In this article, we will discuss some typical fall/winter foods that should not be missing from your table if you want to take care of your liver and overall well-being. Here are 7 fall foods for your liver detox!
Previously, we talked about how to know if a liver cleanse is necessary and shared tools on how to carry it out. We explained the three phases of the liver detox and finally the best time to do it.
For this reason, it is advisable to eat seasonal fruits and vegetables.
You probably know the benefits of artichokes, very typical of this time of year here in Spain, but today I have decided to include other fruits and vegetables that you might know less about for their detoxifying qualities.
Nonetheless, for your delight, I will also share a very detoxifying artichoke recipe that will make you lick your fingers!
7 fall foods for your liver detox
Pomegranate
An extraordinary fruit both for its beauty and color and for its qualities. It’s very typical to see it as decoration on our holiday dishes. It´s rich in polyphenols, flavonoids, and anthocyanins. It helps maintain an alkaline environment and supports a healthy liver. Vontains vitamins such as C, A, and B, and alkaline minerals like potassium, magnesium, calcium, manganese, iron, and phosphorus. It improves blood circulation, blood pressure, cholesterol, and helps prevent memory loss. It is diuretic, aids digestion, and fights againts constipation. Pomegranate is considered an aphrodisiac fruit that also promotes fertility.
So, how can you not have it?
Manzana
They have endless health benefits and are powerful liver detoxifiers. Apples contain malic acid, which helps soften gallstones, tartaric acid, B vitamins (B1, B2, B6) that support liver cleansing and are hepatoprotective, vitamin C, minerals like phosphorus, potassium, and calcium. They have carotenoids, flavonoids, polyphenols, bioactive compounds, and many antioxidants that help prevent cellular oxidative damage. Rich in soluble fiber, pectin, a prebiotic with a low glycemic index that improves constipation. Help with fat digestion, protecting against cardiovascular diseases.
As the saying goes, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
Persimmon (Kaki)
This fruit, originally from China and Japan, is truly delicious. It has an exquisite sweet taste, ideal for desserts or breakfasts. It is very rich in fiber, vitamins C and A, cryptoxanthin, beta carotene, and minerals like calcium and phosphorus. This fruit, rich in antioxidants, fights against free radicals, inflammation, and has a detoxifying and diuretic effect. It is ideal to take care of your liver and your digestive system in general.
You must try it, it tastes like pudding! Really delicious.
Red Cabbage
Another violet fall vegetable that belongs to the cabbage family. Extraordinarily purifying and diuretic thanks to its content in sulfur, potassium, and vitamins B2 and B6. It is very rich in antioxidants, vitamins C, K, B6, B2, and A. It also contains minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc, and iron, making it a very alkalizing vegetable.
Its beautiful blue-purple color will not leave you indifferent!
Celery
We all know the benefits of this extraordinary vegetable, its good nutritional and purifying qualities. Celery is a very alkalizing vegetable due to its high mineral content, such as potassium that helps with water retention, magnesium, calcium, and sodium. Celery also helps get rid of toxins, it´s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. It improves the skin and cleanses the liver. It is very hydrating and contains vitamins such as C, E, K, folic acid, and iron. Lastly, since it improves liver function, it also improves digestion and the cardiovascular system thanks to its apigenin content.
Incredible, right?
Red Bell Pepper
Red bell pepper is rich in vitamins, antioxidants, fiber, and capsaicin. It contributes to the body’s alkaline environment due to its mineral content, such as calcium, potassium, and phosphorus, and to the liver detoxification thanks to its very high vitamin C content, three times more than any citrus fruit. It contains carotenes and beta carotenes, vitamin A, flavonoids, lycopene, and phytochemicals, which improve the cardiovascular system.
In summary, it’s amazing!
Endive
Endive is a kind of wild chicory very typical of the Mediterranean area. Thanks to its characteristic bitter taste, it has digestive qualities, being a good liver/biliary regulator that promotes bowel movements and improves liver function. It contains folic acid, vitamins A, E, and C. It improves the skin and mucous membranes. And lastly, endive is a very alkalizing vegetable due to its mineral content, such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, iodine, and phosphorus.
Fall has seasonal foods rich in vitamins and full of nutrients, perfect to fight against fatigue and lack of energy that often affects us during this season. Include these 7 foods in your diet to Detox your liver!
