The liver is the largest internal organ in human being. It is situated on the right side of the belly. Weighing about 3 pounds, the liver is reddish-brown in color and feels rubbery to the touch. Normally you can't feel the liver, because it's protected by the rib cage.
The liver performs complex functions which even the physicians can not list all.
Most of the chemical reactions takes place in the liver. If the liver is in good condition, it can take care of the detoxification process of the body on it own in order to help in boosting the immune system that fight against diseases and sicknesses.
The human body is not designed for digestion of meat and salt. This is because the human intestine are usually longer than that of animals. In nutshell, human beings are vegetarians.
Healthy liver is reddish-brown in color and very smooth surface whereas the unhealthy liver has a different look characterised with rough body.
It's important to know that smoking also affect liver just as it affect the lungs. Excess intake of alcohol is detrimental to the liver and can cause liver cancer and other liver related issues. It's therefore important to consider detoxification of the liver to make the body healthy. You don't use pharmaceutical drugs to achieve that but feeding on fruits and vegetables.
I will discuss the detoxification process of liver in my next article.