Glycogen, which can be found in the liver, is converted into glucose by glycogenolysis. When blood sugars become low, the pancreas releases glucagon, which triggers the conversion of glycogen to glucose. Glycogenolysis is the process of converting the food storage carbohydrate polymer glycogen into glucose, shown here.
The Arabs fed alfalfa to their horses, claiming it made the animals swift and strong, and named the legume âAl-fal-faâ meaning âfather of all foods.â The medicinal uses of alfalfa stem from anecdotal reports that the leaves cause diuresis and are useful in the treatment of kidney, bladder, and prostate disorders.
One of the biggest milk thistle benefits is that it preserves glutathione. The modern American diet, pollution, toxins, medications, stress, trauma, aging, infections and radiation all work to deplete liver capabilities and also glutathione in the body.