Eight surprising signs your liver could do with break from alcohol during lockdown

To prevent liver disease, have at least two consecutive alcohol-free days (Photo: Shutterstock)

We all know overdoing the booze long-term can damage our livers, but do we really know what that means for our health in general? Just consider what the liver does.

This vital organ is the body’s processing, storing and distribution factory, and performs more than 500 jobs, including transforming food into energy; detoxifying all the poisonous chemicals we consume (such as alcohol, drugs and pollutants); storing vitamins, fats, sugars and minerals until the body needs them; producing bile, which breaks down fats, so they can be absorbed by the body; and helping us fight infections (super important at this time).