As a general rule, the health of your liver and gut are excellent markers of your overall health
The Liver: This remarkable organ replaces itself in its entirety every six weeks and at any given time it contains 10% of your body’s blood and processes 84 litres of it per hour!
Look After It: Unfortunately the liver is the body’s dumping ground for toxins, and despite its extraordinary regenerative qualities, we put the liver under a lot of pressure nowadays
What are the benefits of the herb Milk Thistle?
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Milk Thistle can help regulate cholesterol
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Milk Thistle possesses Antioxidant properties (due to the Silymarin and Silbyin content)
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Milk Thistle has a protective effect to the Liver and helps prevent toxic build up
Top Tips: Avoid so-called “health spreads”. They contain trans-fats and hydrogenated fats that are bad for the liver and bad for your health generally. We store the all-important mineral Magnesium in the liver but alcohol removes it, so take Foodstate Magnesium daily
The Gut: A healthy gut contains over 400 species of healthy bacteria and there are 9 times more bacteria in the gut than there are cells in the body. Proper gut function is essential to good health yet our gut is under siege from poor diets, toxic overload and over-use of medications
Probiotic E505 and Caprylic Acid: Our Probiotic E505 puts healthy flora back in to the gut, improving our immune systems and overall health. Caprylic Acid is a healthy fat and multi-herbal product that helps cleanse the digestive tract and eliminate candida from the gut. These 2 products give a “lighter” feeling and a better sense of good health