Detoxification
The liver is involved in detoxifying the body, having the role of filtering the blood, metabolizing nutrients and medicines and eliminating toxic substances.
Diet, lifestyle, and the environment also have an impact on liver health. There are simple measures we can take to maintain our liver healthy without the need for special detoxification programs.
Some of the measures we should consider are the limitation of alcohol quantity and consumption of a balanced diet every day, which includes fruits and vegetables, fiber, seeds, and whole grains. It is also essential to maintain normal body weight and to exercise every day.
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is the most common chronic liver disease in children living in developed countries.
Information source:
Pediatric Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Prevalence, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, and Management Stavra A. Xanthakos, Rohit Kohli- Clinical Liver Disease, Vol. 1, No. 4, August 2012, AASLD
The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body and the only visceral organ that has the ability to regenerate completely, to its previous size and capacity, without losing its functions during the growth process.
The liver is responsible for over 500 essential functions, the main ones being in the body’s metabolic processes.
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