Is Your Liver Toxic?

By Khabir Southwick, Cure Joy

Why a colon cleanse is necessary first

Before you consider maximizing your liver function, be sure to cleanse your colon first. Why? A major function of the liver is to clean your blood, and the best way to make it as easy as possible for the liver to do this is to cleanse the colon first, so the blood that comes to your liver is as toxin-free as possible.

If your colon is obstructed with years of accumulated debris, the massive amounts of toxins to be eliminated from a liver cleansing cannot easily be evacuated from your body if your colon is blocked. Therefore, it is imperative to cleanse the colon before beginning your liver cleanse.

Why liver cleansing helps improve overall health and digestion

The liver is a complex, unique organ serving many functions crucial to sustaining life. From circulation to digestion, it is constantly processing blood for use by the rest of the body.

Weighing three to four pounds, the liver is the largest internal organ in the human body. It is glossy in appearance, and dark red in color from the rich supply of blood flowing through it. Sometimes called The Great Chemical Factory, your liver neutralizes harmful toxins and wastes, stores glycogen (a blood-sugar regulator), amino acids, protein, and fat.

In today’s world, our liver – all of our organs, in fact – are at great risk of contamination from environmental toxins and over-processed foods infused with many unnatural chemicals. If your liver is not functioning well, a hazardous buildup of toxins may occur.

The liver performs many important functions to keep us healthy. It removes harmful material from the blood; it makes enzymes and bile that help digest food; and it converts food into substances needed for life and growth.

From its sheltered position in the abdominal cavity, the liver filters blood and performs many functions vital to health. Our bodies depend on the liver to regulate, synthesize, store, and secrete important proteins and nutrients.

The liver functions are over 500, including:

• Filtering blood
• Purifying and clearing waste products, toxins, and drugs
• Regulating and secreting substances important in maintaining your body’s functions and health
• Storing important nutrients (such as glycogen glucose), vitamins, and minerals
• Metabolizing fats, proteins, and carbohydrates
• Creating bile
• Metabolizing hormones, internally-produced wastes, and foreign chemicals
• Forming urea
• Assimilating and storing fat-soluble vitamins
• Synthesizing blood proteins

The liver is the most resilient body organ. It is capable of regenerating itself, and is able to recreate lost tissue in order to help maintain its essential functions, even in the face of moderate damage.

Keeping your liver as healthy and cleansed as possible with a liver cleanse supplement or liver cleanse diet, offers many health advantages.

Why liver cleanse?

In our industrialized developed world, we are immersed in a sea of toxic chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that half-a-million chemicals are in use today, and over five thousand new chemicals are introduced yearly. Some researchers believe up to twenty-five percent of these may be carcinogenic. This is why it is crucial to employ a liver cleanse supplement and/or diet to cleanse your liver of the toxic waste of twenty-first century living.

If your liver becomes overworked, it can become congested. Toxic compounds and impurities may get trapped in deposits of hardened bile. Pollutants may not be flushed out of the body, and can back up in your bloodstream.

A sluggish liver can lead to serious fatigue, weight gain, water retention, and a host of other health woes. Detoxification that targets the liver can help remove these unwanted poisons and enable it to function properly. A healthy liver will increase your energy, improve metabolism, and help you burn excess fat.

Do you need a liver cleanse?

Ailments that indicate you may need a liver cleanse include:

• Alcoholic Liver Disease
• Allergies
• Bloating, Gas, Flatulence
• Chemical Sensitivities
• Constipation
• Fatigue
• Fatty Liver
• Gallstones
• Low Metabolism
• Menopausal Digestive Issues
• Obesity
• PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome)
• Poor Digestion

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Khabir Southwick is a professional health consultant, Ayurvedic and Naturopathic practitioner, whole-foods nutritionist, master herbalist and formulator, public speaker on natural self-care and author of numerous natural health-care programs.