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Liver Disease

The Liver is the only organ in the body that can repair itself up to 60%.

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The liver is the largest gland inside the body. Glands are organs that are similar to sponges. They secret and absorb fluid. The liver secrets digestive fluids which are stored in the gall bladder. They are used for breaking down carbohydrates and protein. The liver stores vitamins and minerals, defends the body, helps regulate hormones, and stores at least a six-hour supply of reserved sugar (glycogen), which can be used in emergencies.

LIVER DAMAGE

Diseases of the liver usually cause digestive problems, sluggishness, weakness, vomiting, headaches, fever, weight loss, nausea, mental disorders, hemorrhages, fatigue and low energy levels. The most common disease of the liver is jaundice, which is characterized by yellow eyes, fingernails, toe nails and skin. The liver secretes more yellow bile in order to dissolve the toxins (impurities in the system). Jaundice is reaction to disease. Drinking alcohol, sodas or vinegar damage the liver and cause it to get hard (cirrhosis). All drugs, synthetic chemicals and hormones go to the liver.

Drugs, synthetic chemicals, chemicals made in the body by radiation (computers, television. etc.), chemicals in polluted air, public drinking water and synthetic hormones decrease the liver’s functions. When the liver gets weak, enlarged, inflamed or hard (cirrhosis), the spleen and the kidney become weak. Meat eaters should never eat an animal's liver because it is the most toxic (polluted) organ in the animal's body.

WHAT CAUSES LIVER DISEASE? 
Some of the causes are white sugar, refined white flour, vinegar, salt, and food additives, white rice, processed foods like potato chips, doughnuts, cake, pretzels, etc., preservatives in food, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, high blood triglycerides, heavy use of alcohol, Vitamin A toxicity and drugs.

Fatty Liver

Fatty liver is just what its name suggests: the build-up of fat in the liver cells. Although this is not a normal condition, fat in the liver usually causes no damage by itself. However, on some occasions it can be a sign that other more harmful conditions are at work. Fatty liver may be associated with or may lead to inflammation of the liver. This can cause scarring and hardening of the liver. When scarring becomes extensive, it is called cirrhosis, and this is a very serious condition.

A physical examination that reveals an enlarged liver without any other symptoms suggests fatty liver. The diagnosis may be confirmed by performing a liver biopsy, in which a long hollow needle is used to obtain a small tissue sample for examination under a microscope.

The mere presence of excessive fat in the liver is not a serious problem. Treatment aims at eliminating the cause or treating the underlying disorder. Repeated liver injury from toxic substances such as alcohol may eventually progress from fatty liver to cirrhosis.

CAUSES: Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, high blood triglycerides, heavy use of alcohol, Vitamin A toxicity, drugs, and possibly other unknown causes.

Liver Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when scarring damages the liver. This scarring (also called fibrosis) replaces healthy tissue and prevents the liver from working normally. Cirrhosis usually develops after years of liver inflammation.

In the United States, the major causes of cirrhosis are drinking excessive amounts of alcohol over many years or having certain forms of viral hepatitis (mainly hepatitis B or C). There are several other causes of cirrhosis that are less common and some people have cirrhosis without an obvious cause (cryptogenic cirrhosis).

As cirrhosis develops, scar tissue surrounds normal liver cells, making the tissue bumpy, or nodular. This nodular liver tissue can block the bile ducts or make them swollen, which can cause bile to back up in the liver and bloodstream.

Scar tissue also may block blood flow through the liver. Obstruction of blood flow can cause the veins that bring blood to the liver to become larger and may lead to high blood pressure in the veins that flow from the intestines to the liver (portal hypertension).

CAUSES: Alcoholic liver disease; Chronic Hepatitis B, C, and D; Autoimmune Hepatitis; Inherited diseases; Blocked bile ducts; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); Drugs, toxins, and infections.

Chronic infection with hepatitis C or B.

Most people with hepatitis C became infected through blood transfusions received before 1992; the year improved blood-screening tests became available. Intravenous drug use with contaminated needles is now the leading risk factor for hepatitis C. In the United States, hepatitis B is usually transmitted sexually or through contaminated needles. Long-term infection with hepatitis C slowly damages the liver, with cirrhosis developing in 20 percent of people 20 or more years after infection. The older you are when you're infected with the hepatitis C virus, the more likely you are to develop cirrhosis.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Risk factors
Although the cause of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is unclear, the condition is associated with many risk factors. The three most important ones are closely related to the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance:

Overweight and obesity. Your risk increases with every pound of excess weight. More than 70 percent of people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are obese. Being overweight is defined as having a body mass index between 25 and 30; obesity as having a body mass index of 30 or higher.

Diabetes. When your body becomes resistant to the effects of insulin or your pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin to maintain a normal blood sugar (glucose) level, it can damage many organs in your body, including the liver. Up to 75 percent of people with NASH also have diabetes.

Hyperlipidemia. As many as 80 percent of people with NASH have elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Liver Disease

The Liver is the only organ in the body that can repair itself up to 60%.

For treatment and diet instructions order the "Eating to Die" DVD or the book African Holistic Health. For diet order the "Crossover Diet Cookbook."

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For treatment and diet instructions order the "Eating to Die" DVD or the book African Holistic Health. For diet order the "Crossover Diet Cookbook."

Healthy Liver
Diseased Liver
Micronodular Cirrhosis
The regenerative nodules are quite small, averaging less than 3 mm in size. The most common cause for this is chronic alcoholism. The process of cirrhosis develops over many years.