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What happens if the liver can't clear away all of your blood's toxins?

Director, Cardiovascular Inst.,
New York Presbyterian/Columbia
POSTED BY Dr. Mehmet Oz
If the pathways in the liver become overloaded with toxins, the risk is that toxins will build up faster than sidewalk snow in a blizzard. And without a biological shovel to clear them away, there's a lot of liver trouble lurking.

Why? Many of these toxins are fat-soluble, meaning ...
If the pathways in the liver become overloaded with toxins, the risk is that toxins will build up faster than sidewalk snow in a blizzard. And without a biological shovel to clear them away, there's a lot of liver trouble lurking.

Why? Many of these toxins are fat-soluble, meaning they wiggle their way into fatty parts of your body, where they may stay for years (or for your entire life!). And by fatty parts of your body, I don't mean your gut or your butt, but fatty organs like your liver itself, brain and hormonal glands.

The effect: Such niceties as cirrhosis (liver failure in process), brain dysfunction and hormonal imbalances, such as infertility, breast pain, menstrual disturbances, adrenal gland exhaustion, and early menopause, not to mention an increasing rising risk of many cancers. « Collapse