Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Seven days to detox my liver ..

37 replies

btphone · 07/02/2025 18:46

I have an ultrasound next week , and am concerned that due to a couple of heavy, fatty meals along with plenty of alcohol for celebratory nights out , my liver will show itself to be inflamed or worse , damaged. I do t want to postpone the ultrasound.
Is it possible to detox or help detox this organ in a Week and if so, how please?

OP posts:
UninterestingFirstPost · 07/02/2025 19:28

If a normal level of celebrating and a few drinks can show up damage, it’s also useful for you to know, so I wouldn’t change your lifestyle drastically before the test. (Not that you can detox a liver any better than it can itself)

stayathomegardener · 07/02/2025 19:22

I like Milk thistle from the qualified naturopath for liver support.

Original poster
btphone · 07/02/2025 19:11

No alcohol 🍺 issue just a week of celebration dinners and drinks and now a cancellation for abdominal ultrasound for possible gallstones. It was meant to be in two months time I have a history of hepatitis A twice when I was younger and am just a little worried .

OP posts:
thenightsky · 07/02/2025 19:00

Why have you been referred for ultrasound of the liver? Please don't even consider cancelling it. My friend was referred following markers on a blood test. Thank god she went as they found a tiny encapsulated tumour which was at the early stage and has been treated.

theduchessofspork · 07/02/2025 18:57

ScupperedbytheSea · 07/02/2025 18:52

Don't drink alcohol and drink plenty of water. That's all you need.
Anyone peddling some magic 'liver detox' is talking shite.

Yup

theduchessofspork · 07/02/2025 18:56

A few nights out will not harm the average liver, else the human race would have been kaput a long while back.

Have the scan and if have a real problem they’ll tell you, but nothing you say suggests that.

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 07/02/2025 18:55

Slimfast diet to shrink your liver

It's usually done before stomach surgery (weight loss and others)

5 x slimfast drinks a day
1 pot of jelly
One stock cube in water for your salty drink

No sugar or other food. Sweeteners in tea, and sugar free fizzy drinks allowed

xx

Benjibas · 07/02/2025 18:54

Coffee is good for livers. No alcohol obviously. Water, lemon juice. I think you help a bit in a week.

reesiespieces · 07/02/2025 18:52

No.

If your liver is working then it is detoxing - that is its job. If it's not then giving it a few days off isn't really going to change anything. If you have a serious alcohol issue don't suddenly cut down your alcohol it can be very dangerous.

Go to the scan and take your doctor's advice.

ScupperedbytheSea · 07/02/2025 18:52

Don't drink alcohol and drink plenty of water. That's all you need.
Anyone peddling some magic 'liver detox' is talking shite.

QuestionableMouse · 07/02/2025 18:48

Nothing you can do in a week is going to make a difference. If a small amount of alcohol and fatty food makes your liver inflamed then it'll be a good thing if it gets spotted.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 07/02/2025 18:48

If you're drinking enough to think that a scan could show liver damage, a week of abstinence isn't going to do anything - and if you are drinking that much, stopping abruptly could make you critically ill.