The liver is not well understood or appreciated, but it is extremely important and you should play close attention to the health of your liver, your largest organ.
7 days a week and 24 hours a day your liver is performing over 500 functions to keep you alive. Including neutralizing poisons and toxins, emulsifying fat, producing and storing glucose for quick energy, cleansing the blood, producing and regulating hormones, and it goes on and on.
The livers importance to the health of your blood is particularly important; consider for instance that at any point time 10-15% of the blood in your body is in your liver. This should also give you some insight into the size of your liver. The Liver is the largest internal organ weighing approximately 3-4 pounds.
Your liver is you body’s filter; Everything you eat, drink, breathe or is absorbed through your skin passes through your liver. Consequently, the more toxins that you consume be it alcohol, cigarette smoke, industrial toxins or even fried food the more work your liver must do and the more stress it is under. If you liver gets overwhelmed with toxins, you and your liver will suffer.
It only makes sense to take care of your liver and do all you can to keep it healthy. Maintain a healthy weight and get plenty of exercise. Fat build up in your body can lead to fat build up in your liver, fatty liver disease and impair the ability of your liver do perform all of its functions.
Symptoms of liver problems include: Skin problems and rashes, Swelling of the abdomen, Loss of appetite, Sore Right Shoulder, Fatigue, Pale stools and/or dark urine, etc. Other warning signs of liver problem include yellowing of the skins and/or the whites of the eye which are symptom commonly referred to as jaundice.
Your liver is amazing as it continues to function if even 2/3 of it is affected by scarring(cirrhosis), but that could be a problem if you are ignoring the symptoms of liver problems and not taking care of your liver, because it might become diseased as but according to the American Liver Foundation1 in 10 or 30 million Americans is affected by some form of liver disease including hepatitis and fatty liver disease.
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