The Liver's Importance in the Human Body: Why You Should Care for It (Part 1)

The Liver Controls Your Health and Longevity and Your Ability to Bounce Back from Infection

The liver is the largest gland of the body, weighing about 1.5 kg.

In some countries, the liver is deemed so important to health that instead of a groom promising his heart in case of unfortunate circumstances, he promises his liver! It could just about be called your fountain of youth or your lifeline. You will look as old or as young as your liver is clean - it figures into anti-aging big time.

So why should you be interested in your liver function? Why is it more interesting than flossing teeth?

The liver can do 500 functions - that's some multitasking! This is one powerful organ, the one organ in the body that is capable of regenerating itself.

Unfortunately, in this day and age with all the pollution in the air and food, the liver is being asked to take on TOO MUCH. There's hardly a person alive that would not benefit from a liver cleanse. Why? The liver helps clean the blood, and helps remove all the pollutants before they get all over our bodies. Now that there are many pollutants in everything we do, voila, liver issues!

The liver removes dead or damaged blood cells from circulation, just like the government would remove damaged money from circulation. Why is this important, you ask? Well, because the blood nourishes every body system. If your blood is unhealthy, you will be too.

Just a FEW of the house cleaning tasks that the liver carries out in its workday are:

1) Storage of vitamins, minerals, and sugars. What if we couldn't store them? What if we became deficient if we didn't have enough of something one day?
2) Filter your blood and remove harmful substances. If it becomes overloaded and can no longer keep up, your blood becomes full of toxins, and you will feel terrible. With every beat of the heart, 25% of the blood goes to the liver to be filtered. If you live in the United States, you are being bombarded with processed foods with artificial flavorings and colorings and preservatives. The liver has to really work at filtering when we eat non-foods like this.
3) Store extra blood for emergencies. Being prepared can be a lifesaver!