"stack the deck"(liver)

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Original Author: Ted Spiker

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More than just one body's antidote to alcohol, your liver helps flush out other toxic stuff you were never meant

to swallow,e.g., any food purchased from a drive thru window. The organ does this by producing a grease-dissolving goo known as bile.And in it's spare time, your liver also removes bacteria from your bloodstream,lays away a supply of iron, and converts glucose into glycogen to be stored for energy.
Your best protection: You know the spiel-cut back on the booze and your liver will live longer. That means two drinks a day, max, if normal liver cells become damaged and are replaced by scar tissue. Eventually, so much scar tissue forms that the liver no longer functions properly and its main vein becomes blocked. That said, don't wave off the bartender just yet; pretend you need to sober up and order a cup of coffee.
A new study of more than 90,000 Japanese published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that those who drank 1-2 cups of joe daily had half the risk of liver cancer of those who went without. The study also shows similarly dramatic results for people with liver diseases, such as hepatitis. "Coffee contains large amounts of antioxidants," says Manami Inoue, MD, PhD, the study author. "And studies have shown that such coffee compounds inhibit carcinogens in the liver." The best bean? British researchers discovered that medium- roasted coffee has higher antioxidant activity than dark-roasted varieties.

Published: June 16, 2007

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