Amla (Indian Gooseberry)
Amla may be the most liver-protective food in the Indian diet that nobody talks about in that context. A 2011 study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food found that amla extract significantly reduced markers of hepatic oxidative stress in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The active compounds, gallic acid and ellagic acid, block lipid peroxidation, the process by which fat deposits in liver cells become chemically unstable and start causing damage. One fresh amla a day delivers more vitamin C than an orange, and that antioxidant load is part of why the liver responds to it so well. Dried amla in your dal or fresh amla juice in the morning both count.
