Whether you or a family member has experienced liver damage for hereditary reasons, medication side effects or lifestyle habits, you may also be more vulnerable to liver problems. You don’t want to struggle throughout the day with fatigue, general weakness or showing up yellow with jaundice because these are some of the early warning signs that your liver is already in trouble and needs help. Poor liver health and related damage are often silent killers that can go unnoticed until it’s too late. It is far better to maintain your liver health every day and support liver functions before it is too late, serious, or even fatal.
Can You Live Without a Functioning Liver?
No. The liver is so crucial to existence. Whilst you can live with only part of a liver, you can’t live without any liver at all or a non-functioning one for that matter. The human liver is an incredible organ in the body. Every day it makes bile, digests fats, protein and converts toxins from alcohol and medications, less active or harmful by-products, removes waste and toxins from your bloodstream, controls blood sugar and hormone levels, stores iron and much more.
Prolonged and frequent use of medicines, drugs, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, preservatives, sugary, oily foodstuffs as well as lack of sleep, dehydration, and even stress may result in liver damage and subsequently poor liver functioning.
How Will You Know If Your Liver Is Getting Damaged?
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