This Little-Known Herb Helps Support Liver Repair — Here's How To Find It*

I'm guilty of often thinking about liver health in the context of alcohol, but the detoxifying organ is crucial for so much more than detoxifying a glass of red wine.

It acts as a giant filtration system, removing not only waste products from the body but also toxins from food, drink, and the environment. And while I generally try to treat my liver well by sticking with a nutritious diet and minimizing stress, I'm far from perfect.

There are days when I put my liver through the wringer. Instead of fretting over past mistakes, I've tried to find ways to support my liver's overall health, which is why I started taking Gaia Herb's Milk Thistle Gummies.*

As the name suggests, milk thistle is the sole active ingredient in this liver-supporting formula. The bright purple, thorny botanical naturally grows in Europe and the Mediterranean (but it was brought to North America by colonists).

Milk thistle has phytonutrients that support liver and kidney detoxification, including silymarin.* This group of flavonoids—which include silibinin, silydianin, and silicristin—is essential to milk thistle's beneficial properties.

The compound supports the liver's natural detox pathways by promoting a healthy inflammatory response from a cellular level.*

Silymarin also encourages antioxidant balance by enhancing synthesis and maintaining healthy levels of glutathione1 (i.e., the body's "master antioxidant").

What's more, the compound even promotes liver cell regeneration2. Your liver already physically repairs itself, but this means consuming milk thistle can help support this process.*

Sure, this supplement only has milk thistle—but there's a reason I'm putting Gaia Herbs above other brands.

First and foremost, its product is USDA-certified organic. What's the point of supporting your liver's health just to make it work harder with pesticides?

Additionally, the milk thistle is sourced directly from Austria from a 30-year-old herbal farm. It's then sent through a top-notch processing campus and carefully handled post-harvest to avoid issues like mycotoxins.

The final product delivers 220 mg of milk thistle in a single two-gummy serving. In case you're wondering, that's equivalent to 11,850 mg of dry herbs.

Of course, it also matters what the herb is packaged in—and these are not your average gummies.

Instead of sugar, the formula combines organic apple juice concentrate, organic apple purée concentrate, organic banana fruit, and organic lemon juice concentrate into a chewy, delicious lemon-flavored gummy.