Healthy Liver Function

You only get one liver so taking care of that liver is really important.  The liver can be badly damaged and may still heal healthy.  The Liver however, can only take so much abuse and it will eventually fail.  The following is a list of poor liver health symptoms.

• Discolored skin and eyes that appear yellowish
• Abdominal pain and swelling
• Itchy skin that doesn't seem to go away
• Hives
• Dark urine color
• Pale stool color
• Bloody or tar-colored stool
• Chronic fatigue
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite

Factors that may increase your risk of liver problems include:

• A job that exposes you to other people's blood and body fluids
• Blood transfusion before 1992
• Body piercings
  
• Most prescription medications
• Diabetes
• Heavy alcohol use
• High levels of triglycerides in your blood
• Injecting drugs using shared needles
• Obesity
• Tattoos
• Unprotected sex
• Working with chemicals or toxins without following safety precautions

So what causes Liver damage?

• Acute liver failure
• Alcoholic hepatitis
• Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Bile duct obstruction
• Chronic liver failure
• Cirrhosis
• Enlarged liver
• Gilbert's syndrome
• Hemochromatosis
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D
• Hepatitis E
• Liver adenoma
• Liver cancer
• Liver cyst
• Liver hemangioma
• Liver nodule (focal nodular hyperplasia)
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Parasitic infection
• Portal vein thrombosis
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Toxic hepatitis
• Wilson's disease

The use of persciption drugs is one of biggest causes of long term liver failure. 

In fact, Tylenol® and Acetaminophen overdose is the number one cause of “acute” (sudden) liver failure in the United States.

Warning:

Keeping Your P-450 Pathways Clear
Many types of drugs are prepared for clearance out of the body through the liver using the cytochrome P-450 enzymes, also known as the cytochrome P-450 pathways.

In a drug-free body, or in the presence of only one drug, the P-450 pathways can handle the load. When you have more than one drug cleared through the same pathway, the system quickly gets overloaded, stalling the removal of the drugs from the system. The result is an overdose that can be life-threatening.

Some examples of drugs that either use the P-450 pathways or block its action are the SSRI antidepressants (e.g. Prozac, Zoloft), cimetidine (Tagamet), cisapride (Propulsid), the cholesterol-lowering drugs in the statin family, the macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin and clarithromycin, most antifungal drugs such as ketoconazole and miconazole, antiarrhythmic drugs such as disopyramide (Norpace), the seizure drug phenytoin (Dilantin), the anti-Parkinson's drug bromocriptine (Parlodel), the benzodiazepine anti-anxiety drugs such as diazepam (Valium) and nefazodone (Serzone), the calcium channel blockers such as nifedipine (Procardia), the theophyllines used to treat asthma, the tricyclic antidepressants such as Elavil, the blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin), tacrine (Cognex) used to treat Alzheimer's, the antihistamines terfenadine (Seldane) and astemizole (Hismanal) and caffeine.

The above paragraph is a neatly worded FDA/Pharmaceutical company description of what drugs do to the liver.  However, 98% of all drugs do small daily damage to the liver that often result in more serious problems.  First sign of problems might be elevated liver enzymes found in routine blood tests.

How can I care for my liver?

Liver care is simple if you do not already have severe liver damage.  Most liver problems can be reversed or dramatically improved just by detoxing the liver and avoiding the things that caused the damage in the first place.  Dr. Phil has many suggestions for an improved liver function.  Follow the protocol and get great results.

Liver Care/Liv.52 is a 7 day liver detox that works miracles for a liver in trouble including, hepatitis, alcohol abuse, fatty liver, elevated liver enzymes, and toxic overload.  It is helpful and important when receiving chemotherapy, radiation, prednisone and and other corticosteroids.

Anyone on long term pharmaceuticals needs to detox at least four times per year and more often if liver enzymes are elevated.

Dr. Phil recommends this 7 day therapy for liver detoxification followed by a least one month of therapy with the capsules.  LiverCare/Live.52 is a great tasting liquid detox.  Liver enzymes often resolves in the seven day treatment.  Always follow-up with the capsule formula for best results.

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