Do You Need A Liver Cleanse?Fatty liver disease is the most common reason for liver transplantation. Fatty liver disease replaced alcoholic liver disease a decade ago.

The rise of obesity has contributed to fatty liver disease, and fat, like alcohol, is deadly to your liver.

So can you clean out your liver? Simple answer - no.

History of Liver ScamsThe most famous was Carter's Little Liver pills. They promised to increase the flow of bile in the liver. This would rid the body of toxins.

Even when it was marketed in 1868, it was known as a "patent" medicine. Thus a medicine without merit was sold by quacks.

In 1959, the name was changed to "Carter's Little Pills." The FDA, in 1951, filed suit that the pills had nothing to do with the liver.

The phrase "Someone has more (fill in the blank) than Carter has pills" comes from this product.

The Master CleanserStanley Burroughs, a lumber salesman, invented the juice cleans of tea or lemonade with cayenne pepper and maple syrup. He published a book in 1946, "The Master Cleanse," and re-released it in 1976 under the title "The Master Cleanser". Burroughs was convicted of manslaughter in California and fined for practicing medicine without a license.

This "juice," or "liver cleanse," or liver detoxification program keeps coming around with different ingredients, like olive oil and the like.

Gallbladder FlushThe gallbladder flush is the same idea. This is usually a combination of olive oil and lemon juice. People will defecate what they are told are gallbladder stones, but they are not. It is just fecal material.