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Best Foods for Liver Health

The liver does ~500 jobs at once: filters everything you eat or drink, runs Phase I (CYP450) and Phase II (sulfation, glucuronidation, glycine conjugation) detox, packages fats for transport, makes most of your blood proteins (albumin, clotting factors), and stores glycogen. When choline + glutathione raw material (NAC) + B-vitamin cofactors are low, the liver runs slow — fat accumulates (NAFLD) and detox waste backs up. These 48 whole foods are ranked by how many of the key liver nutrients a typical serving delivers (≥10% DV each).

  1. 1
    Soy Flour
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    95
  2. 2
    Broadbeans (Fava Beans)
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Choline
    93
  3. 3
    Miso
    Vitamin B6 · Choline · Selenium
    84
  4. 4
    Chickpeas (Garbanzo Bean
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Choline
    95
  5. 5
    Lupin
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6 · Selenium
    95
  6. 6
    Oat Bran
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Magnesium
    95
  7. 7
    Wheat Germ
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    95
  8. 8
    Wheat Bran
    Magnesium · Selenium · Vitamin B6
    94
  9. 9
    Mungo Bean
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6 · Selenium
    93
  10. 10
    Pigeon Peas (Red Gram)
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Selenium
    93
  11. 11
    Wheat
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    92
  12. 12
    Spaghetti
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    91
  13. 13
    Spelt
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Selenium
    91
  14. 14
    Natto
    Magnesium · Selenium · Vitamin B6
    90
  15. 15
    Rye Grain
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Selenium
    90
  16. 16
    Sunflower Seed Kernel
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    89
  17. 17
    Amaranth Grain
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium · Selenium
    87
  18. 18
    Pepeao
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Magnesium
    83
  19. 19
    Mothbean
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6 · Selenium
    81
  20. 20
    Pork Loin
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Choline
    80
  21. 21
    Egg
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Choline
    79
  22. 22
    Veal
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Choline
    78
  23. 23
    Pastrami
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Choline
    75
  24. 24
    Pork
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium · Choline
    72
  25. 25
    Ham
    Selenium · Vitamin B6 · Choline
    63
  26. 26
    Corn Grain
    Magnesium · Selenium · Vitamin B6
    62
  27. 27
    Chickpea Flour (Besan)
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6
    95
  28. 28
    Sesame Butter
    Magnesium · Selenium
    95
  29. 29
    Grape Leave
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6
    94
  30. 30
    Fireweed
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    93
  31. 31
    Kanpyo
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    93
  32. 32
    Parsley
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    93
  33. 33
    Rice Bran
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    93
  34. 34
    Salmon
    Selenium · Choline
    93
  35. 35
    Fungi
    Selenium · Vitamin B6
    92
  36. 36
    Sweet Potato Leave
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6
    92
  37. 37
    Artichoke
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    91
  38. 38
    Wheat Flour
    Selenium · Vitamin B6
    91
  39. 39
    Barley
    Selenium · Magnesium
    90
  40. 40
    Beet Green
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6
    90
  41. 41
    Pinon Nut
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    90
  42. 42
    Sunflower Seed
    Selenium · Vitamin B6
    90
  43. 43
    Tofu
    Selenium · Magnesium
    90
  44. 44
    Buckwheat Groat
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    89
  45. 45
    Cowpea
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    89
  46. 46
    Okra
    Vitamin B6 · Magnesium
    89
  47. 47
    Garlic
    Vitamin B6 · Selenium
    88
  48. 48
    Quinoa
    Magnesium · Vitamin B6
    88