Liver health and weight
Let’s learn to be kind to your body, starting with your liver. Extra weight will come off on its own. Knee pain will ease on its own. The body knows how to heal when we stop working against it.
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“You can activate your body's natural weight-loss switch by following these five simple steps—a switch that depends on the health of your liver."
Dr. Takeshi Kurihara, Tokyo, Japan
His clinic specializes in treating liver diseases such as fatty liver, chronic hepatitis C, and chronic hepatitis B, as well as diabetes, dyslipidemia (cholesterol and triglycerides), and the rapidly increasing condition of obesity.
Translated by Ai Kakuta
- 1: Brush your teeth and keep your mouth clean. Treating gum disease is the first step toward weight loss. Periodontal disease impairs insulin function (which regulates blood sugar) and drives up triglyceride accumulation in the liver.
- 2: Eat dark chocolate with a high cacao content. Chocolate above 70% cacao is rich in cacao polyphenols, which help blunt blood sugar spikes. It also provides plenty of dietary fiber, slowing sugar absorption and supporting a healthy gut environment.
- 3: Drink green tea. Catechins—a class of polyphenols found in green tea—help the body burn fat.
- 4: Cut your carbs just a little. Eating one bite less than usual is enough to start shifting your body into fat-burning mode.
- 5: Do some light exercise. Focusing on the lower body is the most efficient way to slim down. Not all exercise leads to weight loss, though—some types build muscle and add weight instead.
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“Losing weight too quickly is hard on your body and can cause the weight to come right back. A healthy goal is to lose no more than 3% of your body weight in a month.　Patients who achieve a 4-pound weight loss in the first month typically go on to achieve an 11-pound loss by the end of the third month"
Dr. Satoshi Ogata, Nagano, Japan
Hepatologist · Liver Surgeon · Smart Clinic Physician M.D., Ph.D. Prevention and Treatment of Fatty Liver, Obesity, and Lifestyle-Related Diseases
https://asamaghp.jp/pages/252/http://k-sarasara.com/
Translated by Ai Kakuta
Aiki Method by dr. ogata
Try this!
Rule #1
Weigh yourself once a day and keep a record. This simple habit builds self-awareness and makes your weight-loss efforts much more effective.
Rule #2
Stop drinking sugary beverages. Drinks like soda and sweetened coffee are a major driver of fat accumulation in the liver. Switch to water, tea, or black coffee to give your liver a chance to slim down
Rule #3
Eat more vegetables. Aim for about 12 oz (2½ cups) of vegetables per day—roughly two cupped handfuls, or twice what you usually eat. The fiber keeps you satisfied and helps tame your appetite.
Rule #4
Cut back on carbs. Aim for 70–130 g of carbohydrates per day in total—about 40 g per meal. For comparison, one slice of bread contains about 15 g of carbs, and a cup of cooked rice about 45 g.Â
Rule #5
Cut back on processed foods. They contain many additives that the liver has to work overtime to detoxify—leaving it no chance to rest and recover.
The Aiki Method brings Shin (神), Ki (氣), and Ketsu (血) into harmony — caring for mind, movement, and the inner organs as one. If you would like to learn more, please reach out. — Ai Kakuta
Aiki Method
Breathing Exercises — Taught by Daisuke Sakurai
Daisuke Sakurai is a practitioner of herbal medicine specializing in the use of traditional Asian medicine for weight management. Caring for your mind matters just as much as caring for your body when you are trying to lose weight.