Showing posts with label milk thistle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk thistle. Show all posts

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Milk Thistle Prevents Fat Cell Growth

Milk thistle is known for it's benefits in the liver. Milk thistle is also beneficial when it comes to weight loss. Some people may not know this fact, but the liver plays a huge part in the metabolism of fat cells. Milk thistle was shown in a study to actually prevent fat cells from maturing.

Milk of thistle actually has the ability to prevent fat cell growth and maturation in your body. This is beneficial for those who want to lose fat. Milk thistle also decreased the chance for new fat cells to form. As you may know, if fat cells form in your body they cannot go away. They only increase in size or decrease in size. Those who lose weight will experience a decrease in the size of their fat cells. In people who gain weight, the fat cells increase in size and mature and new fat cells form.

What you want to do is prevent new fat cells from forming and decrease the size of the ones that you already have in your body. Milk thistle has been proven in a study to do just that for you.

Milk of thistle is so beneficial to the body. If you want to get the full benefits, you should use milk thistle extract.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Lose Weight With Milk of Thistle

Milk thistle is a plant that has thistles which contain milk. This thistle milk has medicinal properties. It has been used as a liver tonic for many thousands of years. Milk thistle is also said to help with weight loss.

Does milk thistle work?

I have taken milk thistle and I can say that I believe it did work for me. I didn't get any lab work, so I cannot confirm 100%, but from the way my body felt, I think it did work. We'll look into how milk thistle helps with weight loss.

As I stated milk thistle is known for being beneficial to the liver. The liver is supposed to get rid of toxins in the body. The liver is the cleanser. Sometimes the cleanser gets over-worked and too many toxins take over. Most people's livers are working in overdrive right now, especially those people who drink and smoke. You don't have to drink and smoke though for your liver to be overwhelmed. There are toxins in just about everything.

So what helps the liver out when the liver has too much work? Milk of thistle can cleanse the liver and give it a boost. When the liver is cleansed and gets this boost, your metabolism will speed up.

Toxins are so bad for your metabolism. They can slow your metabolism by 20%.

Another way milk thistle helps with weight loss is that it helps lower your blood glucose levels. When you eat processed foods (white bread, white rice, donuts, potatoes) your blood sugar spikes and falls. This prevents your body from burning fat. Milk thistle helps control your blood sugar levels so that your body can resume burning fat.

If you want to take milk thistle for it's medicinal benefits, it's best to take milk thistle extract.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Milk Thistle Reviews

Before you incorporate a milk thistle supplement into your daily routine, you may be wanting to know what others think about milk thistle. I've gathered some product reviews for you:

In this review of milk thistle, the majority of customers agree that it effectively cleans the liver of toxins. We know that when our liver is clean it can work more efficiently at removing fat from our bodies instead of storing it. This promotes weight loss. One woman says she has more energy now. Some customers even had tests done on their livers that prove the effectiveness of milk thistle.

I found a nice tid-bit of information on this forum. One lady says that she read a study on milk thistle that says when it cleans your liver, you get 23% more fat burning than before. This is true for reasons I stated above. Another person says she had trouble losing weight. Then she added milk thistle to her diet and she lost 22 lbs.

Herbs are not a gimmick. They actually do help if you allow them too. This is what most people fail to believe.

Another person says it helps with controlling their blood sugar. When you have spikes in blood sugar, it causes unnecessary cravings. Another person said they lost 6 lbs in 3 weeks from taking milk thistle because it really helped to clean the junk out and get the fat burning going. Yet another person lost 5 lbs.

There is actually a lot of people who are saying milk thistle helped them lose pounds. These are not people selling it. They are not getting any benefit from talking about it. They are just sharing their experience.

Conclusion: milk thistle is one of the best herbal remedies for losing weight. Try it. It's cheap anyway. You can get it for a few dollars at swanson vitamins online store.

Milk Thistle Side Effects

As with any herbal supplement, you will need to know about all of the side effects and warnings prior to adding the supplement to your daily diet. Before adding milk thistle, you should assess the side effects of taking this herb.

Milk thistle has few side effects. Most people will not deal with any side effects when taking milk thistle if it's taken correctly. If your body reacts negatively with milk thistle, you may experience:
  • vomiting
  • diarrhea
  • bloating
  • upset stomach
There is only a small chance that these side effects will occur. Most people can take milk thistle and be just fine. If you experience any of the side effects mentioned and it's unbearable, just discontinue use. Milk thistle is safe to use for most people.

Those who are pregnant and nursing should not take milk thistle.

There are some who may have an allergy to milk thistle. If you are allergic to ragweed, you will be allergic to milk thistle. You should avoid taking milk thistle if you experience any allergy symptoms which include a rash, swelling, and other allergy symptoms.

Women who have breast, ovarian, and uterine cancer should avoid milk thistle. If you have endometriosis, you should also avoid milk thistle.

Milk thistle is generally safe for most people, but be aware of the warnings and make sure you are not allergic.

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Milk Thistle Weight Loss Benefits

Milk thistle is another weight loss herb that can really help you shed the unwanted pounds. It does so many things as far as helping you lose weight. Here are all of the things milk thistle will do for you to help you lose weight:
  • Breaks down consumed fat
  • Improves digestion
  • Flushes out fats
  • Cleans liver
  • Inhibits fat cell growth
Milk thistle helps to break down the fat you eat and then flushes it out of your body, as opposed to your body absorbing it and storing it as stored fat. It also helps to improve digestion and you know that when your digestion system isn't running as fast as it should, it results in extra stored fat.

It also cleans the liver. When our liver isn't flushed and cleaned correctly, it can't do it's job as good (most people who do not drink enough water will have an over worked liver). When your liver can't do it's job as well, you will store more fat on your body instead of flushing it out. Milk thistle prevents that by cleaning the liver. Also, milk thistle prevents fat cells from growing.

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