The liver is an important organ responsible for digestion and metabolism. Even a small liver injury can be life-threatening. The times of India published an article on the “nine killers that hurt the liver most” summarized by experts from the United States, Britain, Canada, India and Israel.
1. Lack of sleep
Nowadays, many people have the habit of working or playing at night, but staying up late is the easiest way to suffer from liver disease. The reason is that during sleep, the human body will enter a self-healing mode, and often staying up late will not only lead to insufficient sleep and decreased body resistance, but also affect the liver’s self-healing at night. People who have been infected with hepatitis virus will stay up late to aggravate their condition. Professor Neil Collin, an expert of the American Sleep Association, said that “late sleepers” should try their best to adjust their work and rest time, and it is best to go to sleep before 11:00 every night to ensure that they sleep enough for 7-8 hours every night, so as to effectively detoxify the liver and ensure overall health.
2. Do not urinate in time after getting up in the morning
Dr. Daniel palladi, an expert of the European liver Research Association, said that detoxification in the body can be carried out through urination, perspiration and defecation. Urinate as soon as possible after getting up in the morning, so that the toxins accumulated all night can be discharged from the body in time, so as to avoid the retention of toxins in the body and lead to liver “poisoning”.
3. Overeating
Many people know that eating too much will increase the gastrointestinal burden and induce fatty liver. Dr. palladi pointed out that overeating not only damages the health of the gastrointestinal tract, but also easily causes a large increase in free radicals in the body. The key role of the liver is to help the human body deal with free radicals, eliminate toxins and purify blood. The more free radicals in the human body, the worse the liver function is damaged.
4. No breakfast
Nutrition experts say that eating breakfast can help neutralize gastric acid, protect the liver and reduce the risk of pancreatitis, diabetes, gallstones, constipation and other diseases. Dr. hermit Suri, a holistic nutritionist in Ontario, Canada, said that a healthy breakfast can prolong the feeling of satiety and avoid liver damage.
5. Taking too much medicine
A study published in the British Journal of clinical pharmacology said that long-term use of painkillers and other drugs would increase the burden of detoxification of the liver and lead to liver damage. Dr Kenneth Simpson, the leader of the new research and an expert from Edinburgh Royal Hospital, said that there are many drugs and their metabolites that are easy to cause liver damage, leading to drug-induced hepatitis (drug-induced hepatitis for short). These drugs include antibiotics, antipyretics and analgesics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, antiepileptics, sedatives, antithyroids, antineoplastic drugs, hypoglycemic drugs and cardiovascular drugs. Therefore, the medicine must be taken in strict accordance with the doctor’s advice and under the guidance of the doctor.
6. Excessive intake of processed food
Dr. hidachiran Zara Hussain, a registered nutrition therapist in India, said that many processed foods have added a variety of food additives such as preservatives, colors and artificial sweeteners. These added ingredients contain a variety of chemical substances that are difficult for the human body to decompose. After entering the human body, they will increase the detoxification burden of the liver and induce liver damage.
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