A word of warning. If you're easily offended by cannibalism, death, torture and fascinating facts about the human body,

this series may not be for you. Therefore, listener discretion is advised. Cannibalism.

Could you eat a whole human being?

With the help of a doctor, a scientist and a chef, I set out to see if it's possible.

Cannibalism. Part 17.

The liver. Like Hannibal Lecter, could a cannibal eat a census take his liver with a nice key ante?

Maybe.

19. North Korea. Park Myung-Sick, nicknamed the organ harvester, scoured the farms of rural villages

in search of fit young teens.

It cost seven months,

at least nine of his As being an alcoholic with chronic cirrhosis, he'd mistakenly believed that by eating

their healthy livers, that would cure his. As the largest organ in the torso, the liver weighs three pounds or one and half

kilos, and as a dark red organ shaped like a cone, it sits on the right of the abdomen, underneath the diaphrag and just above the stomach.

But it's not just there to filter the alcohol when we've had a little bit too much booze.

The liver is a multifunctional organ.

Holding 13% roughly a pint of your blood at any one time.

The liver stores nutrients, removes waste, filters chemicals, metabolizes medications,

produces bile for breaking down fats and clotting agents for blood.

Divided into two main lobes and subdivided into a hundred thousand smaller lobes,

it regulates blood sugar levels.

It produces heat to maintain our body temperature. It helps keep our

mind healthy and toxin free. And it's the only organ which can regenerate itself to the point

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