hey wellness warrior your body may be sending you warning signs that your liver is toxic and you may
not even realize it your liver is responsible for over 500 vital functions in the body
anything from balancing your cholesterol to purifying your bloodstream when the
liver is toxic your whole body is unhealthy
you may be suffering from the top warning signs of a toxic liver that most doctors miss
over the past decade liver problems have skyrocketed liver cancer liver cirrhosis fatty
liver and even liver failure are all problems that we think that could never happen to us
until we look at the statistics and realize these problems are more prevalent today than ever before
as your liver health begins to struggle many of the vital processes which it carries out every day
also begin to break down let's take a look at some of the most important things that the liver
accomplishes for you every day the first is going to be bile production now this is really important
because it's going to help you break down and absorb fats in the small intestines next on our
list is going to be it filters the blood all the blood coming from the intestines in the stomach
it runs through the liver and there it pulls out the toxins and all the really bad ingredients that
are in the foods that we consume today i mean if we didn't have your liver functioning in tip-top
shape you would certainly struggle the other thing that it does is it helps you resist infections and
it does this by clearing out any bacteria that's found in the bloodstream the other top thing that
we really have to be thankful that our liver does is it stores vitamins your fat soluble vitamins
a d e and k but even b12 copper and iron so that way when we need these vitamins they're readily
available the other thing that we have to look to for the liver is processing cholesterol i mean do
you have high cholesterol low cholesterol maybe we need to look at how the liver is functioning
and then also it helps process glucose a lot of people are suffering from blood sugar instability
so we have to look to the liver for many of these health problems that are modern day
issues that people face and now you see all the vital processes that the liver carries
out and we see how important it really is for our overall well-being and it's easy to interpret how
an unhealthy liver could lead to liver cancer or maybe even fatty liver but it becomes more
confusing when you start thinking about a toxic liver that is leading to cholesterol issues or
maybe even digestive problems or sugar imbalances many of these issues people face every single day
and unfortunately they're treated with medicine all well not acknowledging the fact that the liver
is struggling to do its job the root cause of many health conditions is often missed you too may be
suffering from a toxic liver so let's take a look at the top warning signs that you must watch out
for and of course the solutions that you can start immediately to improve your liver health
today number 10 on our list is itching itchiness is a common sign that your liver is struggling
as we mentioned before your liver produces bile and a toxic liver becomes congested with that bile
and you get an accumulation of bile salts under the skin and that leads to itchiness
now the other thing that can happen is you can experience a histamine reaction
due to poor liver function and that as well will cause a lot of itching of the skin now
we just mentioned that bile becomes an issue when your liver is toxic and your bile is
very important for the digestive process it helps you break down fats into fatty acids
and when your liver is toxic and your bile becomes congested you don't have a proper flow of it
what happens is you can develop some pretty nasty symptoms like diarrhea constipation indigestion
and even pale colored stool so next time that your digestion is really suffering and you're getting
some stomach aches and some stomach problems just remember that it could be rooted in your liver
health and it could be because the bile isn't working correctly and it may have nothing to do
with your colon itself a dull lingering pain that just won't go away is also a sign that you have a
liver problem always pay attention if you have a dull pain that is in the upper right quadrant just
below and a little bit behind the rib cage and if you have this it's a good sign that there's some
liver inflammation and even potentially that you have an enlarged liver this next warning sign of
a toxic liver is actually kind of crazy and that's jaundice jaundice occurs when the liver loses its
ability to properly remove bilirubin which is a waste product to the blood and as a result of that
your skin becomes yellow and the whites of your eyes also becomes yellow when i was in college i
walked in the class one day and a friend of mine was sitting at the desk in front of me so i said
hi to him and he turned around and said hi back and to my surprise he was yellow his skin was
yellow his eyes were yellow he was very yellow and i said to him oh my gosh you're yellow and he goes
yeah somebody else had said that too i go yeah you really got to do something about that that's not
good he ended up going to the hospital spending a week in the hospital due to liver complications
that showed up in the way of jaundice and fortunately he made it out and he's completely
fine today now as we're going through all these warning signs of a toxic liver you may be thinking
yeah i've experienced that or i know somebody who has these issues it's so important that we
don't ever ignore these problems because what will happen is your liver will try to repair itself and
over time it will continue to build up scar tissue in the process and long term impair its ability
to work properly now let's look at another very common warning sign of a toxic liver and that's
