If your liver isn’t functioning properly, toxins that would normally be filtered by the liver will then gets accumulated in the body. Most people’s livers today work only at around 3′5-40% of their potential capacity because of the large amount of toxins we ingest. If your liver isn’t functioning properly, toxins that would normally be filtered by the liver will then gets accumulated in the body.

Most people’s livers today work only at around 3?5-40% of their potential capacity because of the large amount of toxins we ingest. If you have health insurance with a company like Aviva or Bupa then it may be worth checking with them to see if you are covered before visiting your doctor to check on your liver. It is not too much hassle and is a good idea because just in case there is a problem, you can get treatment promptly

When liver is functioning properly, the organ can clean up to 99% of bacteria and toxins from the blood. Around 2.25 litres of blood pass through the liver every minute for detoxification, and every day the liver manufactures about 1 litre of bile, which helps carry away toxins via the bowel.

Typical symptoms of a sluggish liver are, feeling constantly tired even though you have slept, nausea (especially after a fatty meal or alcohol), skin disorders such as acne, eczema and psoriasis, muscle and joint pain, age spots on the skin, and regular infections.

Also, most don’t associate being constipated with poor liver function, but blood from the bowel goes first to the liver, via the portal venous system, hence a bowel loaded with rubbish is going to overload the liver too.

Other symptoms of poor liver function can include yellowing whites of the eyes, yellowish alike  skin, fever, nausea, difficulty digesting fatty foods, and an increased sensitivity to cigarette smoke, strong perfume, petrol and other chemicals.

Because the brain is unable to disarm a wide range of toxins, it relies on the liver to clean the blood before it gets there. So, over the long term, an under-performing liver can have dire consequences for the brain and nervous system, including memory loss, Parkinson’s Disease and zheimer’s Disease.

While detoxification is the key function of the liver, it also performs these important functions :-

• produces bile to aid fat digestion ;
• as well as eliminate toxins ;
• manufactures and balances hormones ;
• stores various vitamins and minerals ;
• assembles amino acids ;
• makes cholesterol ;
• controls glucose and fat supplies ;
• plays a key role in immunity.

Your digestive system is closely involved in the health of your liver, as the blood from your gestive system, where nutrients are absorbed from your food, goes directly to the liver for filtering before it goes anywhere else in the body. If your diet is good and your digestion and absorption are working well, then the nutrients needed for good health will make it to the liver and then on into the body.

However if your digestive system is generally toxic, result from a poor, low nutrient, high-fat diet, constipation, poor gut flora, and so on, these toxins, and any others foods that you ingest, will similarly be delivered directly to your liver which adds to the liver’s workload.

The good news is that the liver is capable of regenerating itself, so with a good diet and lifestyle and the right supplements there’s no reason you can’t maintain liver function at an optimal level at any age.

And if you look after your liver, your skin literally glows with health. Begin with Healthy Lifestyle !

The problem is mainly due to water retention plus an accumulation of toxins in the body, which have weakened the connective tissue just below the surface of the skin. It is much less common In female athletes who have very low body fat.

Some Helpful Tips

• Massage in any form is beneficial as it increases circulation and lymph drainage. if you are not able to treat yourself to a massage on a weekly basis, invest in a skin brush, which increases circulation and helps eliminate toxins from the body. Skin brushes are available from all health shops and the Body Shop.
• Detox body oil (juniper, rosemary, grapefruit and fennel) helps detoxify and firm the body by improving microcirculation, oxygenation and elimination. Juniper and fennel are natural diuretics.
• Begin taking more exercise to improve on circulation and eliminates toxins, Rebounding in yoga could be helpful too in  your quest to reduce cellulite.
• If you need to lose weight, do it gradually as losing weight is an on-going process. Furthermore, losing weight too rapidly and quickly could makes the appearance of cellulite look worse.

Foods to Avoid

• High-fat foods, refined carbohydrates such as mass-produced cakes and biscuits plus meat pies and pastries.
• Foods with a high salt content such as tinned foods, pre-packaged foods and take-aways, which also tend to contain a lot of saturated fats.
• Also avoid too much coffee and alcohol, which place a strain on the liver, which is already struggling to deal with the toxins from your diet. The more you take care of your liver, the more your skin will improve.

Eating Healthily

• Eat plenty of complex carbohydrates like beans, lentils, fruits, vegetables, and brown rice. These foods help increase the rate of metabolism, making fat deposits less likely and increase elimination of toxins from the body.
• Make sure you drink plenty of water and add organic seeds like sunflower, pumpkin and linseed to fruits salads and cereals.
• Pectin in apples helps to absorb and eliminate toxins – eat an organic apple daily.

