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Microblog: The Many Roles of the Liver

Microblog: The Many Roles of the Liver

🌟The liver is one of the only organs that is able to replace damaged tissue with new cells rather than scar tissue.

đź’ŠFor example, an overdose of acetaminophen (Tylenol) can destroy half of a person’s liver cells in less than a week.

✨The liver can repair itself completely and, within a month, the liver will show no signs of damage.

🥀But if the liver is chronically exposed to toxins and wear/tear, the liver will give. That’s why we see NAFLD. We see liver disease and cirrhosis.

đź’ˇMost often, liver stress is because of a protein deficiency, poor digestion, and a poor-nutrient diet that allows an increased toxic burden to build up.

❗️Not So Fun Fact: Fat burning is not a priority for a liver under stress.

⚖️That’s why you must be healthy to lose weight and not, lose weight to get healthy. You must support liver health to support the body’s fat burning abilities.

⚠️If your liver isn’t in good health, it will stores toxins in fat cells until the liver can properly detox.

⚠️And any excess or toxic load will cause a less than ideal functioning liver, especially long-term.

❗️So while some people think hypervitaminosis (from animal liver consumption) is not a real thing, you can easily see how it can be, over time (based on YOUR liver health)

❗️Excess vitamin A is stored in stellate cells in the liver and accumulation can lead to their activation and hypertrophy, excess collagen production, fibrosis and liver injury.

❗️The liver can store years’ worth of Vitamin A but only stores months of other nutrients.

If you aren’t having success in some of the ways the liver functions:
✖️Poor digestion and protein/fat breakdown
✖️Not enough ketones
✖️Poor energy
✖️Hypothyroid symptoms
✖️Not enough vitamin D and sex hormones (eat cholesterol-rich fats)

 

 

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