The liver is the largest internal organ in the body and probably the most important. It is also the only organ than can repair itself, unless it is contaminated with a deadly virus. The liver is like a complex chemical factory that works 24 hours a day, and if it doesn't work properly, neither do you. Below are a few of the tasks it does: Cleansing blood ·metabolizes alcohol, drugs, and other chemicals ·neutralizes and destroys …showed first 75 words of 1067 total…

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