Milk thistle for liver support

[abdywgn]

Milk Thistle: 6 Amazing Health Benefits
you probably all are aware of this. I just remember pulling these out in the backyard in Chicago as a kid and getting my hands all gooey.

 

[DartGTDan]

As a person diagnosed with PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis), a rare progressive liver disease that affects the bile ducts in and around the liver, I would definitely consult with a Hepatologist about the risks/benefits of this.

 

[toolmanmike]

Milk Thistle: 6 Amazing Health Benefits
you probably all are aware of this. I just remember pulling these out in the backyard in Chicago as a kid and getting my hands all gooey.

I take milk thistle daily. My last few blood work tests were a-ok as far as liver enzyme levels.

 

[MadScientistMat]

I had a doctor suggest it once but didn't follow up. I wonder if artichokes are close enough? The evidence that it works seemed a bit inconclusive.

 

[oldkimmer]

As always thanks again for the insight. Kim

 

[RedFish]

If you went to a website like pipingrock a read the claims of health benefits from every supliment, The gallon buckets of capsules would satisfy the apitite. No groceries needed (as if you had coins left for crackers).
When they claim it has been used for centuries, I have to wonder how those ancient people knew what herb they needed for what condition. How could they say, "Eat this. It cured my whatever the thing is.". Here let me show you? LMAO
Then I look around to see they all died anyway.
Truth is they ate weeds and berries only because they didn't have fried chicken and such to satisfy hunger.
The people that produce the subliments and publish claims of benefits profit from this 1 simple fact. The drowning will clutch for straws.
We all march to different drums through this life. I got my flu shot on Monday. I get my covid booster later today. I get those at the pharmacy in a grocery store. Maybe I grab the healthier rotisserie chicken instead.

 

[abdywgn]

If you went to a website like pipingrock a read the claims of health benefits from every supliment, The gallon buckets of capsules would satisfy the apitite. No groceries needed (as if you had coins left for crackers).
When they claim it has been used for centuries, I have to wonder how those ancient people knew what herb they needed for what condition. How could they say, "Eat this. It cured my whatever the thing is.". Here let me show you? LMAO
Then I look around to see they all died anyway.
Truth is they ate weeds and berries only because they didn't have fried chicken and such to satisfy hunger.
The people that produce the subliments and publish claims of benefits profit from this 1 simple fact. The drowning will clutch for straws.
We all march to different drums through this life. I got my flu shot on Monday. I get my covid booster later today. I get those at the pharmacy in a grocery store. Maybe I grab the healthier rotisserie chicken instead.

as you say, to each their own. our hope is whatever path we follow works for us and if it doesn't, we are humble enough to try it a different way.