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Quotes About Liver

I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver
~ Phil Harris
Worse than spanking or even liver was the sound of someone else's Ping-Pong.
~ Jonathan Franzen
Live donor transplant will overcome both the problem of organ shortage and the problem of cadaver livers that are damaged because it has taken too long to get consent and too long to remove the organ and get it to where it needs to be. Live donor liver transplant is the inevitable and necessary next step.' 
~ Abraham Verghese
O fígado representa um vasto e hediondo mistério, para nós. Se alguma vez comeu fígado frito, compreende o que quero dizer. Os estudos mais recentes permitem-nos concluir que ele existe de facto e fazer uma ideia geral da sua acção, quando funciona devidamente. Para além disso, ainda navegamos nas trevas.
~ Joseph Heller
Red meat should always be consumed as rare as possible, and preferably with horseradish or strong mustard, which stimulates the liver and gall bladder to secrete the juices required to break down the proteins and fats. Fresh ginger root aids the digestion of meat.
~ Daniel Reid
May I urge you to consider my liver?" asked the animal, "it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.
~ Douglas Adams
Chlamydia, today´s most common cause of venereal disease, does the equivalent of hiding in the police station. Schistosomes of the mansoni type go a step further and essentially steal police uniforms. These parasites, a serious cause of liver disease in Asia, pick up blood-group antigens so that they may look to the immune system like our own normal blood cells.
~ Randolph M. Nesse
Eating sugar in excess of what can be immediately burned causes it to be stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar soon causes the liver to exceed its ability to store sugar, and the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored as fat in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts, and the thighs.
~ Raymond Francis
the liver of the bear is poisonous – the only part of any quadruped known to be so.
~ Julian Barnes
The liver, that great maroon snail: No wave of emotion sweeps it. Neither music nor mathematics gives it pause in its appointed tasks.
~ Richard Selzer
Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!
~ Guy Fieri
Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don't drink so much. There aren't going to be enough liver transplants to go around.
~ Richard Russo
I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
~ Thomas Harris
LlVER LOAF 2 pounds liver 4 slices bacon ¼ cup chopped parsley 1 onion 1 cup milk 2 flaked wheat cereal biscuits, crumbed 3 beaten eggs salt and pepper ½ cup tomato ketchup Method—Let liver slices stand in hot water 10 minutes; drain. Grind with onion, parsley and bacon. Add beaten eggs, crumbs and seasonings and pack firmly into loaf pan. Spread tomato ketchup over top of loaf. Bake one hour at 350 degrees. Garnish with broiled bacon slices.
~ Jane Ziegelman
Berries are the healthiest fruit, offering potential protection against cancer and heart disease, boosting the immune system and acting as a guard for the liver and brain.
~ Michael Greger
Nicardipine is metabolized by the liver, and excretion can be impaired in patients with abnormal hepatic function.
~ Jean-Louis Vincent
History is the dark magician inside us, tearing at our liver. (Deborah Levy, Hot Milk, p. 185)
~ Deborah Levy
Although blood synthesis in adults is limited, the liver, spleen, and inactive (yellow) regions of marrow can resume blood cell production in times of need.
~ Dee Unglaub Silverthorn
I saw why people died and how they died. I saw gunshot wounds and liver failure. It was a good learning experience, so I came regularly on weekends and holidays.
~ Michael Baden
Love doesn't reside in the heart, anyway. Love resides in the liver along with jaundice.
~ Amy Gerstler
Therefore, Hill's Pet Nutrition therapeutic diet called Prescription Diet Feline l/d for cats with liver disease is supplemented with carnitine, taurine, and arginine. Depending on your cat's specific needs, other therapeutic diets may be appropriate as well.
~ Amy Shojai
As most doctors will tell you, cleansing is ridiculous. You know what's been around longer than that state-of-the-art juicer? Your kidneys. And your liver. Still, the cleanse has recalibrated my definition of a splurge.
~ Sloane Crosley
Since I got my new liver, some of my tastes have changed. There are certain things I don't like anymore. I loved Indian food before but not now.
~ Jack Bruce
boudin, the sausage made from pork, liver, onions, rice
~ Rick Bragg