Friday, November 13, 2009
The liver is the largest organ in our body and weights about 1.36kg. The liver’s best known function is the secretion of bile. Bile is indispensable for the emulsification and digestion of fats. It also manufactures enzymes which control a large number of chemical processes that go on in our body. The alcohol which we drink is broken down by the liver into harmless carbon-dioxide and water. But even the best liver in the world cannot neutralize very many large pegs of spirits taken at one sitting. Excessive drinking over a long period does the liver harm and may lead to cirrhosis of the liver. Too much food, like too much alcohol, also harms the liver and tends to the destruction of the liver cells.
Excessive eating and drinking have probably caused far more casualties among human beings than all the bullets and bayonets of our civilization. Eating less never causes harm; it can only do good. The liver, unlike the heart, has marvelous powers of regeneration and even if a large part of the its cells are destroyed, it can return to normalcy in a few months, if the strain on the liver is reduced by eating and drinking much less having a bland diet.
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