Liver

The liver performs a great deal of functions. They are:

The various functions of the liver are carried out by the liver cells or hepatocytes. * The liver produces and excretes bile (a greenish liquid) required for emulsifying fats. Some of the bile drains directly into the duodenum, and some is stored in the gallbladder. * Amino acid synthesis in our body * The liver performs several roles in carbohydrate metabolism: ** Gluconeogenesis (the synthesis of glucose from certain amino acids, lactate or glycerol) ** Glycogenolysis (the breakdown of glycogen into glucose) (muscle tissues can also do this) ** Glycogenesis (the formation of glycogen from glucose) ** The breakdown of insulin and other hormones * The liver is responsible for the mainstay of protein metabolism. For instance, the liver can convert lactic acid to alanine. * The liver also performs several roles in lipid metabolism: ** Cholesterol synthesis ** Lipogenesis, the production of triglycerides (fats). * The liver produces coagulation factors I (fibrinogen), II (prothrombin), V, VII, IX, X and XI, as well as protein C, protein S and antithrombin. * The liver breaks down hemoglobin, creating metabolites that are added to bile as pigment (bilirubin and biliverdin). * The liver breaks down toxic substances and most medicinal products in a process called drug metabolism. This sometimes results in toxication, when the metabolite is more toxic than its precursor. * The liver converts ammonia to urea. * The liver stores a multitude of substances, including glucose (in the form of glycogen), vitamin A (1-2 years' supply), vitamin D (1-4 months' supply), vitamin B12, iron, and copper. * In the first trimester fetus, the liver is the main site of red blood cell production. By the 32nd week of gestation, the bone marrow has almost completely taken over that task. * The liver is responsible for immunological effects- the reticuloendothelial system of the liver contains many immunologically active cells, acting as a 'sieve' for antigens carried to it via the portal system. * The liver produces albumin, the major osmolar component of blood serum. Source was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver

There is not an individual substance that will cleanse your liver, what you need is a combination. To start with, you need to eliminate all of the things that are currently putting stress on your liver. Stop drinking alcohol, and eat natural foods. These foods will also help the body to rebuild itself. You can also use Licorice and Dandelion root, which will help the liver tremendously.

Try to drink natural green tea whilst cleansing the liver, and take a Selenium supplement. N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) is an amino acid which will help you through detoxification.

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Milk Thistle is a good liver detox too

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Stop drinking alchohol, and dont take Tylenol or other things putting stress on the liver. Eat a lot of bitter foods like dandelion greens or grapefruit.

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There are several foods and drinks you could try to help cleanse your liver. You could go on a liver detox program where you eat nothing but natural foods. Stay away from alcohol, sugar, caffeine, antibiotics, and pills for a couple of weeks. You could aslo try to use a liver detox supplement to help get rid of the toxins.

Forensic Artistry

I didn't know much about forensic artistry until I read 'Have you seen this Face'?

It is a very interesting book about forensic artistry and has many fun facts in it. It made me ask questions such as;

· How much money does a forensic artist make in a year?

· How much education is required to be a forensic artist?

· How much should you need to know about art to become a forensic artist?

· Do I need to be very good with socializing?

Anyways in case you don't know what forensic artistry is, it is a law enforcement artistic technique used in the identification, of a wanted or missing person. Forensic art has many different ways of art. Here are the four main ones, composite art, reconstruction, age progression and demonstrative evidence.

A forensic artist is someone who interviews a witness and or victim of a crime scene, and asks many questions of description to figure out who the criminal or victim was. When the forensic artist is interviewing he/she might ask questions such as;

· How long did you see this person for?

· What were the lighting conditions?

· How far away was the person?

· How long ago did you see the person?

· Where there any objects in the way of seeing this person?

To become a forensic artist it is recommended that you have some kind of formal art training. If you wanted to become a good forensic artist you should be good on computers and technology, also have good people skills, because you will do many interviews will people that don't like to take or people that can't stop talking .

Composite art

This is the one type of forensic art that you are probably the most are familiar with. These are the drawings or computer images that you see in the newspaper with headlines.

Traditionally, a "composite sketch" meant that the image was hand-drawn by an artist with pencil and paper, and a "composite image" was assembled with a computer application. So it's almost like there are two types of composite art. The image of this art is usually just the suspects shoulders and up. Rarely would they show the whole body.