Milk Thistle by Vita Pure Video Review

Apparently my video is too long for Blogger to allow me to place it here, so if you'd like to see the video review version, please go view it here.

Hello to all my fellow health seeds (instead of health "nuts." Get it? My creativity is totally on fire tonight!)  Here I am on yet another health journey, which makes what? The dozenth "journey" this year?  

I've centered a lot of the last year's product reviews on health related products like supplements since I've been on this never-ending journey of better health. The latest of them being a gentle cleanse. While I do like to make some efforts here and there to keep a clean, healthy system all throughout the year, I thought now would be the perfect time to really kick it up a notch and do a little cleansing of my innards as the Holiday season approaches us. It has just been the perfect time really because as many of you know, I've also dove into something called the "happiness challenge," and what better time to do a system cleanse than now? I figure it might even help increase how well I feel. 

With it also being the time of season many of us tend to indulge the most (I mean, Thanksgiving just happened and this season is surrounded with dinners of all sorts), it was just one more reason to dive right in and take this step to really give back to my liver. I mean, we're all giving back and being thankful, right? Well, I tend to love giving back and being grateful where it counts most: my health! When we're at our best health-wise, we're even better in every other area as well.

So, I added one more, very simple step into my cleansing journey -- milk thistle! Milk thistle, let me tell you, has so many amazing benefits that I can't even keep up with them all. For one, it's basically like turning your liver brand new, cleaning it, detoxifying it, tonifying it, strengthening it, repairing some damage that may have been done to it, and more. It's my thinking that if I can do all that good stuff for my liver, then it's bound to benefit the rest of my body and overall well-being as well, right? 

Being so excited about this fun journey, I went the extra mile to include a video review for you guys so you can take a break from my crazy-long written reviews for a minute. However, I'll also have the specs of the product as well as other possibly useful information written below for those of you who prefer to read or have a crappy internet provider like I do (Hughes Net, I'm looking at you!) and aren't allowed to watch videos before 2 Am. 

Aside from this review, I've also gone another extra mile to share a more brief version on Amazon, for folks who do not visit my blog but might be looking at this particular brand of milk thistle -- by Vita Pure. Whichever form you prefer, I've covered them all this time (and if you're feeling generous and inclined to do so, I'd greatly appreciate feedback on which form of review you guys prefer: written, video, brief Amazon review, none of the above, all of the above?)

Vita Pure Milk Thistle

 As shown above in the photo of the Milk Thistle label, the product contains 175 milligrams of milk thistle extract (standardized to 80% silymarin), and 275 milligrams of milk thistle herb powder.

One capsule = 450 milligrams.
Vita Pure recommends taking 1, 2 (increasing to 3 times, if needed)  a day, 30 minutes before each meal and with 8 ounces of water.

 Benefits of Milk Thistle

 Milk thistle is a natural detoxifier that strengthens the liver, repairs damaged cells, tonifies the liver and cleanses it.

Milk thistle can decrease and reverse damage to the liver caused by over-the-counter-medicines and prescription drugs, excessive alcohol consumption as well as the effects of pollutants found in the environment -- This is the biggest reason for me using milk thistle personally since I've often worried about the possible damage done to my liver by these things.

 As someone who has constant migraines, I take a lot of BC powders (as it's the only thing I've ever been able to find relief from), so I desperately wanted to kind of just be pro-active and be one step ahead and try to counter-act any possible negative effects on my liver and body, for that matter. Milk Thistle seems to be extremely promising, so it's something I feel really good about using.

Milk Thistle is also an antioxidant and a mild, natural laxative.
To name a few other benefits of milk thistle, 

- Hangovers

- Depression
- Allergy Symptoms
- Diabetes Management
- Gallbladder disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Bowel function improvement
- Kidney protection (an effect of silymarin)
- It removes toxins and helps rebuilds liver cells.

- Can reverse liver damage.
- Milk Thistle has been used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and in hepatitis C.  

- Has beneficial properties for prostate health, possibly beneficial for acne, signs of aging, and high cholesterol.

- Protects against cardiovascular disease
- Protects against breast cancer
- Has "anti-tumor activities against skin cancer."

Milk Thistle Specs: 

(I've already said it in my video review, but I'll put it in written form too)

•  The milk thistle supplement by Vita Pure is standardized to 80% silymarin. Silymarin is what repairs liver cells.  80%, is the maximum potency for milk thistle.  

• Silymarin is 10 times more powerful than Vitamin E.     

  

•  Silymarin is also a kidney protectant.

  

•  The Milk Thistle supplement by Vita Pure is made in the USA in a Certified GMP (good manufacturing practices) facility.

Close-up of the Milk Thistle tablets by Vita Pure

 An even closer close-up of the tablets

Rating for Vita Pure's Milk Thistle Supplement and My Results So Far:

I have to give this milk thistle supplement what the review world calls a "5-star rating" because I actually noticed some improvements just one week into taking it (which I described in my video -- the IBS issues have been noticeably smoother for me). Another factor in my high rating would be the certified GMP facility, which means that Vita Pure uses "good manufacturing processes." 

Due to my not ever noticing even the slightest difference when I took a milk thistle supplement in the past, I didn't expect to actually notice anything with this one, so I was surprised when I did see some minor improvements in the digestive system department, and after 2 weeks, I realized I'd been feeling lighter.

 By that, I just mean that I feel light, normal and without the typical bloating/inflammation that most folks with IBS have on a regular basis. I actually had no idea I was as thin as I really am until several days passed and I noticed things felt more comfortable in my abdomen area and looked flatter. The bloating and swelling/inflammation in general that comes with IBS can literally make you look and feel heavier than you are, so getting a relief from that was awesome! It made me feel much better all over.

I'm looking forward to even more results from using this milk thistle supplement & I will post back with any new ones.

As for Vita Pure themselves, I'm impressed and grateful for my experience with them and their product. 

I have to applaud them for their great communication back & forth with me and because the product shipped within a timely manner. Much quicker than anything else I've ever purchased off Amazon, in fact. I don't even think it was 3 days (maybe 2) that I received the order after placing it.

To sum this up, I didn't expect to be able to give this high of a rating for a milk thistle supplement, but I would certainly recommend the Vita Pure milk thistle supplement to anybody who can take it (as long as health problems or other medications do not interact and make it impossible.) I feel like the great many benefits are so worth taking the tablets every day, and it's something I feel that most everybody will benefit from in some way or other! I would especially recommend the Vita Pure milk thistle supplement to folks like me who ...

1. Take medications on regular basis (even if it is just BC powders.)

2. Don't eat 100% healthy all the time.

3. Have IBS, candidiasis, or similar issues that affect the digestive system. I actually would recommend this supplement above anything else when it comes to "regulating" and bringing comfort to your digestive system. Also for folks with constipation. This is what I would personally use for that as well.

I really can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit in some way from taking this, so I hope some of you will join me on my journey to health and happiness!

If any of you want to join me on my natural liver cleansing journey before the holidays, Vita Pure is offering 15% off their Milk Thistle Pure. Go here and paste in promo code: MTHTom15.  Expires on December 17, 2014 December 30, 2014 (deadline has been extended by Vita Pure)







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