Healthy Liver Diet

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Recipes:

• Liver Cleanse Flush
• Herbal Cleansing Tea 
• Congested Liver Tea 
• Hepatic Liver Support Tea 
• Cool Liver Inflammation Tea 

When you consider all of the incredible functions the liver performs in the body, you can begin to understand why taking good care of this important organ can have a positive effect on overall health and vitality. A healthy liver clears much of the bacteria and toxins from the body. It plays a vital role in digestion and fat regulation, hormonal balance, detoxification, and circulation. Below is a breakdown of some of its many duties. (And you thought you were busy!)

• Metabolizes proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, thus providing nutrients and energy
• Creates bile, which breaks down fats
• Stores fuel for the body in the form of glycogen, which readily converts to glucose (quick energy)
• Metabolizes drugs and breaks down alcohol
• Stores vitamins, minerals, and sugars
• Filters the blood and helps remove harmful chemicals and bacteria (more than 2 quarts of blood are filtered by the liver each minute)
• Regulates the body’s ability to clot
• Governs the transport of fat stores
• Helps assimilate and store fat-soluble vitamins such as A, E, D, and K (it can store enough vitamin A to supply an adult’s needs for up to four years and enough vitamin D and vitamin B12 to last for four months!); stores copper and iron
• Stores extra blood, which can be quickly released when needed
• Creates serum proteins, which maintain fluid balance and act as carriers for hormones such as estrogen and other substances
• Helps maintain electrolyte and water balance
• Creates immune substances, such as gamma globulin
• Regulates levels of sexual hormones; manufactures estrogen and testosterone; breaks down and eliminates excess sexual hormones

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