What are the livers functions?
As you’ve seen, all of the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. Your liver is a very important “weigh station” in the blood’s journey throughout your body. But why exactly does your liver need the oxygen and nutrients supplied by your blood? What does it do? Some people think of the liver as the body’s chemical plant and inspection station. Your liver processes blood, breaking down the nutrients and chemicals your blood carries. It changes these into forms that are easier for the rest of your body to use, and also regulates the levels of most chemical in your blood. The inspection part comes in handy because helpful nutrients are not the only things your blood carries. There are also some waste products, which your liver filters out. If you’ve ever seen the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, think of the scale for those golden eggs. Thanks to the “Egg-dicator”, the good eggs could be separated from the bad ones. This is similar to the way your liver
