Paul Saladino· MD
the liver is not a filter it doesn't store toxins like people think it does it processes those toxins through phase one and phase two detoxification systems for export in the urine or the feces
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the liver is not a filter it doesn't store toxins like people think it does it processes those toxins through phase one and phase two detoxification systems for export in the urine or the feces
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liver not a filter doesn't bioaccumulate biotransforms and excretes those things from your body
the liver is a enzymatic factory that biotransforms things so it'll take compounds that are toxins and it'll make them water-soluble or it'll bio-convert them so that you can excrete them or you can bind them and so basically it prepares them for excretion