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I'd like to discuss the seven warning signs of cirrhosis.

There are a lot of additional symptoms, but there are seven main symptoms that you need to be aware of.

So cirrhosis is an advanced liver problem. It's end-stage liver disease.

And really, what we have is normal cells being replaced with scar tissue.

So the scar tissue comes in to try to heal the area, but the problem is we also lost function at the same time.

Now, what's fascinating about the liver is that it has incredible reparative cells.

Normally, these cells lie dormant until some injury comes along, whether it's alcohol, nicotine from smoking, drugs, medication, junk food, seed oils,

like in corn oil, soy oil, which create inflammation, or find sugars, carbohydrates, and especially fruit toast, but you also have viruses too.

So some people get themselves into a situation where they have either inflammation that's going on in the liver that becomes chronic,

or they develop a fatty liver, which then creates inflammation.

And it's really the inflammation that triggers these very interesting repair cells.

And when these cells are chronically irritated, they develop a very specialized type of cell called a mild fibroblast.

Now, what is that?

That's a combination between a contractile tissue and collagen, which is pretty interesting that your cell is repairing with this muscle-like contractile tissue.

But the problem is you lose function.

Your risk for cancer and the liver goes way up when you get cirrhosis.

And because the liver makes about a liter of bile every single day, you're going to get insufficient bile,

which is going to affect your digestion, especially fats, omega-3, fat-savable vitamins, and the elimination of cholesterol and toxins.

Because you need bile as a way to help transport this toxic material out of the body.

Also, vitamin A is affected.

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