This study considers the division of caregiving efforts among the children of older, functionally limited parents.
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables may help lower ALT. The liver is a football-sized organ in the abdomen responsible for processing nutrients and waste products from the blood. Alanine aminotransferase, or ALT, is an enzyme the liver releases in response to damage or disease.
Liver enzymes are enzymes - - chemical substances that act as catalysts to strengthen chemical reactions - - that are produced by the liver. Each liver enzyme has a particular function in terms of maintaining the body's health, helping to metabolize various foods (especially fats), and other things that the liver does.hese enzymes are important for healthy bodily functioning, and the liver produces a great many of them which is a large part of why it is such an important and vital organ. Liver enzymes are found in the blood normally, but only in a certain range of concentration.