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Cleansing to protect key liver functions |
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Liver cleansing has become a popular alternative health detox regiment designed to clean the bodies natural bloodstream filter. Have you ever wondered why liver cleaning programs were designed and what important functions your liver plays in your body?
Wedge-shaped, the liver is by far the largest (if not also the most complex) organ in the body. It performs several key functions: regulates the levels of chemicals in the body and produces substances to clot the blood during bleeding.
While the liver produces about half of the body's cholesterol; the rest comes from food-related sources. Most of the cholesterol made by the liver is used to make bile, the greenish yellow fluid that acts as a lubricant during digestion. Cholesterol is also used to make certain hormones, including estrogen and testosterone.
Sugar stored in the liver is known as ‘glycogen.’ As needed, glycogen is broken down and filtered into the bloodstream. Typically, glycogen is released when sugar levels in the blood are depleted (when a person is sleeping or has gone without food for a long period of time.) Within diabetics, however, the production and absorption of glycogen often takes on abnormal rhythms.
The liver also plays a pivotal role in the breaking down of toxic substances. It absorbs toxins produced by the intestine, as well as, those produced elsewhere in the body and then releases them into either the bloodstream or bile.
The by-products, which are excreted into the bile, are then sent out of the body in stool-form. In contrast, the by-products, which are excreted into the blood, are strewn apart by the kidneys and then carried sent out of the body in the urine stream.
The liver also has the ability to chemically alter (metabolize) drugs rendering them ineffective in an waste-like form.
Disorders related to improper liver functioning can be separated into two groups: those caused by a malfunction of the liver cells, cirrhosis and hepatitis, and those caused by a blockage in the flow of bile from the liver through the biliary tract, bile stones and cancer. |
The Master Clease recipe is quite easy to prepare and follow at home and is also known as the Lemonaid Diet recipe. Your shopping list for the Master Cleanse recipe won't break the bank and will cost you less than a dinner out for 2 for the entire 10 day supply. The Lemonade Diet is really not an acurate description for this body detoxification regiment as it is primarily a liquid fasting diet.