Liver Health & Detoxification

Separating the Science from the "Detox" Myth — How the Body Really Clears Toxins, and What Helps

Liver Health & Detoxification is Book I3 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on food as medicine, applied honestly to a specific condition. It is written for dietitians, health professionals, patients and preventive-minded readers: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• The Liver, Detoxification & the "Detox" Myth
• Liver Anatomy & Physiology
• How Detoxification Actually Works
• The "Detox/Cleanse" Industry Debunked
• What Actually Harms the Liver
• NAFLD/MASLD: The Real Epidemic
• Alcohol & the Liver
• Nutrition for Liver Health
• Supplements & the Liver: Help, Hype & Harm
• Exercise & the Liver
• The Gut-Liver Axis & Other "Detox" Organs
• Recognizing Liver Problems
• Putting It Into Practice

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 100 pages · Book I3, Collection I — Clinical Nutrition & Preventive Health.