How is your energy? Among the major functions your liver performs to keep you alive is its role in producing and storing energy. And that incredibly important contribution to your health is just one element of what your liver does for you.
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.
One crucial aspect of your liver is that of your body’s filter: Everything you eat, drink, breathe or is absorbed into your body must pass through your liver, so you should be wary of what you eat, drink, breathe and put on your skin. Overwhelming your liver with toxins will have serious consequences for your liver’s health and your overall health.
Virtually all of us adults want to detoxify, have increased energy and lose a few pounds or maintain our weight and enjoy a healthy sex life, well for all those goals it is fair to say that it starts with your liver and you need a healthy liver. Your liver is not only responsible for emulsifying fat but for producing hormones and
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. Other 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.
Liver disease is on the increase, affecting 1 out of every 10 Americans according to the- Liver Foundation. Liver Disease can take over 100 different forms and can be caused by a variety of factors including genetics, drugs, toxins, alcohol, obesity, cancer. Your liver is vital to your health.
