Inside the liver cells there are sophisticated mechanisms that have evolved over millions of years to break down toxic substances. Every drug, artificial chemical, pesticide and hormone, is broken down (metabolized) by enzyme pathways inside the liver cells. Many of the toxic chemicals that enter the body are fat-soluble, which means they dissolve only in fatty or oily solutions and not in water. This makes them difficult for the body to excrete. Fat soluble chemicals have a high affinity for fat tissues and cell membranes, which are made of fatty substances. In these fatty parts of the body, toxins may be stored for years, being released during times of exercise, stress or fasting. During the release of these toxins, symptoms such as headaches, poor memory, stomach pain, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and palpitations may occur.
The body's primary defense against metabolic poisoning is carried out by the liver. The liver has two mechanisms designed to convert fat-soluble chemicals into water soluble chemicals so that they may then be easily excreted from the body via watery fluids such as bile and urine.
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been 2 days me and chi yenn started on our liver detox diet... y we're doing this? coz we wanna look healthy and be healthy. :) what is it doing to me at the moment? killing me softly.. we started on the diet on sat and on sat me and family went to ipoh garden for lunch.. guess wat i ate? MIXED VEGETABLE ONLY without rice.. what my parents ate? ipoh hor fun, fried noodles and fried chicken!! i was dying.. smellling and seeing all those delicious food.. but i have self control... so i just imagined my mixed veg was char kuey teow.. yum.... after that went to garden city and my stomach was like eating itself up... it was growling... but felt literally like eating itself up so i bought a fruit bun... felt much better. 2nd day of diet... i'm still surviving.... wonder how long i can take it.... its suppose to be a 2 months plans but i dunno whether i can take 2 months. well... can say i'm applying what i taught this friday at powerhouse, short-term cost but long term benefit in this diet. :) soo.... if u see me grumpy or not in the mood to talk... DUN talk to me....coz i'm HUNGRY... for the time being coz need to get use to this routine. :)