Recently, the European Cup has been dominating our social media feeds, and many people are staying up late to watch the games. However, I want to remind fans that staying up late can easily lead to lack of sleep, which can harm our liver. Additionally, there are certain dietary habits that can also damage the liver. So, how can we protect and nourish our liver? What are the foods that are good for the liver?
Many modern habits and dietary practices can harm our health, and staying up late is a common occurrence. Clinical studies have shown that these habits and unhealthy dietary practices can lead to various liver diseases.
What are some other dietary habits that can harm the liver?
1. Excessive alcohol consumption
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can decrease the liver's ability to purify the blood, leading to an increase in toxins in the body and causing liver damage and various diseases. In addition, alcohol abuse can also lead to liver toxicity and hepatitis. Long-term excessive alcohol consumption can even lead to liver cirrhosis.
2. Consuming undercooked, burnt, or moldy food
Research has shown that undercooked seafood and shellfish often contain bacteria and parasites. Once a person develops acute gastroenteritis or dysentery, it can easily worsen liver diseases and even lead to liver coma. Moldy food contains aflatoxins, which are highly carcinogenic. Burnt food and high-temperature cooking oils contain carcinogens such as benzopyrene.
3. Consuming too much processed food
In our daily lives, many processed foods contain a large amount of chemical substances. When these chemicals enter the body, they increase the burden on the liver's detoxification function, which can easily lead to liver damage.
4. Taking too many medications
Various medications and their metabolites can easily cause liver damage, leading to drug-induced hepatitis (also known as drug-induced liver injury).
Recommended liver-protecting and liver-nourishing dietary therapy
1. Coix Seed and Millet Porridge
Ingredients: 60g of coix seed, 150g of millet, 20g of smilax glabra.
Instructions: Wash the above ingredients, wrap the smilax glabra in gauze, and cook them together to make porridge.
Usage: Remove the smilax glabra and drink the porridge several times a week for one week.
Taboos: Avoid drinking tea while consuming.
Explanation: Smilax glabra has a sweet and mild taste, it enters the liver and stomach meridians, and it can eliminate dampness, detoxify, invigorate the spleen and stomach, promote flexibility in tendons and bones, and have anti-inflammatory and heat-clearing effects. Millet has a sweet and mild nature. Coix seed has a slightly cold nature and a sweet and mild taste.
This whole recipe can clear heat and dampness, invigorate the spleen and regulate the stomach. It is effective in preventing and treating various conditions such as poor liver detoxification, eczema, skin diseases, spasms, bone pain, ulcers, and swelling and toxicity.
2. Stir-fried Jujube and Wood Ear Mushrooms
Ingredients: 15 jujubes, 15g white wood ear mushrooms, 15g black wood ear mushrooms, salt, sesame oil, scallion, ginger (as needed), and 100ml of water.
