Food for Thought
The Good & Bad About Our Liver
Like your skin, your liver is the only other organ that can regenerate itself by creating new tissue. Your liver sits on the right side of your abdomen, is about the size of a football and weighs anywhere from 2 to 3 pounds. Not only is the liver responsible for filtering out toxins from the blood-it also stores glucose in the form of glycogen to be used as an energy source when needed. The Liver produces bile that is stored by the gallbladder to be dumped into the intestines when needed to break down fats and fat soluble vitamins.Other important functions of the liver include: (more…)