I am a member of nutrition facts.com which recently posted a video, all based on current research, talking about the US but I know Herbalife products are used in the UK and often showing remarkable pictures of weight loss so thought I’d post it as a warning. When I was first diagnosed with fatty liver I bought some supplements from Holland and Barrett. They were not Herbalife but I wasn’t sure whether to take them. Fortunately I found this HU annd the British Liver Trust and was advised not to take supplements but to clean up my diet, give up alcohol, exercise and lose weight.
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Puzzled by your comment - how is a warning to potential users of herbal products regarding their possible liver toxity not relevant to cirrhosis?
Any liver toxic substance has the potential to cause liver damage and cirrhosis. It's also warning to those with cirrhosis who go insearch of some weird and wonderful herbal 'cure' to their situation ..... only to give their liver even more toxins to deal with.
We gey folks all the time asking about herbal 'medicines' and supplements to 'support' their liver so this is indeed relevant alongside the guidance from BLT.
When I was in hospital and on the road to recovery I ordered loads of ‘health’ products from H&B which my wife collected for me, ready for me to use when I was released. I showed my doctor hoping he would see I was deadly serious about looking after my liver, other organs and quitting drinking. He told me in no uncertain terms I’d just wasted a small fortune and that when I get home, to put them all in the bin and never ever use anything like that ever again because they’d do more damage to my liver and that I may as well go back to drinking if I’m going to take over the counter so called health supplements. They are unregulated, lack any evidence of having any healthy benefits and if you research into them, most contain harmful ingredients. They ought to all be banned, I was warned off milk thistle supplements for example and told if I want to use milk thistle to get the actual buds and leaves, not some capsule claiming to be milk thistle. I’ve since learned all you need for your body and indeed mind is natural sources which can all be found in food, like vegetables, fruit, plants, lean meat, fish etc. Stay away from over the counter so-called health supplements and anyone banging their drum about how good they are for you are fraudsters.
Gosh. Are you saying all Milk Thistle tablets even those sold by major high street Uk stores like Holland and Barrett etc are going to make liver damage worse? See I tried a tablet called “active liver” which contains Milk Thistle, artichoke, turmeric and choline, from H&B, not knowing I was making my liver damage worse. Surely people need to me made aware of this.
I’m just going off what my hep doctor told me, he said if I want to take milk thistle, artichoke etc. they will be fine in their natural form, not via some lab made unregulated, zero science, capsule. Again I was told if I take stuff like that I’d be adding potential toxins to my already damaged liver and it was a big no no, I’ve since learned we can get such liver health benefits from real milk thistle, real artichoke, real turmeric and many other natural food sources and not need some expensive crap sold at a so-called health store which in reality is likely to do more harm than any good especially long term. I can buy a whole bag of raw turmeric, ginger, artichokes and milk thistle for the cost of a tub of ‘liver health’ capsules. I was spending a small fortune on pickle juice, turmeric and ginger shots and decided to make my own at home cutting out all the crap and potentially harmful ingredients often added to such products.
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As you say, the British Liver Trust does not recommend the use of any homoeopathic or herbal remedies for those with any liver problems as these may damage the liver and lead to severe illness. For more information on this subject please visit the following page on our website:
The title of the post reads "Liver damage caused by Herbalife products." Did anyone get their liver damaged by these products, because it is unclear from the comment? Does it refer to a video of evidence of liver damage caused by Herbalife in the US? I personally know a few people who have lost weight with Herbalife (never tried it myself), but I would agree if you have liver damage, best to clean up your diet; however, I struggle to consider that Herbalife could be worse than continuing with a poor diet and alcohol.
According to research the best drinks to flush out the liver are water, coffee, all teas though green tea is considered very good, black and herbal teas. I also read that tomato juice is good too but some contain a lot of salt so read the labels. I squeeze oranges and lemons into water. Vitamins are ok but only if your body is short of them. I take Vitamin D because my blood tests showed it was low and Omega 3 oil because I don’t eat fish. If you eat healthily you shouldn’t need to take extra vitamins as they have to be processed by the liver. They also contain a lot of additives that the liver has to process.
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