Most of my patients start with milk thistle for their liver. It isn't enough. And I tell every one of them the same thing. Milk thistle protects liver cells, and it even tells your liver to make more glutathione, the antioxidant your liver uses to clear out fat and toxins. That is true. But that doesn't mean it does anything meaningful for your liver. It sends the signal. It doesn't supply the raw material glutathione is built from. Your liver gets the order and has nothing to build with. So I see the same picture over and over. The bloating stays. The belly doesn't budge. The energy doesn't come back. The numbers at the checkup look the same as last year, and the patient swears they've done everything right. They have. They were just handed half the solution. The other half is liposomal NAC. It gives your liver the raw material it turns straight into glutathione, and the liposomal shell gets it past your stomach so it actually reaches your liver. If you're still taking milk thistle alone, you're only getting half the solution. I've gone through the research on liposomal NAC in people with fatty liver, and a few of the findings surprised even me. See the 5 things researchers found out about liposomal NAC 👇 https://orvialabs.co/blogs/news/5-liver-discoveries
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