| Your liver is the most important organ in your | | | | cravings, weight gain, and Candida overgrowth. |
| body. Without it, you would die within 24 hours. | | | | --It cannot process toxins out of the body, so |
| But what does the liver have to do with weight | | | | they escape into the blood stream which creates |
| loss? I bet you'll be surprised. | | | | an immune response by the body. If this |
| One of the primary purposes of the liver is to | | | | continues, then your immune system becomes |
| filter the blood, cleaning out anything that could be | | | | burdened. This in turn can result in autoimmune |
| toxic to your body. This would include things like | | | | diseases like arthritis. |
| pharmaceutical drugs (yes, your body sees those | | | | --It cannot burn body fat making all of your |
| as toxic), undigested foods, alcohol, viruses, | | | | weight loss efforts a complete waste of time. |
| bacteria, ingested chemicals (these can enter the | | | | Doing a liver and gallbladder cleanse can help |
| body orally or via the skin, like pesticides, lotions, | | | | alleviate this situation and aid in your weight loss |
| deodorants, make-up, hairspray). The liver is also | | | | efforts. It is recommended that you precede the |
| involved in metabolism, hormone balance, and | | | | liver / gallbladder cleanse with a colon cleanse. If |
| immune functions. | | | | your colon isn't operating efficiently (constipation, |
| Imagine pouring something through a mesh | | | | fewer than 1-3 bowel movements per day), then |
| strainer. At first the liquids run through easily, but | | | | the toxins will be released from the liver into the |
| eventually, if there are too many solids, the | | | | blood stream rather than flushed out of the body |
| strainer gets clogged and the liquid has no where | | | | through the colon. |
| to go. If the liver has to work overtime to | | | | There are numerous cleansing programs on the |
| cleanse toxins, a similar situation can happen to | | | | market. Do your homework and find one that is |
| the liver. It gets clogged with toxins and at that | | | | backed by a company with a good reputation, |
| point fails to run efficiently. | | | | positive product reviews and customer |
| When the liver becomes clogged, every organ in | | | | testimonials. |
| your body is impacted and efforts to lose weight | | | | Once you have cleansed your liver, a good daily |
| are blocked. Here are just some of the impacts: | | | | practice is to begin your morning with a glass of |
| --It can cause an accumulation of sodium which | | | | water with a wedge of fresh squeezed lemon |
| can raise blood pressure. | | | | juice. This will support your digestive organs by |
| --It can cause water retention which adds body | | | | cleansing and activating the liver. Additionally, |
| weight. | | | | consider reducing the toxic load by avoiding some |
| --It can cause a hormone imbalance which makes | | | | of the stressors mentioned above. |
| us moody. | | | | Don't take your liver for granted. Although it can |
| --It also can't regulate glucose making us | | | | regenerate, if it isn't functioning properly, you |
| hypoglycemic which in turn can result in sugar | | | | won't either! |