Physiology Friday: [Liver Health] Verified Assessment, Optimization + Protocol Design
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode of Barbell Shrugged the team digs into liver health, biomarkers, and optimization.
The liver is a remarkable organ that performs numerous essential functions necessary for our overall well-being. Maintaining a healthy liver is vital, and understanding the role of biomarkers and optimization can help us achieve that goal.
Our lifestyle choices significantly impact liver health. Unhealthy habits such as a processed food-heavy diet, excessive alcohol consumption, sedentary behavior, and chronic stress can damage the liver. On the other hand, adopting a healthy lifestyle with a balanced diet, regular exercise, stress management, and moderate alcohol consumption promotes optimal liver function.
Biomarkers play a crucial role in assessing liver health. These measurable indicators, including liver enzymes like ALT and AST, bilirubin levels, and imaging techniques like ultrasound and MRI, provide valuable insights into liver function and overall health.
By monitoring these biomarkers, healthcare professionals can identify inflammation, damage, and diseases such as fatty liver disease or viral hepatitis at an early stage, enabling timely intervention and prevention of further damage.
Diet is a key factor in optimizing liver health. A nutrient-rich diet low in processed foods, added sugars, and unhealthy fats supports liver function. Foods such as leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats like avocados and olive oil provide necessary nutrients and antioxidants for the liver's detoxification processes.
Supplements and herbs can also aid liver health. Milk thistle, containing silymarin with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, has been used for centuries for its hepatoprotective effects.
Other supplements like N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and turmeric have shown potential benefits in supporting liver health. It's important to consult with a healthcare professional before starting any new regimen to ensure personalized guidance.
Alcohol consumption significantly impacts liver health. Excessive and chronic alcohol consumption leads to inflammation, fatty liver disease, and cirrhosis.
Practicing responsible drinking by limiting alcohol intake and incorporating alcohol-free days is crucial for liver protection.
Mental well-being is intertwined with liver health. Chronic stress and poor mental health can affect liver function. Implementing stress management techniques such as meditation, exercise, and seeking support from loved ones or professionals can reduce stress levels and support liver health.
In conclusion, optimizing liver health through lifestyle modifications, biomarker monitoring, dietary adjustments, responsible alcohol consumption, and stress management is essential for overall well-being. Prioritizing a healthy lifestyle and seeking professional guidance can make a significant difference in supporting the liver's vital functions. Remember, a healthy liver leads to a healthier life.
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| 0:00.0 | Shrug family this week on Barbell Shrug Physiology, Friday's back. |
| 0:03.4 | Dan Garner is on the microphone today and we're going to be talking about liver health, |
| 0:08.2 | what you can be looking for in your blood work and protocols to make your liver enzymes healthier. |
| 0:13.0 | As always, friends, make sure you get over to RTAe lab.com. |
| 0:16.7 | That is the signature program inside Rapid Health Optimization where you can learn about all things lab testing, |
| 0:22.3 | analysis, program design, |
| 0:23.9 | and how we can go execute and make you healthier |
| 0:26.5 | and performing better than you ever have in your entire life. |
| 0:29.6 | You can access all of that over at aratea lab.com. |
| 0:32.7 | That's a R-E-T-E-L-A-B dot com. |
| 0:35.6 | R-O-T-Lab. |
| 0:36.6 | Friends, let's get into the show. and then getting super jacked and then taking 437 pictures of yourself and putting them on the internet |
| 0:56.3 | i feel great man that's like that's a that's a good that's a good cruise to go through dude you |
| 1:00.4 | were you did have kind of a wild year like you went from from you did marathon bench 405 and |
| 1:06.0 | and did a bodybuilding show you know internal bodybuilding competition, a challenge, we'll call it. |
| 1:11.3 | You didn't actually go on stage, but you did it for yourself and for the team here. |
| 1:15.0 | That's a lot of gangster goals in one year. |
| 1:17.0 | You hit all into the spectrum, endurance, full strength, and physique. |
| 1:21.5 | Yeah, yeah, I appreciate that, man. |
| 1:23.7 | It was a, I knocked all those out in one year. |
| 1:26.4 | And for a lot of reasons reasons I think that it's |
| 1:28.3 | important to to walk the walk as a coach I absolutely see it as a part of my job |
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