Milk Thistle - Herbal Liver / Immune Supplement Notes
Protects and builds liver function
Combines outstanding liver support herbs, vitamins and
other nutrients. The milk thistle extract contains a
concentrated 80% silymarin (the active ingredient).
Dandelion root is a bitter that increases the liver’s
production of bile; the waste-removal stream. Choline
and inositol are B vitamins that protect against liver
scarring and help prevent cirrhosis and high
cholesterol. Beta-carotene and C are needed in large
amounts by the liver. The liver performs over 500
functions and is vital to the body's ability to produce
energy and detoxify itself. It is critically important
to guard the liver in order to feel good. N-Acetyl-Cysteine
has been added to help make glutathione, a powerful
whole-body protective antioxidant. This is a superior
product that gives results.
Research: Milk Thistle (50 clinical trials) is
known to protect the liver as well as stimulate liver
and gall bladder activity. It has also been shown to
regenerate injured liver cells. Recent studies have
shown that it has the ability to block fibrosis, a
process that leads to cirrhosis in people with
inflammatory liver conditions secondary to diseases such
as alcohol abuse or hepatitis.
(1) Sonnenbichler J, Zetl I Assessment and Management
of Hepatobiliary Disease, ed. 1987, 265–72.
(2) Schuppan D, Strösser W, Burkard G, Walosek G.
Zeits Allgemeinmed 1998;74:577–84
