Doctor's Best Milk Thistle 150 mg With ETHIS-094 Review

Milk thistle is the only ingredient, at 300 mg a day when taken as directed at two servings a day. The studies used 420 mg of silymarin, the active part of milk thistle, a day. The human evidence for gallbladder support is limited but points toward a benefit. In a small controlled study of 19 people, some with gallstones and some who had their gallbladder removed, 420 mg daily for 30 days lowered the cholesterol in their bile. It also lowered a score that measures how likely bile is to form stones ^[1]. In a placebo-controlled trial of 105 adults with sudden liver inflammation, the same daily amount for four weeks cleared yellowing of the skin and eyes and dark urine sooner, and lowered one form of bilirubin, a bile pigment. Liver enzymes and the other form of bilirubin did not change ^[2]. A mouse study, not in people, found silymarin reduced gallstone formation on a high-fat diet ^[3]. No study measured fat digestion or comfort after meals directly. Animal and cell studies are never counted.

Six of the ten panelists spoke about milk thistle, the main ingredient, and most of them recommend it, mainly for liver health and detox support. Some also take it around alcohol, before hot-cold contrast therapy, or for allergy symptoms, and one suggested it for skin and prostate concerns. Doses given were 200 to 400 mg of silymarin at 80 percent, 70 to 140 mg of silymarin taken 30 to 60 minutes before contrast therapy, and 200 mg a day for allergy symptoms. It was paired with NAC and vitamin C in a case of accidental poisoning, and one panelist said it works through a similar pathway as NAC. One panelist stopped taking it because it did nothing for him and warned that it can raise liver enzymes in some people, while another stayed neutral, saying he feels good on it for about a week at a time.