Nurturing the liver in summer and doing well in four aspects will make the liver healthier and healthier.

Recently, many friends asked me how to raise my liver in summer. Any good suggestions? For this problem, we must first know what changes are easy to occur in the body when summer comes.

In hot summer, the temperature remains high, and the body is prone to sweating a lot. If a lot of water and electrolytes are lost in the body, there is a risk of liver damage.

In summer, people will eat more cool food to cool off the heat, but too cold stimulation will increase the burden on the liver. Many people will drink cold beer as a drink, and the harm of alcohol to the liver is well known. Although the alcohol contained in beer is small, it will be converted into acetaldehyde and other substances in the body, which will further aggravate the damage to the liver, especially for patients with chronic liver disease.

Summer is a hot season, people's mood will become hot and impetuous with the weather. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver is particularly closely related to emotional activities, and the mood is low, and human immunity may decline. Grumpy and depressed will cause abnormal adrenaline secretion, damage the liver, induce liver injury and liver disease. It is very important for patients with liver disease to maintain emotional comfort.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Many people will prolong the nightlife, resulting in lack of sleep, which is easy to cause relatively insufficient blood in the liver, thus aggravating the damaged liver cells due to hypoxia and ischemia.

So, in order to fight against the "liver defense" in summer, what aspects should be paid attention to in diet and daily life?

The first principle is a reasonable diet. A reasonable diet and balanced nutrition are beneficial to protect the liver. Protein, fat, vitamins and carbohydrates in food should be ingested every day, and the diet structure should be reasonable. Try to keep the balance of five flavors and eat less spicy food. Diet should be light, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and eat more cool fruits, such as watermelon and grapes. In addition, the daily diet needs to avoid overeating, which often leads to the overload of organs such as liver, gallbladder, stomach and pancreas, which in turn leads to liver diseases.

The second is to maintain proper exercise. Keep the habit of exercise, properly control the amount of exercise according to your physical condition, and take fatigue as the criterion. Moderate intensity aerobic exercise, such as jogging and cycling, can consume calories in the body. For people with fatty liver, the management of diet and exercise can improve or even eliminate simple fatty liver, but it is important to adhere to and nourish the liver. It is difficult to get results by fishing for three days and drying the net for two days.

In addition, to keep the liver healthy, we should cultivate optimistic, cheerful, tolerant and relaxed healthy behavior patterns and mentality. If you want to have a strong liver-qi, you must learn to control your emotions and achieve peace of mind, so that the liver fire can be extinguished and the liver-qi can grow normally and smoothly.

Last but not least, the liver also needs rest. Adequate sleep contributes to the stability of liver repair function. Try to sleep before 1 1 at night. The body can be completely relaxed and the liver can be repaired in a good environment.

Summer is here, and in the hot season, let nature take its course, maintain good living and eating habits, and make the liver healthier!