What does
t h e Li v e r D o ?
Dr Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor and naturopath. She has authored and co-authored over 35 books
What Does the Liver Do? D r Ca r o ly n D e a n
The liver has over 500 different functions, yet many people do not fully understand or appreciate the role it plays in our health and wellbeing. Located on the right side of the body in the area just under the diaphragm, the liver is the body’s largest solid organ, as it is roughly the size of a football.
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60%
of the liver is made
The liver is also responsible for
up of ‘hepatocytes’ -
neutralizing and breaking down all
or liver cells - which
drugs and toxins that enter the body,
remove toxins from the blood and
as well as storing vitamins, chemicals
absorb nutrients. Other liver functions
and iron. The liver is essential for
include
food
turning food into energy, making and
from the intestine; fighting infections;
regulating numerous hormones, and
controlling the amounts of fats, glucose
making the enzymes and proteins that
and amino acids that are in the blood;
are essential for most of the chemical
cleaning the blood of particles and
reactions that occur in the body.
processing
digested
infections; and manufacturing bile.
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