These Daily Habits Are DESTROYING Your Liver.

The liver is a vital organ that performs hundreds of tasks related to metabolism, energy storage, and waste filtering. It helps you digest food, convert it to energy, and store the energy until you need it. It also helps filter toxic substances out of your bloodstream.

However, certain bad daily habits may make you more likely to develop certain liver diseases. It’s also possible for someone to have liver disease and not have any symptoms at all. It takes away the opportunity to get treated in time and the results become severe.

In fact, liver disease accounts for two million deaths annually and is responsible for 4% of all deaths; approximately two-thirds of all liver-related deaths occur in men.

But are these the only factors that negatively impact our liver health?

In today’s video, we will delve deeper into 11 bad daily habits that may put our liver at risk without us even realizing it.

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⌛Timestamps:
⏱️ Intro - 0:00
⏱️ Excessive Alcohol Consumption - 01:15
⏱️ Overuse of Medications - 03:06
⏱️ Smoking - 04:38
⏱️ Obesity and Poor Diet - 05:55
⏱️ Sugar Overload - 06:40
⏱️ Excessive Salt Intake - 08:42
⏱️ Not Drinking Enough Water - 10:13
⏱️ Skipping Meals - 11:15
⏱️ Unsafe Sex Practices - 12:27
⏱️ Exposure to Toxins - 14:09
⏱️ Chronic Stress - 16:11
⏱️ Turmeric - 17:56
⏱️ Avocados - 18:12
⏱️ Nuts - 18:26
⏱️ Beets - 18:41
⏱️ Olive Oil -18:58

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️ Summary:
Excessive Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol consumption is the most infamous culprit behind liver disease. Initially, when alcohol is consumed, the liver prioritizes metabolizing it over other substances. This metabolism primarily occurs via an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase, which converts alcohol into acetaldehyde, a highly toxic substance and known carcinogen. Acetaldehyde is then broken down into a less harmful substance, acetate, by another enzyme, aldehyde dehydrogenase.

However, excessive alcohol intake overwhelms the liver's metabolic capacity, leading to acetaldehyde accumulation, causing cellular injury and inflammation. Additionally, alcohol may alter the natural balance of fats in the liver, leading to fatty liver disease, a condition where fat accumulates in the liver cells, making them more susceptible to further damage.

Overuse of Medications

Drug-induced liver injury is common and nearly all classes of medications may cause liver disease. One type of drug-induced acute liver damage is bland cholestasis, in which bile secretion slows down but liver cells are not seriously hurt. Another type is cholestatic hepatitis, in which bile flow slows down and liver tissue is hurt. And finally, there is a type in which the bile ducts get damaged or swell up. There are two ways that drug reactions may cause chronic cholestasis: vanishing bile duct syndrome, which is when bile ducts slowly disappear, and secondary sclerosing cholangitis, which is when external bile ducts get blocked.

Smoking

When cigarette smoke is inhaled, it introduces a range of harmful chemicals into the body, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, and various carcinogens. The chemicals in cigarette smoke may induce oxidative stress in liver cells. This stress occurs when there is an imbalance between free radicals (unstable molecules that may damage cells) and antioxidants (molecules that neutralize free radicals). The liver naturally contains antioxidants to defend against oxidative stress, but the excessive free radicals generated by smoking may overwhelm these defenses, leading to cell damage and inflammation.

Obesity and Poor Diet

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease has emerged as a leading cause of chronic liver diseases in industrialized nations, affecting an estimated 25 to 30 percent of the global population. This prevalence significantly increases to up to 90 percent among individuals who are morbidly obese.

Sugar Overload

Sugar overload, particularly from fructose, may significantly harm liver health. Unlike other types of sugar, fructose is almost entirely processed in the liver, where it is converted into fat through a process called lipogenesis.

For more information, please watch the video until the very end.
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