Keeping the Liver Clean

by Dona Parker

The liver is largest organ in the body and one of the busiest, storing glucose from the food we eat, producing bile for digesting fats and filtering harmful toxins out of the blood. The Standard American Diet, combined with the sedentary lifestyle that most individuals live, can cause fatty tissue to build up and result in a sluggish liver, which limits its ability to perform essential tasks.

A diet that includes five to 10 cups of green tea daily, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, as well as turmeric, grapefruit, beets and garlic, can help to prevention a buildup of fat in the liver.

Two of the liver’s 500 vital functions are detoxification of blood and maintaining a healthy level of fat in the bloodstream. Not only acting as a powerful filter removing toxins found in the environment and medications from the blood, the liver is involved in the production of enzymes, hormones and special proteins necessary for blood clotting. Loaded with immune cells like macrophages, which are natural killer cells, T-cells and more, a clean liver is a major contributor to a strong immune system.

One of the best ways to unclog the liver and keep it healthy is with light therapy. Infrared light saunas, referred to in Finland as the “poor man’s pharmacy”, are a natural way to keep the body healthy. They are most effective when used regularly for detoxifying, especially for individuals that are taking several medications.

In addition, photobiomodulation, involving the release of light waves in different nanometer wavelengths, alters the way the cells produce energy and antioxidants. In turn, this improved efficiency may help heal bones, nerves, skin, tendons and ligaments, lessening pain.

Although it may seem like science fiction, light therapy is a valuable treatment growing steadily in popularity. According to Michael Hamlin, Ph.D., a principal investor at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, and associate professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School, the number of conditions that light therapy can treat is continuously expanding.

Dona Parker is the owner of Tree of Light Whole Body Rejuvenation, which offers infrared saunas and ARRC LED photobiomodulation beds, located at 806 Neapolitan Way, in Naples. For more information, call 239-692-9367 or visit TreeOfLightCenter.com. See ad, page 13.

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