Milk Thistle
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ACTIVE MILK THISTLE EXTRACT IN AN ABSORBABLE LIQUID FORM One of our best selling milk thistle supplements! And with good reason, too; "Mariendistel" brand milk thistle from Hubaton / Naka is a high potency supplement ideal for people on cleansing programs, or with serious liver conditions. In a fast acting syrup format, it's active ingredients are delivered effectively and quickly into the dig...
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Milk thistle’s active medicinal ingredient, an antioxidant known as silymarin, is responsible for its protective and regenerative effects on the liver. Made with CanPrev Liposomals that use a patented delivery system that swiftly and safely transports active nutrients direct-to-cell. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is an herb that’s touted for its antioxidant capabilities and is commonly used t...
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This Apple Flavoured Milk Thistle from Omega Alpha is designed as a herbal medicine to help relieve digestive disturbances and dyspepsia. The popularity of Milk Thistle stems from its ability to detoxify and protect a very important organ, the liver. Our liver is responsible for filtering out most everything that should not be in our body and processing it so that it doesn’t cause damage to oth...
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ACTIVE MILK THISTLE EXTRACT IN AN ABSORBABLE LIQUID FORM One of our best selling milk thistle supplements! And with good reason, too; "Mariendistel" brand milk thistle from Hubaton / Naka is a high potency supplement ideal for people on cleansing programs, or with serious liver conditions. In a fast acting syrup format, it's active ingredients are delivered effectively and quickly into the dig...
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New Roots Organic Milk Thistle works to help maintain the liver’s normal function. Milk Thistle formula supports the liver’s ability to maintain and protect normal liver function. The nutrients in milk thistle help to relieve digestive disturbances (dyspepsia). New Roots Herbal’s liquid Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) delivers 1.5g per teaspoon (10ml). Milk thistle was used historically as a di...
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New Roots Herbal’s liquid Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) delivers 1.5g per teaspoon (10ml). New Roots Organic Milk Thistle works to help maintain the liver’s normal function. Milk Thistle formula supports the liver’s ability to maintain and protect normal liver function. The nutrients in milk thistle help to relieve digestive disturbances (dyspepsia). Milk thistle was used historically as a di...
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BIOFORCE / VOGEL'S LIQUID MILK THISTLE EXTRACT. Derived from only fresh and organically grown European source milk thistle plants. With a high concentration of active sylmarin compounds, this milk thistle liquid is an ideal choice to help optimize and cleanse the liver. These days our livers are exposed to many more pollutants and chemicals than ever before. Milk thistle has been proven to hel...
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Botanica Milk Thistle Liquid Herb provides powerful antioxidant support to help support healthy liver function and detoxification. Containing the phytochemical silymarin, Milk Thistle Liquid Herb promotes healthy liver cell production as well as cholesterol metabolism. Milk Thistle Liquid Herb comes in a convenient liquid dropper bottle. [LIQUID] *For distribution in Canada only.
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Made with CanPrev Liposomals that use a patented delivery system that swiftly and safely transports active nutrients direct-to-cell. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is an herb that’s touted for its antioxidant capabilities and is commonly used to support the liver. Studies have shown milk thistle’s ability to reduce liver inflammation and damage, particularly to reduce damage caused by free rad...
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Milk Thistle Benefits
Milk Thistle, (Silybum marianum - or Carduus marianus) is a liver-supporting plant that should be a part of everyone's medicinal cabinet. The important active ingredients in Milk Thistle are silymarin, a group of plant compounds called flavonolignans, (including silibinin, isosilibinin, silychristin, silidianin, and others), which are thought to be responsible for many of milk thistle’s therapeutic effects, including optimizing liver function, protecting and repairing liver cells, maximizing liver detoxification, stimulating cell growth and reducing inflammation (in the liver). Let's explore milk thistle's full-range of benefits.
Milk thistle is among one of the very few herbals that are revered equally in complementary as well as in conventional medical circles. Milk thistle is also one of the most studied herbs in history. Indeed, science has long-confirmed milk thistle's clinical effects through extensive laboratory testing and copious clinical trials, which have concluded milk thistle's therapeutic benefits for the treatment of a wide range of liver, spleen, and gallbladder conditions, both mild and severe. Not only has milk thistle proven to be hepatoprotective (protecting the liver), but it has also been shown to regenerate liver cells in certain advanced forms of liver disease.
Health Benefits of Milk Thistle
- Helps Reduce Cholesterol
- Promotes healthy Glucose Metabolism
- Protects the Liver
- Stimulates Liver Detoxification
Who Benefits From Milk Thistle?
Practitioners will typically recommend milk thistle to smokers, drinkers, and anyone that is regularly exposed to toxins, as well as to those with a compromised liver, those with symptoms of a sluggish liver (poor digestion, nausea after meals, white-coated tongue, abdominal weight gain, headaches), tenderness in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen after overindulgence in food and drink, as well as to clients wanting to do a thorough detox. Milk thistle is also benefits those that need to reduce blood sugar and aid diabetes management, to help prevent the decline of cognitive function (due to its neuroprotective properties), to prevent bone loss as we age, as well as to boost milk production (by 64%) in lactating mothers.
Milk Thistle Supplements
Potencies
Milk thistle supplements are typically available in 150-250 mg potency. The recommended daily dose will be a function of the intended use, but the typical maintenance dose for optimal liver health is 150 mg, three times daily (TID). Clinical doses for various forms of liver disease will likely be higher. Refer to your health care practitioner for case-specific dosing recommendations.
Forms
Milk thistle extract, be it in capsule or tincture form, should list the % of silymarin present per dose. This is your guarantee of efficacy. Indeed, your milk thistle supplement offers the most benefit if it's standardized to 60-80%, which corresponds with the percentage of silymarin used in clinical studies and has shown to be most effective.
Formats
Milk thistle supplements are widely available in capsules, tinctures, and liquids. Milk thistle is also frequently added to a wide range of combination supplements to aid with digestion or to bolster detoxification effects.
Final Thoughts
Because of milk thistle's blood-sugar-lowering effects, diabetics, and anyone with uncontrolled glycemia should check their blood sugar more frequently (or have their doctors monitor their blood sugar) to ensure their glycemia does not dip too low (hypoglycemia).
Milk thistle has natural estrogenic properties, meaning that it mimics the effects of estrogen inside the body. Anyone with hormone-sensitive conditions such as uterine fibroids, endometriosis, ovarian cancer, or a family history of hormone-dependent cancer should consult their health care practitioner before starting to supplement with milk thistle.
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