Useful Remedies

• The herb gotu kola is by far the best-researched and most successful remedy for cellulite when taken orally. Try 500mg 3 times a day for 2-3 months.
• A multi-vitamin and mineral daily.
• Horse chestnut cream, gel or lotion applied twice a day reduces some of the swelling and discomfort and helps to strengthen the connective tissues, which tend to be damaged when you have cellulite. Available from all good health stores.
• Cellulite tincture contains bladderwrack, alfalfa, horse chestnut, dandelion and gotu kola to improve micro circulation, elimination and oxygenation, as well as speeding up the metabolism.

The answers could shock you. A friend of mine, a nurse from the local hospital says that she very rarely find a fat Chinese lady. Even if she really finds them, the number is really small.

So, what happen exactly with these Chinese ladies? How they could maintain their weight, and stay healthy? Don’t they ever eat anything?

A recent studies in Japan shows that there is a special type of Chinese tea called the Okuma’s Wu Long tea that could burn more calories than an original Japanese tea. Drink this regularly and combine it with some exercises, and the calorie burning will increase two folds. The smart way of drinking this tea is by drinking it for 15 minutes before you eat any carbohydrates. It’s proven to suppress the rise of insulin in your body that usually happens when you eat carbohydrates.

Because carbohydrates increase the insulin level in your body, you’ll also feel that your body gain weight when you eat a lot of carbohydrates. Drinking this tea will control the weight gain that you have.

Other benefits of the Okuma’s Wu Long tea that the Japanese Research founds are:
- the eczema could clears up in 30 days after the first time you drink it
- reducing free radicals in your body
- lower the risk infections

In one of the old Chinese pharmaceutical book called “Bencao Shiyi “(The Compendium of Materia Medica), you could find the quote that says tea “will make one live long and stay in good shape.” Tea, especially the Okuma’s Wu Long tea comes from China’s Fujian Province where the ladies in there drink this type of tea for generations. This special tea helps melting the body fat they have, clear their skin, and even boost their energy. The newer scientific discoveries also said that it’s possible to melt inches of your waistline by using this tea.

Teas are a good complement of your diet foods. Even if it’s not necessary, you could use it to lose weight faster. To make your weight loss diet plan more successful, the combining of a healthy diet plan, teas, and exercises are a good way to go.

If you’re really committed to lose weight and keep it that way without get back to your old weight, you need to change your lifestyle. Strip off your old lifestyle, and replace it with a much healthier lifestyle so you could wok on your weight loss program without too many efforts. Here are some tips that you can do right away to banish several pounds in your body this month:

1. Walking. Set aside 30 minutes every day to do some walking. Walking could reduce your stress, give you a different point of view of your problems, and keep you healthy. Walking is much more effective than jogging. So, if you don’t like to jog, this is a better alternative for you

Doing the walking or jogging is great for your weight loss program. However, the effectiveness in walking could beat down the jogging. It is because when you walk; you increase your heart rate to a fat-burning level, maintain it that way, and have a long-lasting result. But, when you jogging, your heart rate increasing to the aerobic levels, and will drop as soon as you stopped the activity. That’s why it would be better for you to choose walking than jogging.

2. Get a small portion of your favorite foods. It also suggested that you cut your portion in half, especially the ones like hamburger, french fries, and other greasy food. It’s good for you because the calories in your body will reduce significantly and make your body accustomed to it.

3. Get a good night sleep. If you have a bad habit of sleeping not more than 3 hours per day, you should change it right away. If you have a good night sleep, your body will process the food more efficiently than sitting on a sofa. A good night sleep also gives you more energy to face the next day. Remember, an undisturbed night sleep is much better than none.

4. Reduce your stress. Having a high stress level will interfere your weight loss program and affect your physiological effect. Before you get stressed by looking at a pile of projects on your hands or a long to-do list that needed to be done, organize yourself first. Start tackles what needs to be done one by one, and do it as soon as possible, preferable as soon as you get it. By doing it this way, you could reduce your stress level.

5. Drink plenty of water. Water could help you to detoxify your body from harmful substance, hydrates your cells, and moisture your skin. Besides water, you could drink some green tea or juice that is effective to burn fat.

If you’re in love with caffeine and seems can’t go anywhere without one, make sure you also drink a glass of water along with your cup of coffee. Ask your friend to do the same weight loss program that you have, so you’re both could cheer up each other and keep yourselves on track.