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Interesting facts about the liver:
- it is the largest organ in the body
- it filters up to two quarts of blood a minute
- only the liver can purify the bloodstream
- it performs over 500 different chemical functions and affects nearly every physiological process of the body
- more heat is produced by the liver than by any other organ in the body
- the liver produces more proteins than any other organ in the body
- overeating is a common cause of liver malfunction
- it is the most active organ in the body during detoxification
- the liver is among the few internal human organs capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of remaining liver can regenerate into a whole liver again.
- 1 in 10 Americans are afflicted with liver related diseases each year
- You cannot live without a liver
- it is the largest organ in the body
- it filters up to two quarts of blood a minute
- only the liver can purify the bloodstream
- it performs over 500 different chemical functions and affects nearly every physiological process of the body
- more heat is produced by the liver than by any other organ in the body
- the liver produces more proteins than any other organ in the body
- overeating is a common cause of liver malfunction
- it is the most active organ in the body during detoxification
- the liver is among the few internal human organs capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of remaining liver can regenerate into a whole liver again.
- 1 in 10 Americans are afflicted with liver related diseases each year
- You cannot live without a liver
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