Hi..... I'm your liver!! Let me tell you how much I love you... in 9 ways
1. I store the iron reserves you need, as well as a lot of vitamins and other minerals.
Without me, you wouldn't have the strenght to carry on!
2. I make bile to help digest your food.
Without me, you'd waste away to nothing.
3. I detoxify poisonous chemicals you give me, and that includes alcohal, beer, wine and drugs (prescribed and over the counter) as well as illegal substances.
Without me, your "bad" habits would kill you.
4. I store energy, like a battery, by stockpiling suger (carbohydates, glucose and fat) until you need it.
Without me, the sugar level in your blood could fall ramatically and you'd go into a coma.
5. I make the blood that got your system gong even before you were born.
Without me, you wouldn't be here.
6.I manufacture new protiens that your body needs to stay healthy and grow.
Without me, you wouldn't grow properly.
7. I remove poisons from the air, exhaust smoke and chemicals you breathe.
Without me, you'd be poisoned by pollutants!
8. I make clotting factors that stop the bleeding when you accidentally prick yourself.
Without me, you'd bleed to death!
9. I help defend you against the grems going into your body all the time. I take those cold grems, flu bugs and other germs you encounter, and knock them dead - or at least weaken them.
Without me, you'd be a sittinh duck for every infection known to man.
Thats's how much I love you. but do you live me?
Let me tell you some easy way s to love me, your liver
- Don't drown me in beer, alcohol or wine! Even one drink is too much for some people and could scar me for life.
- Watch those drugs!
- I scar easily... and those scars called "cirrhosis" are permanent.
- Be careful with aerosol sprays!
- Remember, i have to detoxify what you breathe in too. So when you are cleaning with aerosol cleaners, make sure the room is ventilated or wear a mask.
- That goes double for bug sprays, mildew sprays, paint sprays and all those pther chemical sprays you use. Be careful what you breathe.
- Watch what gets on your skin! Those insecticides you put on trees and shrubs not only kill bugs they can get to me right through your skin and destroy my cells too. Remember they are chemicals
- Don't eat too muchfatty food! I make cholesterol your body needs and i try to make the right amount. Give me a break. Eat a good, well balanced nourishing diet. If you eat the right stuff for me. I'll really do my stuff for you!
Warning: I can't and won't tell you you I'm in trouble until I'm almost at the end of my rope... and yours.
Remember: I am a non-complainer. Overloading me with grugs, alcohl and other junk can destroy me! This may be the only warning you will ever get.
Take My advice, Please!!
- Check me out with your doctor
- Blood screening tests can identify some trouble.
- If I'm soft and smooth that's good. If i'm hard and bumpy, that could mean trouble.
- If your doctor suspects trouble, ULTRA SOUND and SCAN can look into it.
- My life and yours depend on how you treat me.
Now you know how much I care for you . Please treat me with tender loving care.
YOUR SILENT PARTNER AND EVER-LOVING LOVER
Liver
