In Your Trunk by Mehmet C. Oz M.D

Author:Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2008-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Your Liver: What Can Go Wrong

Myth Buster #3

Most of us think we know the top three things that can destroy a liver: booze, booze, and more booze. While it’s true that too much alcohol, either all at once or over a long period of time, can be as destructive to a liver as a baseball to a window, alcohol isn’t the only thing that puts your liver at risk. Here’s a look at a few of the other potential problems.

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Myth or Fact?

Detox diets work.

It takes a lot longer than a week for the liver to remold itself and recover from chronic injury, and studies repeatedly fail to show a benefit from short-term “detox” diets. The way that they can be beneficial? They reboot your taste buds and cleanse your intestines, so you can return to food free of allergies and with a heightened appreciation of simple and beautiful real foods. Processed foods wreak havoc on the liver, which has no way to understand how to metabolize them—except to treat them like toxins themselves.

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