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Functions of Liver
By peace | September 7, 2007
Your liver, the largest organ in your body, is located in the upper right-hand side of the abdomen under the ribs. It is dark reddish-brown in color and weighs about three pounds. The liver plays a vital role in regulating life processes.
In this age of chemically-polluted air, water and food, the liver has to work much harder an dis in constant need of nutritional support. It is an incredibly complex organ, which is capable of self-regeneration. A liver firing on all cylinders is central to our health, but most people subject their liver to unacceptable levels of toxins. The diet contributes, with its load of rich food, alcohol, high-chemical diet drinks, strong spices, heavy metal content, and the amazing load of chemicals used in processed and packaged food. There are all sorts of toxic chemicals in our drinking water supply too. The liver has to deal with all these in addition to other very important functions.
The liver has the following major functions:
Function of Liver
1. Making bile salts for the emulsification and absorption of fats, and making heparin for the blood-clotting process;
2. Storage and filtering of blood;
3. Destruction of any bacteria, bowel toxins, allergic complexes, old red and white blood cells and any poisons which have escaped into the blood;
4. Involvement in the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and proteins, vitamins and minerals; it stores glucose, vitamins A, D, E and K, the minerals copper and iron, and even chemicals which cannot be broken down;
5. Removal of used hormones and cholesterol from the blood, and their excretion into the bile for removal from the body. Drugs, pesticides and other toxic food additives are also dealt with and excreted.
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September 7th, 2007 at 11:42 am
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