Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Jiang Feng.
Speaking of pumpkin, I'm sure everyone is familiar with it, it's a very common food, very common in rural areas, almost every family grows some, I remember when I was a kid I made a living from pumpkin vines.
Pumpkin tastes soft and sticky and sweet, it tastes delicious and is loved by men, women and children, there are many ways to eat it, you can cook porridge, use it as a filling, wash and steam directly, no matter which way you eat it, it can bring you a good tasting experience.
Pumpkin is not only delicious, but also nutritious, pumpkin seeds rich in plant protein, carotene, vitamins, amino acids, calcium, zinc, iron, phosphorus, etc., appropriate consumption of some pumpkin can supplement a variety of nutrients in the human body, prevent some diseases.
Seeing this, some people may ask, since pumpkin has so many benefits, does eating pumpkin every day nourish the liver or harm the liver? Now it's up to the doctor to say.
People with impaired liver function may have the following clinical symptoms
Abnormal fever
When you have a cold, you usually have a fever, fever is the body's self-protection state, if you continue to have a low-grade fever for a period of time, it is likely to be a precursor to liver disease, liver function is impaired, toxins can not be removed as soon as possible and accumulate in the body, increasing the body's running burden, resulting in a persistent low-grade fever.
Yellow eyes
The liver and the eyes have a great relationship, so when the liver is abnormal, the human eyes will also have some symptoms, the bilirubin produced in the body can not be metabolized in time, easy to appear jaundice, however, the most typical feature of jaundice is that the eyes turn yellow, and some even the whole face turns yellow, especially serious.
Gastrointestinal symptoms
The liver is the largest digestive gland in the human body, when the liver is injured, the digestive function is impaired, manifested as loss of appetite, aversion to greasy and bloating, that is, some patients can eat and eat, but can not digest, food is always stored in the stomach, digestive function is poor, hepatitis patients may now have diarrhea.
Redness of the palms
The most obvious feature of liver damage is the palmar of the liver, the palm of the patient is pronounced red, which can lead to local pink plaques, after pressing with the hand, the red plaques turn white and immediately return to the red state, which is due to abnormal liver function caused by interfish and fingertip hyperemia, if there is a similar phenomenon, it is better to go to the hospital for examination.
Increased melanin
Liver damage can cause the liver to be unable to metabolize, and melanocytes secreting melanocytes in the anterior pituitary gland secrete more melanin, resulting in increased melanin in the body and liver disease.
fatigue
If you do not do any physical work and still feel weak, even if you have enough sleep, you still do not recover after rest, you must be vigilant at this time, at this time, liver problems may occur, leading to various digestive diseases, many nutrients can not be transported and absorbed, resulting in muscle weakness, so you will feel fatigue and fatigue.
halitosis
Most patients with liver disease have typical halitosis symptoms, when bad breath occurs suddenly, people usually think that it is caused by insufficient oral cleaning or teeth inflammation, in fact, halitosis is also an alarm signal sent by liver disease to the body, pain nerves in the liver distribution is not dense, the number is small, pathological changes and damage after it is difficult to send signals to the body, when the liver function is reduced, it will affect the body's normal toxin metabolism, and the increase in nitrogen and ammonia content in the blood will cause halitosis.
Eating pumpkin every day, is it nourishing the liver or hurting the liver?
Perhaps most people do not know much about the liver, in fact, the liver is a very important internal organ in our body, there are no other internal organs to replace it, the main function of the liver is to detoxify, if certain harmful substances accumulate in the body, the liver will start working, break down these harmful substances, and then excrete them.
However, since the human liver does not have peripheral nerves, when the liver function is abnormal, most patients may be difficult to detect, and slowly may also lead to the further development of related symptoms, as for whether eating pumpkin is good or bad for the liver, this issue should be analyzed dialectically, for those people whose liver function itself is not very good, if they often eat pumpkin, it is easy to increase the burden on the liver and damage liver function.
If a person with a healthy liver can consume pumpkin in moderation, it may help protect the liver to some extent, so that the liver can get enough nutrients, and if there is a problem with liver function, it may be accompanied by an increase in transaminases during the physical examination, at which point, your body may be reminding you that it is time to protect your liver.
Although the liver is not the main digestive and absorption organ, if you want to nourish and protect the liver, you should also actively regulate and improve your diet, the following foods seem normal, but in fact, eating too much can harm the liver, I hope you will show compassion.
Liver or like these foods, you can eat regularly
carrot
Carrots are rich in vitamins, they are foods that can excrete mercury, they can help us expel mercury ions in the blood, and reduce the concentration of mercury ions, carotene contains vitamin A, which helps our liver to flush out toxins from the body and reduce fat in the liver.
Garlic
Garlic is a common food in daily life, it is rich in vitamins and trace elements, can meet the body's needs for these nutrients, at the same time, garlic is also a "medicine", its pure natural bactericidal function is suitable for human health maintenance, especially the gastrointestinal tract and liver, these organs are often affected by some bacteria.
The allicin contained in garlic has a bactericidal effect and is good for liver health, in addition, garlic helps the metabolism and function of the liver to improve, so for people with poor liver itself, eating more garlic is also very helpful.