Milk Thistle

If you're someone who is concerned with liver health or just want to be doing everything you can to keep your body healthy, milk thistle should be added to your supplement list.*

The primary purpose of this extract is to support the liver for optimal health.* Milk thistle is known to have a powerful antioxidant affect that optimizes liver metabolism.* The liver can be subject to damage through toxic substances, like alcohol, pollutants and other environmental factors, so through its antioxidant properties, milk thistle can help flush out many toxins from the liver.*

Maintaining a healthy liver is critical if you want to promote long-term overall health. Your liver is very busy each and everyday breaking down substances and ridding the body of any toxic waste that it happens to take in. When your liver isn't functioning as it should, you're going to notice a difference in how you feel because your body won't absorb all the nutrients from food as you normally would.

Some of the main reasons to take milk thistle include:

• Supporting optimal liver function*
• Encouraging the flushing out of toxins*

Liver health is an important issue that must be addressed by everyone, so there's not really a specific demographic that's more suited for than others - Everyone can benefit from milk thistle!*

In general anyone who is concerned with the overall health of their liver may benefit from using milk thistle.*

Athletes and bodybuilders typically use many nutritional supplements at one time, which can cause the liver to work harder. Taking milk thistle may help promote optimal liver health in this case.*

The exact amount of milk thistle will vary from supplement to supplement, so always be sure to read the package label and directions to assess how much you should be taking throughout the day.

Also, make sure that your milk thistle contains a high percentage of the standardized herbal extract, Silymarin. This flavonoid complex is the main active ingredient that is extracted from the milk thistle seeds giving it a majority of its benefits.