Shaped like a boomerang, our liver hunts nutrients for the body, acts as a gatekeeper, works hard to process whatever you eat, acts as a filter to cleanse whatever goes in, and assists with whatever goes out as a digestive organ.
What Liver Do: After digestion, about 85-90pc of circulating blood goes straight to the liver which produces bile, that works as a detoxifier and metabolizes proteins, carbs, and fats from the food.
The liver stocks up essential vitamins and minerals, maintains hormonal balance, converts stored sugar to usable sugar, helps the immune system against infections by destroying old RBCs, removes bacteria, and carcinogens from our blood. So, it is obvious to care for and love your liver to keep things going.
The liver plays an important role in many bodily functions from protein production and blood clotting to cholesterol, glucose (sugar), and iron metabolism.
What causes liver disease?: Many diseases and conditions can affect the liver, for example, certain drugs like excessive amounts of acetaminophen, and acetaminophen combination medications like Vicodin and Norco, as well as statins, cirrhosis, alcohol abuse, hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, infectious mononucleosis (Epstein Barr virus), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH), and iron overload (hemochromatosis).
