Dr. Teresa C. Hill
Dr. Teresa C. Hill
During the next few weeks we will be having some important health information that you may want to "clip & keep" for future references.

The Liver

Americans have been consuming "enriched" white flour their entire lives (40-50-60 years or more). White flour is "enriched" with rock forms of iron. That's correct: They literally take iron ore, pulverize it and add it to white flour. Rock iron accumulation signals the liver not to absorb more iron so it can't make tyrosine.

You need tyrosine to make thyroxine (T4) and adrenaline. You wonder why 59 million American's have a thyroid problem? They have little ability to produce thyroxine or T4.

In addition, adrenaline holds magnesium in the blood.

Magnesium is important for:

Proper bone formation -- more than 50 percent of the body's magnesium is stored in bone

Maintaining normal muscle function

Releasing energy from muscle storage

Regulating body temperature

Proper absorption of calcium.

Since adrenaline can't be made, many patients have magnesium deficiencies.

Back to the liver...

Anytime I see a hormone problem (male or female), an iron problem (including serum iron, ferritin, transferritin) and/or TIBC (especially B12 or folic acid), I am thinking liver. The liver is likely the cause.


Think for a minute about the functions of the liver:

Bile production and excretion

Excretion of bilirubin, cholesterol, hormones and drugs

Metabolism of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates

Enzyme activation

Storage of glycogen, vitamins, and minerals

Synthesis of plasma proteins, such as albumin, and clotting factors

Blood detoxification and purification

Can you see why the liver is such a major player in our health?

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God bless America and all of our troops and their families. Yours in good health.