Milk thistle seeds are used in various detoxification recipes for its bioflavanoid antioxidants to support healthy liver functioning.
Drinking its tea or taking the supplement can be helpful in revering the side effects of alcohol poisoning. Pesticide on food does not go away after washing or cooking, and milk thistle is good for cleaning them out from our system. It is widely used in Ayurvedic medicines for blood purification and promote high amount of oxygen in our blood.
2. Milk Thistle For Weight Loss
Obesity is one of the biggest health concern of United States where one in every three people are obese. Milk thistle benefits include cutting down weight around your belly and thighs. A 2016 research shows that mice fed with high-fat diet was able to lose weight after taking silymarin.
Before going to sleep is the best time to take milk thistle for weight loss. It will help reboot your metabolism while you are sleeping and break down fat pockets. Our body consume more energy during sleep and it will be beneficial in speeding up the process of losing weight
3. Lowers Bad Cholesterol
Milk thistle benefits heart health and help you lower high cholesterol. It reduce the high level of LDL by purifying blood from organic waste, reducing inflammation of liver, and prevent oxidative stress. According to National Library of Medicine, when milk thistle extract is used several observed period of time, it can lower bad cholesterol (LDL), FBS, total cholesterol and triglycerides levels in blood.
In our search we found that most of the health benefits of milk thistle was observed in the study performed on diabetic patients. People suffering from diabetes show high tendency of bad cholesterol and it is not yet proven by studies that milk thistle is good for heart health for people who are not diabetic.
4. Milk Thistle For Gallbladder
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