| Think of the liver as a large city with thousands | | | | the liver's blood vessels (Kupffer cells) mop up |
| of houses and streets. There are underground | | | | harmful elements and infectious organisms |
| pipes for delivering water, oil and gas. Sewage | | | | reaching the liver from the gut. The liver excretes |
| systems and garbage trucks take care of waste | | | | the waste materials resulting from these actions |
| products. Power lines deliver energy to the homes | | | | via its bile ducts. To make sure all this occurs |
| and businesses. Factories, transport systems and | | | | efficiently, the liver receives and filters three pints |
| shops meet the daily supply requirements of its | | | | of blood per minute and produces two and a |
| inhabitants. The city is organized in such a way as | | | | quarter pints of bile every day. Obstructive |
| to provide all that is needed for the continued | | | | gallstones can greatly undermine the liver's |
| existence of its entire population. However, if city | | | | capacity to detoxify all of these externally |
| life becomes paralyzed as a result of major strike | | | | supplied and internally generated substances in the |
| actions, a failing power supply, a massive act of | | | | blood; they also prevent the liver from delivering |
| terrorism or a devastating earthquake, the | | | | the proper amount of nutrients and energy to the |
| population will begin to suffer serious shortcomings | | | | right places in the body at the right time. This can |
| in all of these sectors. | | | | upset the delicate balance in the body, known as |
| The liver has hundreds of different functions and | | | | 'homeostasis', leading to malfunctioning of its |
| is connected with every part of the body. Every | | | | systems and organs. |
| moment of the day it is involved in manufacturing, | | | | A perfect example for such a disturbed balance is |
| processing and supplying vast amounts of | | | | the increased concentration of the endocrine |
| nutrients. These nutrients feed the 60-100 trillion | | | | hormones, estrogen and aldosterone, in the blood. |
| inhabitants (cells) of the body. Each cell is, in itself, | | | | These hormones, produced both in men and |
| a microscopic city of immense complexity, with | | | | women, are responsible for the correct degree of |
| billions of chemical reactions per second. To | | | | salt and water retention; when not detoxified, as |
| sustain the incredibly diverse activities of all the | | | | occurs in bile duct and gallbladder congestion, their |
| cells of the body without disruption, the liver must | | | | excessive concentration in the blood causes tissue |
| supply them with a constant stream of nutrients | | | | swelling and water retention. High estrogen levels |
| and hormones. With its intricate labyrinth of veins, | | | | are also considered the leading cause of breast |
| ducts and specialized cells, the liver needs to be | | | | cancer among women. In men, high levels of this |
| free of any obstruction in order to maintain a | | | | hormone can cause excessive development of |
| problem-free production line and frictionless | | | | breast tissue. Nearly 60% of the American |
| nutrient and hormone distribution system | | | | population is overweight or obese; that is, they |
| throughout the body. | | | | suffer from fluid retention (with comparatively |
| The liver is the main organ responsible for | | | | little fat accumulation). Fluid retention in the tissues |
| processing, converting, distributing and maintaining | | | | forces other toxic waste matter to be deposited |
| the body's 'fuel' supply. Some actions involve the | | | | in various parts of the body. Wherever the |
| breakdown of complex chemicals; other important | | | | storage capacity for toxins is exhausted, |
| functions involve synthesis, particularly the | | | | symptoms of illness begin to occur. |
| manufacture of protein molecules. The liver acts | | | | Cleansing the liver of gallstones dramatically |
| as a cleansing station, inactivating hormones and | | | | improves digestion, which is the basis of your |
| alcohol and drugs. | | | | whole health. You can expect your allergies to |
| In all cases, it is the task of the liver to modify | | | | disappear, more with each cleanse you do! |
| these biological active substances so that that | | | | Incredibly, it also eliminates shoulder, upper arm, |
| they lose their potentially harmful effects - a | | | | and upper back pain. You have more energy and |
| process known as detoxification. Specialized cells in | | | | an increased sense of well being...Dr. |