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I don't know if you're right or not. I suspect the basis for your theory is the idea behind inoculation. However, the purpose of the kidney and liver are to se
by jstarfish 9y ago
I don't know if you're right or not.
I suspect the basis for your theory is the idea behind inoculation. However, the purpose of the kidney and liver are to serve as filters for toxins. In any other context, filters don't get stronger with use, they degrade with use. The more crap you shove through it, the faster it degrades. How often do you have to change your car's air/fuel filters, or your HVAC filter? How often do you have to change them when you abuse them by living in a dusty climate?
Thus, my own (unqualified) take on it is that these organs can only handle a finite amount of filtration before they simply fail.
- phyller 9y agoYour argument could also be used for exercise, that lifting weights should make you weaker, not stronger. Bearings and rubber bands wear out with use. The distinction should be between living and nonliving systems. Living systems are frequently designed to strengthen things that are under stress. This is why working out makes you stronger; compressing, even breaking a bone can make it heal stronger. And why we build up tolerances to things. Our biological filters work with specialized proteins, our body can learn to express certain proteins more in response to stress. Perhaps that includes the ones involved in filtering?
- toasterlovin 9y agoBiological systems are often built to respond positively to moderate amounts of stress. Even to need some amount of stress to function correctly.