Approximately 30 million Americans (1 in 10) will have some form of liver disease.

The liver is one of the largest and heaviest organs in the body. The main functions of the liver are to process nutrients from food, make bile, remove toxins from the body and build proteins. It’s important to keep such a vital part of your body clean and safe.

It’s kind of a big deal!

The Functions of the Liver

The key functions of the liver are to detoxify your blood and to enhance your digestive system by creating bile, which helps to break down the fats that you consume into small pieces, making them easier for your small intestine to absorb. But that’s not all. Here is a quick summary of what your liver does for you:

• It detoxifies your blood, filtering out any harmful and unwanted substances like drugs and alcohol
• It produces bile to aid digestion
• It stores some of your body’s vitamins and iron
• It stores glucose
• It converts glucose into sugar that the body can use when the body’s sugar levels become depleted
• It processes haemoglobin, insulin, and a variety of other hormones
• It converts ammonia into urea; an essential ingredient for healthy metabolism
• It eliminates old red blood cells, which produces faecal matter which is normally brown in color. This is why when your stool is discolored (i.e. not brown) it can be an indication there is something wrong with your liver function.

You simply can’t live without it, that’s why it’s so important to keep your liver healthy.

Here is a simple liver detox juice that your liver will thank you for.

Recipe originally published on Fitlife.tv republished with permission

By Steve Fillmore