10 Things Your Liver Is Doing Right Now
- Processing digested food
- Controlling levels of glucose (sugar) in your blood
- Storing and transporting fats
- Processing amino acids (protein building blocks) and making proteins
- Making green bile, which flows into the small intestine to help digest fats
- storing vitamins A, B12, D, E and K
- Removing hormones (chemical messengers) from the blood once they've done their job
- Removing and breaking down drugs and poisons
- Removing bacteria (germs)
- Removing worn-out red blood cells