chronic fatigue now chronic fatigue doesn't mean that you're tired for like a day or two because
that's a normal part of life it just happens chronic fatigue is when you've been tired for
the last six months and it doesn't matter how much sleep or rest you get you're still always tired
this is a common sign of a toxic liver you should watch out for as we look at the origins as to why
this would happen there's two things we have to pay attention to an unhealthy liver is unable to
create store and release glycogen this leaves you constantly exhausted the other thing that happens
is that your liver loses its ability to properly communicate with your brain and as a result your
brain is unable to carry out the proper actions that help you maintain proper energy the next
warning sign that we must pay attention to is high cholesterol liver toxicity impairs your liver's
ability to create and clear out cholesterol and when our liver isn't functioning properly
we can get a huge spike in cholesterol and as we look at 25 percent of the population they're
suffering with either pre-diabetes or also fatty liver which we know raises cholesterol and though
that high cholesterol is deemed to be unhealthy it may be the only response that your liver has
to inflammation and toxicity this is the reason it's so important to always ask better questions
about your health if you have high blood pressure why if you have high cholesterol
why if you have digestive issues ask why as you ask better questions you're going
to get better answers from it you can probably imagine as you're listening to all these common
warning signs of liver toxicity how many people are treated for the wrong conditions
and this is why the top warning signs of liver toxicity are so important for you to understand
our next top warning sign that we have to watch out for is swelling in the legs and in the
abdomen the swelling is a result of an increased pressure in the portal vein which causes a fluid
accumulation in the legs which is referred to as edema and also in the abdomen which is referred
to as ascites now as we look at this swelling in the legs and abdomen the other reason it could
be happening is because the toxic liver loses its ability to produce a blood protein known as
albumin our next warning sign is cognitive decline and this one's kind of scary now we talked about
how important it is for the liver to properly purify the bloodstream and remove toxins well
a toxic liver that's not functioning properly does not do this effectively and as a result you get a
toxic buildup in the body which unfortunately goes to the brain and as these toxins make their way
to the brain it causes mental confusion and also poor concentration another warning sign that your
liver is toxic is nausea and an upset stomach as your liver loses its ability to remove toxins
your digestive distress will likely increase and as waste products accumulate in the body
you'll be facing much more nausea and it can even lead to unexplained vomiting though all these
symptoms tell us a lot about our liver health the other thing that we should do to get an accurate
representation as to what's really going on inside of our body is lab testing we can look at markers
like liver enzymes bilirubin values triglycerides cholesterol and all of them will tell us if
there's some sort of liver dysfunction that's going on inside of our body i use a metabolic
panel clinically all the time to look at these values to tell me if the liver is overburdened
inflamed or even toxic so we've gone through and we've identified the top early warning signs of
liver toxicity but now the question is what can we do starting today to make a positive change
in our liver health the first and most important thing that we can do is look to nutritional
support that research has concluded will make a massive change in your liver's health one of the
top things we can use is n-acetyl cysteine now n-acetyl cysteine is an amino acid that helps
create glutathione which is the most powerful antioxidant in the body glutathione has been shown
to create a healthy defense and protect the liver against toxins all while supporting detoxification
we next can look at alpha lipoic acid which helps regenerate antioxidants like vitamin c
and vitamin e it also supports a healthy nitric oxide level and nitric oxide is very important
in the liver and kidneys because it supports regeneration of the liver cells milk thistle
is the next amazing thing that we can use it's been shown to reduce inflammation in the liver
all while supporting regeneration of the liver's tissue and the next thing we can look to is
selenium which supports the antioxidant defense in the liver cells all while further supporting the
production of glutathione which we know is wildly important for detoxification i've seen many people
turn around their lab markers using these very same nutrients in my clinic for years and what
i'll do is i'll put a link to the formula that i use in the description below so that you can start
improving your liver health today when considering a diet that supports liver health we have to
consider going completely sugar-free reducing our carbohydrate intake and also consuming a lot of
cruciferous vegetables along the way we should make sure that we're consuming more water and
completely stop any alcohol intake it's important to remove all harsh chemicals from your home in
the way of cleaning chemicals detergents and even beauty products as we come in contact with these
chemicals they're absorbed through our skin and unfortunately our liver has to deal with them
only furthering our problems regular exercise will increase your blood flow decrease your blood
sugar and promote liver healing a minimum of a 30 minute brisk walk a day will dramatically improve
your liver health as always i'm dr zyrowski and it's been a pleasure educating you on
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