What does your liver do for you?
When I was a teenager I started reading an article in the Readers Digest called “I Am Joe’s Liver.” To a kid it was sooooo boring! I never finished reading it. Today I love studying the liver. When the Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made, it wasn’t joking! The liver is an amazing organ that has many important functions. Without a proper functioning liver we cannot come close to being healthy.
Here are some of the important things your liver does for you every day:
Detoxifies your blood by either metabolizing or secreting toxic substances in the blood stream such as toxins from sprays or pesticides on your food, alcohol, drugs, and by products caused by improper digestion. It also helps by metabolizing the harmful chemicals caused by the breakdown of proteins and old red blood cells.
Secretes bile which is necessary for breaking down fats and for the absorption of fat soluble nutrients and vitamins such as A, D, E, and K.
Your liver helps to process cholesterol into forms necessary for your body manufacture hormones such as testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, and others.
Another function is supporting healthy immune function by keeping your blood clean so that your immune cells can be formed and programmed for their specific tasks in the body. A clean blood supply means your immune cells can communicate with one another better as they work via chemical messenger secretions they use as language. Amazing huh?! By keeping your blood clean you have less chance of developing or suffering from allergies and environmental sensitivities.
That not all! Your liver helps to process fats and carbohydrates for storage and for energy needed just for you so you can work and play.
Does your liver have any enemies? Certainly. You are its worst enemy when you don’t drink enough water, don’t get enough exercise, and eat a high fat diet, and eat in-between meals or at bedtime. Consuming alcohol and chemical laden beverages like pop, and things with preservative and food coloring agents are also usually harmful. Antibiotics and other medications can be harmful in several ways. First they may just be toxic to the liver in their own right causing damage when taken in elevated dosages. They may also have secondary effects when they destroy friendly bacteria and allow fungal overgrowth and overpopulation of harmful bacteria. These can lead to things like Candida infections, allergies, chronic indigestion and more. While we can save our lives by intervening against infections with antibiotics we should only take them when absolutely necessary. Remember to always replenish friendly bacteria after antibiotic use. Healing Leaves MegaFibe LT is a blend of 16 different friendly, probiotic bacteria in a blend of protective prebiotic fibers
How can we help? Cleansing and supporting the liver may be helpful. Some people rely on drinking water with a bit of added lemon juice. Our Healing Leaves Silymarin Plus Liver Support Formula is an easy way to support healthy liver function. Silymarin Plus contains a high powered Hungarian Milk Thistle standardized extract long known to support healthy liver functions. But that’s not all Silymarin Plus also contains NAC or N-Acetyl Cysteine which your body converts to glutathione which helps your liver metabolize or secrete toxins. And for even extra effect we have added dandelion root, artichoke extract and evening primrose oil powder to make this great product the best there is!*
Robert McClintock
Founder Healing Leaves Products LLX
