The liver is your largest internal organ and it has important responsibilities like removing toxins from your body, processing food nutrients, fighting infections and illness and helping to regulate your body’s metabolism. The liver is a very complex organ - second only to the brain - and is extremely resilient and highly regenerative. However, there are some circumstances when your liver can be permanently damaged and is unable fulfill its functions adequately. This can lead to serious and l ... [Read More]
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Correlation Between Coffee and Liver Disease
This might be the best news you have heard in some time: drinking coffee isn’t dangerous to your liver. In fact, there is some evidence that coffee actually is good for your liver, and drinking it could even reverse liver damage, but first, what is liver disease, and what exactly is the correlation between the liver and America’s favorite morning pick-me-up? Liver Disease Liver disease – cirrhosis – is a devastating complication of liver disease and is a leading cause of death in the Unit ... [Read More]
Five Things to Know About Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis of the liver affects more than 633,000 adults and often acts as a silent killer – with 69% of Americans unaware they even have the condition. Being educated is an easy preventive measure. Here are five things you need to know about this deadly, but too often preventable, disease. Your Liver is Multi-tasking Your liver is a multi-tasking marvel responsible for detoxifying harmful substances in the body, cleaning the blood and generating vital nutrients. However, in those wh ... [Read More]
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