Women use this trick to protect their liver so that liver disease has nowhere to hide!

The liver plays a very important role in the human body. The human body mainly relies on the liver for metabolism, which is the main function of the liver, so women must protect their livers.

The liver is located in the abdomen, below the diaphragm, and within the right rib. It is one of the five internal organs of the human body and the largest gland in the human body. "Liver is the general's office" is recorded in "Suwen Linglan Secret Classic".

Liver disease is the “biggest invisible killer”

The liver is susceptible to diseases such as hepatitis A or B, toxic hepatitis, liver cancer or cirrhosis. Among them, the most serious is liver cancer. Once suffering from liver cancer, the patient is in a life-threatening situation, and the disease develops quickly and the death is also fast.

The scary thing about liver disease is that patients do not have any particularly obvious symptoms. The patient may experience abdominal distension, chest tightness, decreased appetite, colds, fever, nausea, etc., but most people do not take these phenomena seriously and go to the pharmacy to buy medicine on their own, which causes the condition to worsen and even death. Alternatively, many people will make a superficial diagnosis or speculate whether they have liver disease. Experts explain that general symptoms such as fatigue, bloating, abdominal pain, jaundice, and loss of appetite do not mean that the liver is functioning poorly; but even if one can eat, drink, run, jump, or is an athlete, it does not mean that one is in good health. Because most liver diseases have no symptoms, this is why doctors call liver disease "the biggest invisible killer", so we must be careful.

The liver indicates two major signs of human aging

Aging is not only reflected in the external appearance, but also in changes in the internal organs of the body, among which the liver is particularly obvious.

1. Liver blood flow should be reduced. After the age of 25 for men and 20 for women, the blood flow in the liver circulation decreases by an average of 0.3% to 1.5% each year. The intrahepatic blood flow at the age of 60 is approximately 40% to 50% less than that at the age of 20. Blood is the basis for protecting and nourishing the liver. The reduction in blood flow reduces the blood circulation function in the liver, and the liver's ability to absorb nutrients, metabolize and eliminate toxins also decreases accordingly. 2. Studies have shown that after the age of 60, the number of liver cells decreases sharply with age. The liver tends to become cirrhotic and its weight decreases significantly. The average weight of the liver of a 90-year-old is only 51.8% of that of a 30-year-old young person.

How to protect the liver in daily life

1. Maintain a normal weight

Being overweight makes your liver work harder and increases your risk of developing fatty liver disease. If the whole body fat is reduced, the fat in the liver will also be reduced, and even the elevated liver function index of patients with liver disease can be significantly reduced. The ideal way to lose weight is to have a balanced diet and exercise regularly.

2. Stay away from various instruments that may be contaminated by blood

Avoid unnecessary blood transfusions, injections, ear piercing, tattoos, sharing toothbrushes, razors, etc. with others, and reduce contact with instruments that may be contaminated with blood.

3. Eat a balanced diet

An unbalanced diet increases the burden on the liver. The liver is responsible for converting the food you eat into energy for the body. It is more difficult for the liver to convert non-carbohydrates into energy than to convert carbohydrates into energy. A balanced dietary energy source combination should be 55-65% from carbohydrate energy (such as rice and pasta), 11-15% from protein energy (such as meat and beans), and 20-30% from fat energy, of which unsaturated fat accounts for 85% (such as vegetable oil).

4. Pay attention to food hygiene

Do not drink raw water or eat raw seafood, because clams, oysters and shellfish are easily infected with hepatitis A virus.

5. Don’t drink or smoke

Drinking alcohol increases the chance of developing fatty liver and alcoholic liver disease. People with liver disease should quit drinking completely. Smoking is linked to liver cancer.

6. Pay attention to your sleep time

The normal sleep time for adults should be 8 hours. Normally, people should go to bed around 11pm and enter deep sleep between 1am and 3am. This is the best time to nourish the liver and blood. Otherwise, the blood will not be nourished enough. Therefore, people should not stay up late and should not let it damage the liver.

7. Don’t take medication blindly

All medicines taken must be detoxified by the liver. In addition to prescribed medications, avoid taking other medications on your own, because taking multiple medications can easily cause drug interactions and affect the liver's ability to metabolize drugs.