Lifeplan Milk Thistle Extract 100mg 90 tabs

• Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) was named Silybum by Dioscorides in 100 AD because of its large purple 'thistle like' flower heads.
• Milk Thistle is also known as holy thistle, lady's thistle and St Mary thistle.
• Milk Thistle has been used in various preparations for over 2000 years and its use as a liver protectant can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
• In the following centuries various groups used milk thistle for a range of problems including varicose veins, menstrual difficulty and congestion in the liver, spleen and kidneys.

The Benefits of Lifeplan Milk Thistle Tablets:

• Hepatoprotection - protects liver cells against many hepatotoxins. Cirrhosis - it is very effective in cases of alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver.
• Antioxidant - it has been shown that milk thistle scavenges free radicals and also protects against glutathione (an antioxidant) depletion in liver cells.
• Milk Thistle contains 3 potent liver protective bioflavonoids which are collectively known as Silymarin but individually called silybin, silychristin and silydianin.
• Silymarin is able to alter the cell membranes of liver cells thus inhibiting the passage of toxins.
• Silymarin can also help cellular regeneration by stimulating protein synthesis, can act as an antioxidant and can counteract the effects of a wide variety of poisons.