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Love your Liver

January sees our National ‘Love your liver’ campaign, strategically positioned just weeks after the nation’s overindulgence and in time for New Year’s resolutions. The liver is an incredibly robust organ, catering for over 500 bodily functions. Primarily filtering out and metabolising toxins, but it is also important for hormone production, processing Cholesterol and balancing the body’s energy stores. Common causes of Liver disease are weight and diet related ‘Fatty Liver’, excessive alcohol use and Viral Hepatitis. ‘Fatty liver’ is largely related to obesity and diet. It is common, and does not often cause problems but can develop into significant liver disease. Eating a balanced, healthy

Good egg, Bad egg?

This is a common source of confusion. The egg was initially shunned for it’s high cholesterol content, but over the past few years both the American Heart Association and British Heart Foundation have acknowledged the nutritional benefits of eggs. There are no restrictions on the number of eggs you can eat, providing it is part of a balanced diet, unless you have a rare condition known as 'Familial Hypercholesterolaemia'. Despite the relatively high level of cholesterol in eggs (and shellfish), it does not equate to high levels of harmful cholesterol circulating in your bloodstream. The bad cholesterol (LDL) is higher in saturated fats such as red meat, full-fat dairy products, cakes and bis