Fun Facts About The Liver Could Save Your Life

There are plenty of body parts and organs that could disappear and I would still have energy and strength enough for a full life.

However, robustness depends on iron, vitamins and minerals stored in our livers. My liver is a storage facility for many life-dependent ingredients. Besides being a "manufacturing plant" and synthesizer, it is a crucial keeper of things I have to have to survive and thrive.

The liver also stores glucose (in the form of glycogen), vitamin A (1-2 years' supply), vitamin D (1-4 months' supply), vitamin B12 (1-3 years' supply), iron, and copper which are key to the vigor I expect to have to do the things I love.

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Bile is that bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid. Ick! Pooey! But, it's a digestion aid and secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

My! My! While my liver is storing iron it still has time to produce the means by which my tummy gets to do what it does best - and which I love for it to do - that is, cope with all those ice cream sundaes I send it. Digest, baby, digest and digest!

So, "e-bile is an email sent for the purpose of spewing anger, vitriol and complaint": urbandictionary.com

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Well, I was sure my liver never had to be bothered with taking the sting out of poisons.

After all, we're talking about my liver. Then, I found out that some of my habits where foods and beverages are concerned actually deliver poisonous elements into my very own liver.

My only liver. How rude!

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Our livers stockpile sugar and keeps the "blood sugar" at just the right level until we need it. Aww! that's so sweet!

This little gal - my liver - is a do-it-yourself storage unit for not only iron but one of its benefits made plain. Because it also stores vitamins and minerals until I need them, too. Without the storage capacity of my liver I'd fall faint on the floor.

Now that would be very inconvenient, don't you think!

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Femme a La Fleur, c.1932
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Thanks to Health Bytes for the "me first" information and other liver facts.

Among the multiple functions of my liver, proper growth depends on it. This is an ongoing task, assigned to our livers, that starts before birth and continues throughout life.

Children who do not thrive with healthy bones, complexion and other signs of vitality are communicating with their appearance to anyone who is interested that their liver is impaired. The absence of healthy proteins that only the liver can produce is caused by too much alcohol, drugs and other destructive artifacts sent to our liver. In effect, we force our liver to break down by giving it these poisons so that it cannot do what it was intended to do by producing proteins.

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Accidental cuts, or even intentional ones, would cause me to bleed to death without a liver to send ingredients to my blood to turn it to jelly, or clots.

Blood clotting where injury occurs just means giving it a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid to impair the flow of otherwise free-flowing liquid.

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When I make it through the flu and cold season free of illness, I might think next year about saying thanks to my liver.

That's right. This wonderful benefit of a healthy liver means I can actually enjoy a flu-free winter or a spring time without colds.

Infections from germs and other pesky intruders are best prevented by a healthy liver. When allowed to fulfill its purpose, our liver keeps us free of infections.

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I need to scrutinize what I breathe. In addition to keeping alcohol, sugar and drugs to a minimum to avoid an over-burdened liver charged with the task of cleaning them up, dangerous substances can enter my body through my nose.

Aerosol sprays, non-aerosol spray of toxic mists, foams and fumes can be like a millstone around the neck of my liver. While it was meant to handle these things, I can keep them to rock bottom levels if I want my liver to be free for other live-sustaining pursuits.

If insecticides are in the air I should also protect my skin because poisons can enter through pores as well as through the lungs.

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It's entirely likely that I won't know until it's too late if my liver is in trouble. It does not act up and cause me to get sick if it is sick. At least not until it's too damaged for repair. No pain to provide alert signals. No vomiting or other warning signs. Nothing. Nada!

We don't have to be completely in the dark, though. Tests are also available to doctors who suspect there's a liver at risk.

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