LiverSupport Health News
Does the Liver Benefit from Coconut Oil?
A fat used in baking and sautéing, coconut oil may harbor some exciting protective effects for the liver.
Improve Your Gastrointestinal Health with Probiotics and Digestive Enzymes
Two different types of supplements offer gut support for those with liver concerns.
Do Antibacterial Soaps Impact Your Liver?
We wash our hands to keep clean and prevent the spread of infection, but hand washing might also pose a liver cancer risk.
The Holy Grail of Advanced Liver Disease Treatment
Did you know that a bio-artificial liver is currently in human trials? Similar to how hemodialysis can be a lifesaver for those with kidney failure, the bio-artificial liver can do the same for those facing liver failure.
Study: Probiotics Exert Dual Action to Aid a Fatty Liver
A common probiotic has been shown to minimize lipogenesis and promote lipolysis – complementary actions that both prevent and reverse fat from accumulating in the liver.
Cautions to Heed Before a Liver Detox
Putting in the extra effort to detoxify your liver can significantly improve your liver’s health, but be aware of which cautions might apply.
Liver Transplant Inequity
For those facing end stage liver disease, attempts will be made to improve the fairness of liver transplant allocation.
8 Great Foods for Detoxing the Liver
Food is medicine – eating the right ones are essential for a liver detox diet.
Liver Cancer Thwarted by Specialized Radiation
Only certain individuals will qualify, but stereotactic body radiation therapy represents a substantial improvement in liver cancer treatment.
Probiotics and Synbiotics Battle Fat in the Liver
Providing the gastrointestinal system with beneficial bacteria could be part of a winning strategy to defeat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Dealing with Toxicity in the Workplace
When living with liver disease in one of these (or similarly toxic) occupations, it is important to take precautions. Find out the four primary routes for welcoming toxins into the body while in the workplace and which 13 jobs are known to expose workers to a considerable amount of toxicity.
For Your Liver’s Sake: The Best Times to Drink Water
There are several reasons why drinking water benefits the liver – and these four times of the day are the best to reap those benefits.
What You Need to Know About Jaundice
Learn all about jaundice – what it is, how it happens, and what conditions can lead to this yellowish discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by abnormally high levels of bilirubin in the bloodstream.
New Link Between MSG and Fatty Liver
Besides giving you a headache and heart palpitations, MSG (monosodium glutamate) might be contributing to obesity and a fatty, inflamed liver.
Third-Hand Smoke Is a Liver Disease Foe
A cigarette’s harm goes beyond its associated clouds of smoke, especially for those with liver disease.
New Research: Blocking Fructose from Causing a Fatty Liver
Eating a lot of sugar can accelerate fat accumulation in the liver and initiate metabolic syndrome, but a new study may have found a way around this dilemma.
Exercise for Chronic Liver Disease
If you suffer from liver disease, exercise is the probably last thing you want to do. Here’s why you should force yourself to get up and go.
9 Natural Itch-Relief Approaches
Feeling itchy may be a result of chronic liver disease. Luckily, there are many things you can try to help soothe the itch.
Chinese Medicine Links Liver Disease with Insomnia
Looking to Traditional Chinese Medicine helps explain why someone with liver disease keeps waking in the middle of the night – and also provides insight on how to slumber soundly.
