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Here is an interesting fact about the liver, if
as much as one quarter of a healthy liver is removed, the organ can fully regenerate itself, growing back to its normal size and shape.

That's a neat trick, but it's just one of the many wonders of the liver. Over the past year we've seen stacks of studies that underline the importance of vitamin D intake. Well, the liver actually produces vitamin D. And then stores it. And then performs hundreds of other essential tasks, everything from regulating blood sugar to processing every nutrient absorbed in the intestines.

But even the mighty liver has its limits, which many of us test every day without knowing. One of the most common causes of acute liver failure is drug-induced liver injury (DILI).

About five years ago, researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine began testing patients with DILI to record the specific source of their injury. When Indiana team had gathered information on 300 patients, they analyzed the data and published the following results in the journal Gastroenterology...

Nearly 75 percent of the injuries were caused by the use of an individual prescription drug. Antibiotics accounted for the majority of DILIs. Eighteen percent were caused by a combination of two or more drugs or supplements. Nine percent were caused by dietary supplements alone (weight loss formulas and muscle-building supplements accounted for the large majority of these), and Patients with diabetes tended to have more severe DILIs.

An American Gastroenterological Association press release about the Indiana research notes that DILI is the most common reason early tests of new drugs are abandoned, the most common reason drugs fail to be approved, and the most common reason drugs are withdrawn or restricted after they've been approved.

Antibiotics are commonly overused and are often prescribed for viral problems, which antibiotics can't treat. But if you have a health challenge that requires frequent or multiple antibiotic use, but there are basic steps to help keep your liver in good working order.

Eat fresh, whole foods, exercise regularly, keep your weight down, take supplements that support liver function: vitamins B,C and E, zinc, lecithin and milk thistle.

You can further help your liver by avoiding foods that are highly processed and contain chemicals such as preservatives and dyes. Avoid synthetic medications and even aerosol products.

The liver's work is actually a litte mysterious ,probably because it does such a wide variety of things, performing more than 500 individual tasks. Think of your liver as the Grand Central Station of your body. Every nutrient that's absorbed through the intestines gets processed in the liver. In addition, the liver produces vitamin D, and then stores it, along with minerals such as iron, and the fat-soluble vitamins A, E, and K. Helps regulate blood sugar and produces and assimilates many enzymes and hormones. Secretes bile, necessary for fat digestion, manufactures proteins, cholesterol, and elements that support the immune system while maintaining the correct levels of many body chemicals and storing energy.

But you might say that the liver takes the good with the bad, because along with nutrients, the liver also cleans the blood of many toxins (including alcohol and environmental residues) and processes every drug that enters the body.

So don't let anyone ever tell you you're not getting anything done. Your liver alone does the work of ten men every day.

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