Liver Cleansing - Ten Ways to Know You Need It

Your liver does over 500 different jobs. For example, it activates every hormone your body uses to send messages about how to respond, every minute of every day and night, a process called 'conjugation.' It also then deactivates those same hormones. In that way it actively participates in hormone balance, keeping just enough circulating to maintain that magical and dynamic state of physiological equilibrium known as homeostatsis.

But there's another job it does, and when it gets overwhelmed with this second job, it can't carry out the activating/inactivating hormone role so crucial to the health and well being of every cell of every type.

This job is all about detoxification. In other words, you liver has to clean every single drop of blood as it pumps through, 24 hours a day 7 days a week for your entire life. Little wonder it gets tired sometimes, and even less surprising that it sometimes needs a little help to get its job done.

These times are most likely to occur during the four seasonal transitions in spring, summer, fall and winter. That's because the body does some seasonal 'housecleaning' during those times.

Here are ten signs that your liver may be temporarily overloaded, and therefore needs some detoxing support:

1. Bad breath;

2. Skin rashes, psoriasis, eczema, boils, acne, moles, age spots and skin tags;

3. Digestive problems, such as bloating, gassiness and or flatulence;

4. Constipation, because the liver releases substances that stimulate bowel emptying;

5. Chemical sensitivities;

6. Allergies;

7. Blood sugar issues (the liver helps regulate blood sugar levels) such as getting shaky, weak, grouchy or aggressive if a meal is delayed, feeling like taking a nap after eating a large meal; waking during the night;

8. Cholesterol problems, including high or imbalanced (the liver produces some 80% of total cholesterol)

9. Blood Abnormalities, especially blood clots (can indicate sluggish liver);

10. Hormone imbalances, especially estrogen dominance for men, women and children.

If you recognize some of these symptoms in yourself, you may want to squeeze the fresh juice of a lemon and drink it to increase your intake of whole food vitamin C.

Also, you can find a whole food garlic supplement and follow the directions on the label. That will provide your liver with the sulfur it needs to complete both Phase I and Phase II detoxification.

Those two strategies alone may be sufficient. If not, consider working with a health practitioner experienced with liver cleansing protocols. That way you will have guidance so you don't trigger a massive detox reaction that can make you really sick.

This article was excerpted from Natural Female Hormone Care lessons.For a free 209-item questionnaire you can use to assess the current state of your own hormone balance, including your liver, you're invited to go to http://www.naturalfemalehormonecare.com

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