167.Herb Lab – Milk Thistle for Liver Health

Milk Thistle for Liver Health

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Yaakov Levine, a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Nutritional Health Coach explained on our last show how milk thistle works and what herbs you can combine it with to make it more effective. This week Sue and Candace explore more uses for milk thistle and creative ways to bring it into your life. Although it can be used as a single herb remedy, it works well with a host of other herbs too. There are so many reasons to love this herb! In Herbal 101, we answer a question from podcast listener Kristel B. who asked if thyme stems were safe to consume.

Herbs we mentioned:

Supplements we mentioned:

  • Glutathione
  • Lecithin
  • Silymarin

DIY Links

Further References

Thanks to the Journal of Functional Herbalism for their excellent work and inclusion of Real Herbalism Radio as a resource.

Herbal 101

We answer a question from podcast listener Kristel B. who asked if thyme stems were safe to consume. Be warned, Sue and Candace were a couple of goofballs that night. Thank you, Kristel for your question and for giving us a minute to relax in front of the microphone. ‘Tis the season for silliness!

Yaakov Levine

Yaakov Levine

After many years working in health care and in various capacities in the natural products industry Yaakov Levine, NTP, received his certification as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in 2007 from the Nutritional Therapy Association. Yaakov has had his weekly “Nutritionally Speaking” column in a number of local weekly newspapers since 2007, and has had articles published in the Price-Pottenger Foundation Journal, in the Well Being Journal, and the NTA newsletter and Oregon Senior News. His feature and “In Health” articles have appeared in the quarterly Take Root-Willamette Valley magazine. Yaakov brings his passion for empowering others to find their own path towards optimum health to his writing, classes he teaches and his individual coaching sessions. When not working at Natural Grocers, Yaakov can be found biking, hiking and on leisurely walks out in nature.

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