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This is part of our ongoing The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging spotlight. Each week, we will be posting some of the great information that’s packed into our book, The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging.
Today’s topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver: N-Acetylcysteine
After absorption and uptake by the liver, N-acetylcysteine stimulates the synthesis of one of the most important antioxidant compounds within liver cells – glutathione – and, as shown in a study recently published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology, N-acetylcysteine promotes the health of liver cells by protecting them against harm.2
Next Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver: Fish Oils
References:
2. Rana SV, Attri S, Vaiphei K, Pal R, Attri A, Singh K. Role of N-acetylcysteine in rifampicin-induced hepatic injury of young rats. World J Gastroenterol 2006;12:287-291.
This is part of our ongoing The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging spotlight. Each week, we will be posting some of the great information that’s packed into our book, The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging.
Today’s topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver: Green Tea Catechins
One cup of brewed green tea contains about 200 mg of polyphenols, about half of which is (–)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). As shown in a study published in Biomedical Research, drinking green tea (which has a high content of catechins) protects the liver from the damage caused by free radicals.1 The results of another recently published study confirmed that the liver, bile duct and gallbladder all receive valuable support from the phytonutrients present within green tea.14
Next Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver: N-Acetylcysteine
References:
1. Abe K, Ijiri M, Suzuki T, Taguchi K, Koyama Y, Isemura M. Green tea with a high catechin content suppresses inflammatory cytokine expression in the galactosamine-injured rat liver. Biomed Res 2005;26:187-192.
14. Abe K, Ijiri M, Suzuki T, Taguchi K, Koyama Y, Isemura M. Green tea with a high catechin content suppresses inflammatory cytokine expression in the galactosamine-injured rat liver. Biomed Res 2005;26:187-192.
This is part of our ongoing The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging spotlight. Each week, we will be posting some of the great information that’s packed into our book, The Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging.
Today’s topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver:
Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Beta-Carotene, Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Selenium
This group of nutrients forms the foundation of the liver’s ability to protect itself from the “collateral damage” that could be caused during the chemical reactions it performs when regulating energy flow to the body, rebalancing amino acids, packaging and repackaging fats and cholesterol, producing bile acids, and converting toxins to harmless compounds. A large body of scientific evidence conclusively demonstrates that each of these nutrients works individually to control free radical production while they cooperate in controlling overall cellular exposure to harmful chemicals.13 By recycling other antioxidants within liver cells, alpha-lipoic acid increases their efficiency and vastly enhances the antioxidant capacities of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and the carotenoids. Because it can function both within the interior of a cell and within its membranes, alpha-lipoic acid is the most versatile of all antioxidants. Alpha-lipoic acid also protects hepatocytes from free radical damage caused by excessive heavy metal exposure. In addition, the antioxidant actions of alpha-lipoic acid serve to normalize the overall inflammatory response.
Next Best Kept Secrets to Healthy Aging topic:
Critical Tools for a Healthy Liver: Green Tea Catechins
References:
13. Bilska A, Wlodek L. Lipoic acid — the drug of the future? Pharmacol Rep 2005;57:570-577.
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