Overlooked and Underestimated - Biological Brilliance in Action

There is a lot to love about this 3 lb organ in the size of a football: it is the second largest organ (behind your skin) and performs 500 complex functions to keep your body healthy.

It holds up to 13% of your blood supply and is a star player in the digestive system: Anything that is eaten or consumed, whether it's food, alcohol, medicine or toxins, gets filtered and transformed by the liver.

The liver is smart: It knows when to detoxify, when to usher the toxins out of the body through urine and stool, when to store the nutrients and when to release them back into the blood.

It removes sugar from the blood and stores it as Glycogen; when your blood sugar decreases, it converts that stored glycogen into glucose.

The liver is also a fat factory of sorts. It breaks down animal and plant fats that are eaten and converts them into human fat.

The liver produces blood during fetal development and acts as blood recycler during adulthood. It brakes down old or damaged blood cells; it knows how to store iron and various vitamins when those nutrients fall below what's needed. It's also essential in producing and releasing the plasma proteins to clot blood.

Complexity is associated with this VIP organ: It strongly affects kidneys, heart, lungs and is highly sensitive to strong emotions, especially anger.

Biological genius in action?

The liver deserves gratitude and thrives on healthy lifestyle choices.

Cover it with your left hand for 30 s: Feel respect and biological gratitude for this essential organ!