Show 1429: How to Love Your Liver and Protect its Superpowers

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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This week, Joe and Terry discuss liver health with two specialists. You may not have spent much time thinking about your liver. It is, however, an absolutely essential organ. When the liver is working properly, every part of the body gets the nutrients it needs and no parts are exposed to damaging toxins. These are […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Graydon.
0:01.5	And I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	people's pharmacy.com.
0:14.4	The liver is one of our least appreciated organs, and yet it has amazing superpowers, like
0:20.8	the ability to regenerate.
0:23.2	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:31.7	Most people are unaware of the liver's essential role in maintaining good health.
0:39.3	In addition to its digestive role, the liver is crucial for detoxifying many chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
0:46.3	Today, we're talking with two liver experts.
0:49.3	They'll tell us about the dangers of too much acetaminophen and ingredient in hundreds of OTC medications.
0:57.0	We'll also find out why some natural products might also cause problems.
1:01.1	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, how to love your liver and protect its superpowers.
1:13.7	In the P's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:17.5	the shingles vaccine may offer older people some degree of protection
1:21.4	against developing dementia.
1:23.6	Last year, scientists announced the results of a quasi-experimental study conducted in Wales.
1:29.6	The government provided a shingles vaccination to people below a certain age,
1:34.4	and the researchers found that those who got vaccinated had lower rates of dementia later than those who were not vaccinated.
1:42.0	Now a research team has published a new study taking advantage of a
1:46.4	similar quasi-experimental situation in Australia. People who were 70 to 79 years old got free
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