How can I reverse fast-food damage? Ever since I was a kid, dinner has come from a drive-through window. Mom even joked that fries were a veggie. Now that I’m in my thirties, I’m 65 pounds overweight, I have high cholesterol and I’m tired all the time. I recently started cooking my own low-calorie meals, but it hasn’t helped my waistline a hole lot. Am I too far gone to lose weight?
You can slim down. But your liver is surely stressed from years of trying to process fatty foods. As a result, it can’t adequately flush fatigue-inducing toxins, regulate cholesterol levels or burn fat. An easy way to cleanse the organ: Eat at least 1 tsp. of fresh or dried sage daily (or drink sage tea, like Alvita Sage Tea). This herb stimulates bile production so fat can be broken down and burned for energy. Your liver cells will begin to regenerate right away and you should see weight starting to fall off in about two weeks.
