Cilantro, Love It or Hate It?

Before you scrunch up your nose, consider that the beauty of cilantro lies not only in its refreshing flavor (for those of us in the love category) but also in its powerful health benefits. Among them is its ability to help transport heavy metals from the body. Cilantro is considered the "poor man's chelation treatment". And chelation—the removal of heavy metals from the bloodstream—is what we all need to support the body's most potent pathways of detoxification.

The liver is your almighty organ of detox. It's working overtime to help you sort the pure from the impure. Yet the liver is one of your body's major multi-taskers. The liver produces and secretes bile to aid in the digestion of fats, manages your carbohydrate metabolism, converting excess glucose for storage and later use, and secretes it as needed. The liver is also involved in hormonal regulation, breaking down and discarding excess circulating hormones, And finally, the liver filters the blood, scanning for toxins, destroying and disposing of them.

Do you love it or hate it?