Masters of Health Magazine August 2022

In cirrhosis, scar tissue replaces healthy liver tissue, which prevents the liver from functioning normally.

Other causes of cirrhosis may include:

• Autoimmune disorders, where the body’s infection-fighting/immune system attacks healthy tissue

• Blocked or damaged tubes (bile ducts) from the liver to the intestine

• Exposure to toxic chemicals

• Repeated episodes of heart failure with blood buildup in the liver

• Parasite infections

• High copper (in the diet or from exposure to synthetic estrogens)

• Infections (e.g., syphilis or brucellosis)

Inherited birth defects include:

• Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

• High blood galactose levels

• Glycogen storage diseases

• Cystic fibrosis

• Porphyria (a disorder in which certain chemicals build up in the blood)

• A hereditary buildup of too much copper (Wilson disease) or iron (hemochromatosis) in the body

Of all the body’s organs, the liver is the most abused. Vaping, alcohol, tobacco, sugar, medications, and other drugs damage the liver.

Also harmful to the liver is the consumption of trans-fats (hydrogenated oil) and highly processed omega-6 vegetable oils such as canola, corn, cottonseed, peanut, soy, safflower, sunflower, and margarine. These damaged fats/oils cause fatty-liver damage (cirrhosis) and type-two diabetes. GMOs in food also damage the liver. Tons of toxic chemicals sprayed on our food; in our environment (e.g., pesticides, herbicides such as glyphosate, etc.); and dumped into our drinking water (e.g., fluoride, lead, etc.) add insult to injury.

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