Milkthistle
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Does anyone know if there is any benefit from taking milkthistle,worried about liver damage.
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Notes on Milkthistle
sheryl37154 Clare1966
Posted
Do you have confirmed liver damage? If not, if you are having venesections then liver damage should not now occur, unless you are consuming more alcohol that you should be.
Sugar and starchy foods also cause fatty liver, so eliminate them as much as possible to avoid that problem.
Clare1966 sheryl37154
Posted
Thanks Sheryl, haven't been confirmed as having liver damage have scan 27 Dec but I have only just been diagnosed and my consultant looked back through previous blood tests and I have had this problem going back to atleast 2008 and my pre-venesection levels were 2000. So just clutching at straws really for anything that might help.
ellen12819 Clare1966
Posted
Hello Clare,
I was told not to take anything you havent been told to. Especially herbals as they tend to be not good with HH.
If in doubt ask your doc but mine was adamant. Cut sugar if you can, alchohol completely until you are in maintanence don't eat heme iron at the same meal as non heme. I have been having chicken and rice curry or roast, or white fish paella or fish pie every other day and a vegetarian meal (green veg and fruit is non heme) the alternate day. A Canadian HH cook book told me this. Look up heme and non heme iron it seems to be helping me. Lots of luck.
bruce97898 Clare1966
Posted
Stay away from milkthistle and liver cleanses.
Best thing for you liver: no drinking, no sugar, no white flour, low sodium.