When it comes to most body parts, if there’s a problem, you know it. If a bone breaks, you feel it. If your gut becomes inflamed, you can expect some unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms.

But your liver is a little trickier. Though it’s a critical organ responsible for filtering out harmful substances from blood, producing bile, and key for metabolizing nutrients (just a few of its many roles), it isn’t always apparent when something is wrong with it.

One sign of poor health is elevated liver enzymes. These are proteins made by the liver that speed up chemical reactions in the body. Bile production, fighting infection, blood clotting and breaking down food and toxins are all examples of the types of chemical reactions involving liver enzymes.

Why are elevated liver enzymes a red flag th

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