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The approximately 1.5 kilograms liver is an important metabolic organ in the body. It has a wedge-shaped form and sits on the right side in the upper abdomen. About 2,000 liters of blood are pumped through the organ every day. The liver can store, utilize, convert or degrade substances such as sugar, fat, protein building blocks (amino acids) and vitamins. Furthermore, she is responsible for the detoxification of the body together with the kidneys. For example, it converts toxic substances such as ammonia and alcohol into non-toxic substances. Other wastes and bacteria are also filtered through the liver from the blood and sent to either the intestine or the kidneys for disposal.

The individual substances are conducted via the portal vein from the intestine into the liver. Sugar is stored here in the form of glycogen and given back to the blood as glucose (glucose) as soon as the blood sugar level drops. Depending on your needs, the liver cells can also convert sugar into fat or proteins into sugar. In addition, the metabolic organ of amino acids produces important proteins for blood clotting as well as so-called C-reactive proteins (CRP) as a defense reaction to bacterial inflammation. Proteins that transport fats or hormones in the blood are also formed here.

In addition, the liver produces a large part of the body's own cholesterol. This is used to form bile. This produces around one liter of bile juice per day, which makes fats from the food digestible. The liver has extraordinary regenerative abilities. For example, if half of the organ is surgically removed, it will regrow to full size within about two months. Alcohol can severely damage the liver. 30 to 50 percent of all liver diseases are based on high alcohol consumption. In addition, chronic liver inflammation (hepatitis) can weaken the organ and lead, for example, to cirrhosis of the liver or to liver cakes. (Vb)

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