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Weighing in at around three pounds, the liver functions as a unique organ with many crucial roles to sustaining life. From circulation to digestion, the liver continuously processes the blood used by the rest of the body. Our largest internal organ, the liver works to keep us healthy.
Your liver has many important jobs. One of the jobs that the liver does is to act as a filter for your body. The liver filters or detoxifies the blood. Almost all the blood in your body passes through the liver. As blood passes through the liver, it breaks down substances, such as prescription or over-the-counter drugs, street drugs, alcohol, and caffeine. Our bodies naturally produce some harmful (toxic) chemicals or poisons, and those are also broken down by the liver. In this way the liver acts as a filter to clean your blood.