Are you frustrated by all the different information out there regarding milk thistle cautions? Well much of the confusion is over very high doses, which are unnecessary and unusual.
The good news is that milk thistle is regarded as one of the safest herbs with no real cautions associated with it. In some people it may have a slight laxative effect for a day or two but nothing else.
If you take it in a high quality nutritional supplement with an enteric coating, then you only need around 80mg per tablet of the standardized extract at 85% silymarin. Silymarin is its main active ingredient and responsible for most of the health benefits like protection of the liver and powerful antioxidant properties.
Milk thistle cautions are understandably rare especially as its potency makes high doses unnecessary. An enteric coating helps you to harness the power of lower doses by enabling the supplement to pass through the stomach and be released in the upper intestine where all the benefits can be realized.
The majority of supplements on the market, as well as containing cheaper synthetic versions of the different nutrients, have standard veggie caps, and so almost all of the benefits are lost to the stomach acid.
This is a shame as it has been shown to protect the liver and enhance it functioning as well as being a powerful antioxidant, even more powerful than vitamin C and E surprisingly.
It is even administered in the emergency room to counteract the life threatening effect of poisonous mushrooms, such is its natural potency!
I hope this short article on milk thistle cautions has given you some insight into this incredible herb, and that you will make a point to include it in your daily routine.
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