplements.