Take note: those who consume isotretinoin orally – it can have significant effects on your liver health.
Choline** is an essential nutrient that supports liver function, detoxification, and lipid metabolism, preventing fat build-up in the liver. It plays a crucial role in methylation, a key process for various body functions including detoxification, and helps regulate homocysteine levels in the blood through its metabolite betaine. Low choline levels can lead to liver fat accumulation, impairing detoxification. Obtaining choline through diet is vital for a healthy, well-functioning liver, and maintaining cell structure and normal lipid transport and metabolism.
L-methionine and L-glycine along with Riboflavin* and Molybdenum are required for a variety of essential biochemical functions in the liver. Fat metabolism and hepatic cell renewal are regulated by a number of complex enzyme systems in the liver, and these are dependent upon specific nutritional components provided in the diet.
L. plantarum is a friendly transient bacteria that may help influence the uptake of dietary lipids from the digestive tract after the ingestion of fatty foods – some of which may impact negatively on healthy liver function and contribute to a fatty liver.
Dandelion root and leaf are used for health in supporting digestion, normal bile flow and liver function. As a bitter, dandelion supports digestion due to sesquiterpene lactones, which are among its most important constituents, and which contribute to the properties of the root. Dandelion root supports bile secretion and normal flow effects and has been traditionally recommended for people with sluggish liver function due to alcohol consumption and/or poor diet. The increase in bile flow may also help improve fat metabolism in the body and optimise the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.
Artichokes contain the antioxidants silymarin and cynarin which help to support the natural process of liver regeneration, support bile production, support optimal gallbladder function, and protect the liver, supporting its overall normal inflammatory responses, reducing the presence of toxins, and facilitating their elimination. Artichoke leaf extract helps to support healthy cholesterol levels.
Turmeric has the ability to support the secretion of bile which may improve the body’s ability to digest lipids. It also inhibits free radical damage of lipids such as those found in cell membranes and cholesterol. Turmeric may enhance the liver’s detoxification ability in addition to its antioxidant properties, supporting hepatoprotective effects from a variety of hepatotoxic insults.
* Riboflavin contributes to the maintenance of normal skin.
** Choline contributes to the maintenance of normal liver function and normal homocysteine metabolism.
