Free milk thistle capsules worth £9.99 at Holland & Barrett
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Rich44 to Vanderlust
20 Dec 153#9
Wrong, there have been studies that show it helps insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes alongside traditional treatment it's also an anti inflammatory & antioxidant although there hasn't been studies into that. Also it does lower cholesterol but studies only carried out on diabetics so may not hold for rest of populace.
The claims it can help people with liver problems haven't been proven but like many things, take it if YOU feel it helps keep taking it, if not then don't.
We have a dog with CDRM which is untreatable as it's like dog MS we treat him with a variety of natural treatments like black pepper & turmeric paste on his food and the difference in his movement when he gets vitamin pills & especially the turmeric paste is huge you'd think it was a different dog! We also now give him pancreatic enzymes and again they make such a difference without them he's grumpy & aggressive over food a few days of 1 pill with his food and he's much better & puts on weight (he was all bones when we started fostering him the poor lad) sometimes it's worth trying something for yourself sod the studies!!
I have a number of neurological conditions & nothing the Dr's give really helps so I often try something if it's not too pricey just to see if it helps as when modern medicine doesn't have answers what else can you do aside from turn to religion lol!
Vanderlust
20 Dec 153#5
Bunk science. Stuff is useless.
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leewills8
20 Dec 152#1
How do you milk a thistle?
Quids to leewills8
20 Dec 15#7
Very, very carefully.
jaws01
20 Dec 15#2
Do you know what they're supposed to be good for?
chelseafan6969
20 Dec 15#3
Hangovers
gembug
20 Dec 15#4
They are supposed to be good for hangovers I believe .
Vanderlust
20 Dec 153#5
Bunk science. Stuff is useless.
Rich44 to Vanderlust
20 Dec 153#9
Wrong, there have been studies that show it helps insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes alongside traditional treatment it's also an anti inflammatory & antioxidant although there hasn't been studies into that. Also it does lower cholesterol but studies only carried out on diabetics so may not hold for rest of populace.
The claims it can help people with liver problems haven't been proven but like many things, take it if YOU feel it helps keep taking it, if not then don't.
We have a dog with CDRM which is untreatable as it's like dog MS we treat him with a variety of natural treatments like black pepper & turmeric paste on his food and the difference in his movement when he gets vitamin pills & especially the turmeric paste is huge you'd think it was a different dog! We also now give him pancreatic enzymes and again they make such a difference without them he's grumpy & aggressive over food a few days of 1 pill with his food and he's much better & puts on weight (he was all bones when we started fostering him the poor lad) sometimes it's worth trying something for yourself sod the studies!!
I have a number of neurological conditions & nothing the Dr's give really helps so I often try something if it's not too pricey just to see if it helps as when modern medicine doesn't have answers what else can you do aside from turn to religion lol!
badgerrules
20 Dec 15#6
Looks a bit difficult to swallow.
finnmaccool to badgerrules
20 Dec 15#10
Try it up your exhaust pipe then.
Magurdrac to badgerrules
20 Dec 15#21
Like most of the tripe they print in the Daily Express, then!
crixus
20 Dec 15#8
Liver repair. Anyone know how much express costs, not bought a paper in ten years.
NUMBER1bargaininggirl to crixus
20 Dec 15#13
The Sunday Express costs £1.40
iamcurly
20 Dec 15#11
Bought some of the asda branded ones yesterday for the missus after a heavy night & she perked up a treat, definitely worth the price of a Sunday Express!!
Lilrach
20 Dec 15#12
I wish I knew about this yesterday! Worst hangover I have had in a long time. Must be getting old :smile:
Rab88
20 Dec 151#14
Nothing is better at curing a hangover than a cold glass bottle of Irn Bru.
kalico to Rab88
20 Dec 15#24
Or the sobering thought that they manage to get £1.40 for a copy of the Express.
Natbag
20 Dec 151#15
Please do not use this stuff if you are taking the contraceptive pill - it can stop it working (the pill, not the milk thistle lol!). It doesn't say on the product, which I think is scandalous.
Natbag
20 Dec 151#16
Please do not use this stuff if you are taking the contraceptive pill - it can stop it working (the pill, not the milk thistle lol!). It doesn't say on the product, which I think is scandalous.
beardpunk
20 Dec 151#17
In next week's Sunday Express 'Milk Thistle causes cancer'
Gollywood to beardpunk
20 Dec 15#20
And then the following week, 'Milk Thistle to bring 8 inches of snow to the UK'
Vanderlust
20 Dec 152#18
Anyone trying to recreate 'statistically significant' lab results (read: bunk) using OTC supplementation which is by far lower quality and often not even being metabolised the same way as the studies need to do a little catching up with reality.
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The claims it can help people with liver problems haven't been proven but like many things, take it if YOU feel it helps keep taking it, if not then don't.
We have a dog with CDRM which is untreatable as it's like dog MS we treat him with a variety of natural treatments like black pepper & turmeric paste on his food and the difference in his movement when he gets vitamin pills & especially the turmeric paste is huge you'd think it was a different dog! We also now give him pancreatic enzymes and again they make such a difference without them he's grumpy & aggressive over food a few days of 1 pill with his food and he's much better & puts on weight (he was all bones when we started fostering him the poor lad) sometimes it's worth trying something for yourself sod the studies!!
I have a number of neurological conditions & nothing the Dr's give really helps so I often try something if it's not too pricey just to see if it helps as when modern medicine doesn't have answers what else can you do aside from turn to religion lol!
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The claims it can help people with liver problems haven't been proven but like many things, take it if YOU feel it helps keep taking it, if not then don't.
We have a dog with CDRM which is untreatable as it's like dog MS we treat him with a variety of natural treatments like black pepper & turmeric paste on his food and the difference in his movement when he gets vitamin pills & especially the turmeric paste is huge you'd think it was a different dog! We also now give him pancreatic enzymes and again they make such a difference without them he's grumpy & aggressive over food a few days of 1 pill with his food and he's much better & puts on weight (he was all bones when we started fostering him the poor lad) sometimes it's worth trying something for yourself sod the studies!!
I have a number of neurological conditions & nothing the Dr's give really helps so I often try something if it's not too pricey just to see if it helps as when modern medicine doesn't have answers what else can you do aside from turn to religion lol!
Looks a bit difficult to swallow.
But if your happy to give your money away for nothing, then please send it my way and il donatie it to a charity for you instead of buying the Express, also saving yourself high blood pressure from reading the headlines
See here:
http://www.cochrane.org/CD003620/LIVER_no-evidence-supporting-or-refuting-milk-thistle-for-alcoholic-andor-hepatitis-b-or-c-virus-liver-diseases
Whats the harm?
http://whatstheharm.net/index.html