HOW much DO HOW much DO YOU LOVE YOUR YOU LOVE YOUR

LIVER?LIVER?

How Can You Love it If You How Can You Love it If You Don't Know it? Don't Know it?

Hi... I'm Your Liver!Hi... I'm Your Liver!

Let me tell you how much I love Let me tell you how much I love you…in you…in 99 ways ways

1. I 1. I store the ironstore the iron reserves you need, reserves you need, as well as a lot of as well as a lot of vitamins and other vitamins and other minerals.minerals.

Without me, you Without me, you wouldn't have the wouldn't have the strength to carry strength to carry on!on!

2. I make 2. I make bilebile to to help digest your help digest your food.food.

Without me, Without me, you'd waste away you'd waste away to nothing.to nothing.

3. I 3. I detoxify poisonous detoxify poisonous chemicalschemicals you give you give me, and that includes me, and that includes alcohol, beer, wine alcohol, beer, wine and drugs and drugs (prescribed and over-(prescribed and over-the-counter) as well the-counter) as well as illegal substances.as illegal substances.

Without me, your Without me, your "bad" habits would "bad" habits would kill you.kill you.

4. I store 4. I store energyenergy, like a , like a battery, by battery, by stockpiling sugar stockpiling sugar (carbohydrates, (carbohydrates, glucose and fat) until glucose and fat) until you need it.you need it.

Without me, the Without me, the sugar level in your sugar level in your blood could fall blood could fall dramatically and dramatically and you'd go into a you'd go into a coma.coma.

You couldn't have gotten out You couldn't have gotten out of bed this morning if I of bed this morning if I

weren't on the job!.weren't on the job!.

5. I 5. I make the bloodmake the blood that got your that got your system going even system going even before you were before you were born.born.

Without me, you Without me, you wouldn't be here!wouldn't be here!

6. I 6. I manufacture new manufacture new proteinsproteins that your that your body needs to stay body needs to stay healthy and grow. healthy and grow.

Without me, you Without me, you wouldn't grow wouldn't grow properly!properly!

7. I 7. I remove poisonsremove poisons from the air, exhaust from the air, exhaust smoke and chemicals smoke and chemicals you breathe. you breathe.

Without me, you'd Without me, you'd be poisoned by be poisoned by pollutants!pollutants!

8. I 8. I make clotting make clotting factorsfactors that stop the that stop the bleeding when you bleeding when you accidentally prick accidentally prick yourself.yourself.

Without me, you'd Without me, you'd bleed to death!bleed to death!

9. I help 9. I help defend youdefend you against the germs against the germs going into your body all going into your body all the time. I take those the time. I take those cold germs, flu bugs cold germs, flu bugs and other germs you and other germs you encounter, and knock encounter, and knock them dead - or at least them dead - or at least weaken them. weaken them.

Without me, you'd be a Without me, you'd be a sitting duck for every sitting duck for every infection known to man.infection known to man.

That's how much I love That's how much I love you... but do you love you... but do you love

me?me?

Let me tell you some Let me tell you some easy ways to love me, easy ways to love me,

your liveryour liver

Don't drown me in beer, Don't drown me in beer, alcohol or wine! alcohol or wine! Even one drink is too Even one drink is too much for some people much for some people and could scar me for and could scar me for life.life.

• I scar easily.. and those scars, called I scar easily.. and those scars, called "cirrhosis" are permanent."cirrhosis" are permanent.

Medicine is sometimes necessary. But Medicine is sometimes necessary. But taking pills when they aren't necessary is a taking pills when they aren't necessary is a bad habitbad habit. All those chemicals can really . All those chemicals can really hurt a liver.hurt a liver.

• Watch those drugs!Watch those drugs! All drugs are All drugs are chemicals, and when chemicals, and when you mix them up you mix them up without a doctor's without a doctor's advice you could advice you could create something create something poisonous that could poisonous that could damage me badly. damage me badly.

Be careful with Be careful with aerosol spraysaerosol sprays! ! Remember, I have Remember, I have to detoxify what to detoxify what you breathe in, you breathe in, too. So when you too. So when you are cleaning with are cleaning with aerosol cleaners, aerosol cleaners, make sure the make sure the room is room is ventilated, or ventilated, or wear a mask. wear a mask.

That goes double for bug sprays, That goes double for bug sprays, mildew sprays, paint sprays and all mildew sprays, paint sprays and all those other chemical sprays you use. those other chemical sprays you use. Be careful what you breathe!Be careful what you breathe!

Watch what gets on your skin!Watch what gets on your skin! Those Those insecticides you put on trees and shrubs not insecticides you put on trees and shrubs not only kill bugs they can get to me right only kill bugs they can get to me right through your skin and destroy my cells, too. through your skin and destroy my cells, too. Remember they're all chemicals. Remember they're all chemicals. Cover your skin with gloves, long sleeves, a Cover your skin with gloves, long sleeves, a hat and mask every time insecticides are in hat and mask every time insecticides are in the air or if you're handling them.the air or if you're handling them.

Don't eat too much Don't eat too much fatty foodfatty food! ! I make the cholesterol your body I make the cholesterol your body needs, and I try to make the right needs, and I try to make the right amount. amount.

Give me a break. Eat a good, well Give me a break. Eat a good, well balanced nourishing diet. If you eat balanced nourishing diet. If you eat the right stuff for me, I'll really do the right stuff for me, I'll really do my stuff for you!my stuff for you!

WARNING: WARNING: I can't and won't tell you I'm in I can't and won't tell you I'm in trouble until I'm almost at the end of trouble until I'm almost at the end of my rope... and yours.my rope... and yours.

Remember: I am a non-complainer. Remember: I am a non-complainer. Overloading me with drugs, alcohol and Overloading me with drugs, alcohol and other junk can destroy me! This may be other junk can destroy me! This may be the only warning you will ever get.the only warning you will ever get.

Take My Advice, Please!Take My Advice, Please!• Check me out with your Check me out with your

doctor. doctor. • Blood screening tests can Blood screening tests can

identify some trouble. identify some trouble. • If I'm soft and smooth, that's If I'm soft and smooth, that's

good. If I'm hard and bumpy, good. If I'm hard and bumpy, that could mean trouble.that could mean trouble.

• If your doctor suspects If your doctor suspects trouble, ULTRA SOUND and trouble, ULTRA SOUND and CT scans can look into it. CT scans can look into it.

• My life, and yours, depends My life, and yours, depends on how you treat me. on how you treat me.

Now you know how much I Now you know how much I care for care for you.you.

Please treat Please treat meme with tender with tender loving care.loving care.

Your silent partner and ever-Your silent partner and ever-loving lover….LIVERloving lover….LIVER

THANK YOU THANK YOU

Please pass this to your friends, relatives & well wishers. Please note thatThis is not created by me, I have received it from my well wisher.

Prakash Dhutia, dhutiap@yahoo.co.in; pld@aol.in