The liver is essential against toxins and cancer. Every minute, the liver filters almost two quarts of blood. Substances such as chemicals and preservatives in our food, crop spraying, caffeine, phosphoric acid, natural and artificial sweeteners in our soft drinks,all kinds of drugs and alcohol use, has pressure on the liver to detoxify the body. Hepatitis, cancer, cirrhosis and food poisoning are on the increase, along with other liver problems.
Liver Detox from biovitt.com. Why does the liver need to be cleaned? The liver is one of the most important organs in our bodies becuase it:
1.Stores and regulates the blood and is responsible for nourishing every cell in our body
2. Formation and secretion of bile for digestion and cleansing of blood; removal of ammonia from blood; excretion of substances filtered from the blood by the liver such as heavy metals or dyes.
3. Carbohydrate, protein, lipid (fat), mineral and vitamin metabolism; manufacturing and storage of many nutrients such as glucose and vitamins
4. removal of foreign bodies from the blood; detoxification by conjugation, methylation, oxidation and reduction.
5. formation of urea, serum albumin, glycogen and blood coagulating proteins
6. inactivation and elimination of hormones through the bile or urine. Since estrogen and androgen are both growth hormones which stimulate cell division, elevation of their levels in the blood due to the liver's failure to remove them efficiently can cause their accumulation in tissue. Find More
