Give Your Liver Some Love with Thisilyn
This entry was posted on Monday, February 11th, 2008 at 3:50 pm and is filed under Cancer, Nature's Way, Herbs, Products, Health and Nutrition Articles
If you’re like most people, you don’t give a lot of thought to your liver, but you literally couldn’t live without it. This organ plays multiple roles, including filtering out toxins, regulating your metabolism, producing energy, assisting with digestion, storing essential vitamins, and controlling cholesterol production. Since it does so much for you, wouldn’t it be nice if you could do something for your liver? You can. There’s a supplement you can take that has proven benefits for your hard-working liver: Thisilyn.
How Thisilyn Helps
Offered by Nature’s Way, Thisilyn contains milk thistle extract. Milk thistle is an herb native to the Mediterranean region that has been a folk remedy for liver and other disorders for thousands of years. The milk thistle extract in Thisilyn is primarily composed of a flavonoid complex known as silymarin. Silymarin protects the liver by preventing absorption of harmful toxins.
Silymarin is so effective in preventing liver damage that it is sometimes used to treat patients who have eaten extremely poisonous mushrooms. The use of milk thistle can dramatically increase the survival rate of patients in this predicament.
Though you probably won’t ever accidentally eat poisonous mushrooms, chances are that you come into contact with toxic substances every day. Have you ever painted a room? Used pesticides on your lawn? Breathed the exhaust fumes from neighboring cars while stuck in traffic? Taken an over-the-counter pain reliever for a headache? Do you smoke or occasionally drink too much? If so, your body is busy processing toxins, and that makes life tougher on your liver.
The good news is that your liver, unlike most bodily organs, is capable of regeneration. Milk thistle like that contained in Thisilyn can help your liver’s restorative process. Not only does it help prevent toxins from damaging your liver, it also helps stimulate the liver’s natural healing process so that it can recover its functions.
Take Thisilyn to Prevent Illness or Restore Health
According to the Mayo Clinic, there is good scientific evidence that milk thistle can improve the health of patients who are battling serious conditions such as chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. There is also some evidence that milk thistle can help patients suffering from high cholesterol, diabetes, psoriasis, varicose veins, vascular disorders, or hemorrhoids. Furthermore, it may be helpful in preventing cancer.















