Are there certain foods or nutritional supplements that can help improve liver function?
1. Lick the liquor habit – It typically takes a half quart of whiskey daily for 10 years to abuse the liver to the point of cirrhosis. 2. Add “C” to your diet – University of Michigan Medical School studies show that vitamin C protects the liver. Doses as low as 500 milligrams daily helps prevent fatty buildup and cirrhosis. 5,000 mg of vitamin C per day appears to actually flush fats from the liver. 3. Take vitamin B – Especially vitamin B-12, which significantly reduces jaundice, anorexia, serum bilirubin, and recovery time. 4. Eat veggies and greens 5. Eat your food raw – Or at least as much of it as you can. Some studies show it is one effective way to stave off liver cancer. 6. Get off drugs – Illegal drugs of all sorts (and a few prescription drugs as well) are rough on the liver. This includes anabolic steroids. 7. Eat less fat – Twenty-five percent of people have fatty liver condition, according to the Merck Manual. Fatty liver is the most common response of the liver to injury
