The liver is responsible for more than 500 vital functions

The liver is responsible for more than 500 vital functions in your body, so it’s important that you take good care of it. The main functions of the liver are to process and metabolize blood and to produce bile to carry away waste products. 

Think of the liver like a filter that keeps the body clean. It clears the blood of toxins and helps the body resist infections by creating immune factors (or proteins and cells) and removing bacteria from the bloodstream. It’s part of the body’s built-in detoxification system.

The liver also makes cholesterol and proteins that help carry fats through the body and converts extra sugar (glucose) into glycogen — the storage form of glucose in the body. That makes your liver a vital part of the digestive process.