Healthy Weight Loss — Without DietingDietary balance and nutrient-richness are the keys for supporting
your liver and the keys for supporting healthy weight loss as well.
Good balance and nutrient-richness work equally well for weight
loss and liver health because both processes depend on the same
dietary foundation of nourishment.
The World’s Healthiest Foods are important for delivering a concen-
tratedand varied mixture of metabolic-support nutrients to your
liver. If you can choose the certified organic version of nutrient-rich
World’s Healthiest Foods you will also be able to avoid unnecessary
metabolic loads on your liver that can occur from toxic residues
found in non-organic foods (for more on organic foods, see page
199). Since the World’s Healthiest Foods are minimally processed
foods, they also support liver health by freeing your liver from the
task of processing additives. An approach to food that emphasizes
the above principles—relying on nutrient-rich World’s Healthiest
Foods as the foundation of your diet, and choosing organically
grown varieties when possible—can work wonders for your liver,
and in keeping your weight loss process a healthy one.
Why is the liver so important for healthy weight loss? From ameta-
bolic standpoint, losing weight places an extra toll on our body. It’s
a metabolic challenge for our body to shift from weight maintenance
over into weight loss. Alongside of the digestive tract, our liver lies
at the very center of this process. Our liver is the place where things
get sorted out in terms of metabolism. The breakdown of fat into
energy and the transport of unwanted fat both require a healthy liver.
So does production of energy to fuel the brain during a time of
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