Milk Thistle - anyone tried it?

[comityguy]

Looking for some feedback....

[TraceyO]

Hi comityguy. I am about to order the vitamins and milk thistle was something my doctor suggesed I stay away from..something about not good for the liver. Don't know if he's right but he knows my health history and I'll just have to trust him on this. Up to this pont my liver is fine but I don't want to take a chance on it. Don't know if I'm right or wrong on this. Good luck TraceyO

[southernbelle47]

Milk thistle is to help you detox your liver.

[comityguy]

SouthernBelle/TraceyO - Thanks for the comments. I know Milk Thistle is supposed to help detoxify the liver, but I was wondering if anyone has actually tried using it. Milk Thistle has been around since Roman times (over 2,000 years) and there have been several fairly recent scientific studies of varying statistical significance, many showing positive effects. If anyone has actually used it I would appreciate your comments/feedback.

CG

[tawnyfrog]

Comityguy - I've been taking it for 2 years as a form of insurance. Can't tell what it's doing because I can't see my liver but I figure any help I can give it has to be a bonus. I've probably done a lot of damage to it in the past. No side-effects.

[Thankful]

I too have been taking it for about a month. But I started taking several supplements at that time as well. I have no way of knowing if it works. You don't "feel" anything and like Tawny says, there are no side effects. It's just a little extra insurance to help the liver rejuvinate from all the past damage. Remember that the liver is not just damaged by alcohol. The liver performs over 500 daily functions. (True, google it).

Hope that helps you.

Love, Me

[lushy]

Tracey, that is very odd your doctor would not recommend it. I would love to know his mindset behind it and how he thinks it is not good for the liver when it has been highly documented that it is. I have been taking it for quite a long time, and like Tawny have no assurance it is working but I have read much about it to believe it has to be.

[MyHeartIsDrenchedInWine]

Milk thistle made me pee a lot, maybe that's a good thing

[beatle]

Like many of the old-timers here, I have only heard great things about milk thistle as regards the liver. There is a lot of documented (as well as anecdotal) evidence. I also take it as a kind of insurance. I think it makes you sweat more while you are detoxing, which, although uncomfortable, is a good sign.

I'd really like to know what makes your doctor think it is not good for the liver, as all my personal research points to it being maybe the only thing that can help prevent and even reverse liver ailments.

[Noelle]

I tried it but it gave me the runs. Hmmmmm.....should I have taken it longer?