[YakAl's 3-Line Summary💊]

Milk thistle should be organic raw material, + minimized excipient products to truly benefit liver health..
Phytosome, liposome, and SMEDDS formulations that improve absorption rates can be more effective..
The key is to look at the 'silymarin' content on the label, not the 'milk thistle extract' content. '.

Hello, I'm Happy from YakAl.!

Working at a pharmacy, I frequently meet people like this..

""Happy pharmacist, I want to buy this. It says milk thistle 300mg on it."."

When I take the package and look at it, it's written large and clearly on the front:. Milk Thistle Extract 300mg.

But they hardly ever ask how much of the ingredient actually protecting the liver is contained inside..

Choosing a good milk thistle is not actually about choosing numbers, but about looking inside those numbers..

Last time we learned what milk thistle is, and this time let's look at how to actually choose a good milk thistle product and examine those criteria together..

좋은 밀크씨슬 제품을 실제로 어떻게 고르는지 그 기준을 함께 살펴볼게요.

1. Is it made from organic raw materials??

Milk thistle is a nutritional supplement you take to protect your liver.. But what if it were made from raw materials grown with heavy use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers??

Residual pesticides could actually harm liver health. An irony arises where the supplement you started taking for liver health creates more work for your liver..

That's why you must always check if organic raw materialswere used..

The labeling method differs slightly depending on the country of origin, but look for these marks:.

🇰🇷 South Korea: Organic Processed Food Mark
🇪🇺 Europe: Euro-leaf
🇪🇸 Spain: CCPAE (sometimes marked together with Euro-leaf certification))
🇺🇸 United States: USDA Organic

If these marks appear somewhere on the front or back of the package,, raw materials grown in an environment that strictly limits chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and GMOs provides a minimum basis for reassurance..

2. Is it a product that minimizes excipients??

It's the same reasoning as choosing organic raw materials..

To make a single pill, in addition to the active ingredient, various excipients are includedâ.

fillers that hold the pill's shape, lubricants to prevent crumbling, and anti-caking agents to prevent clumping..

These excipients are ingredients that have undergone safety evaluation within permitted amounts as food or pharmaceutical additives..

However, given that they are substances the liver must detoxify,, for nutritional supplements for liver health specifically, there's no need to choose products with many excipients..

Try to choose products where the following ingredients are absent or used in minimal amounts:.

Silicon dioxide
Magnesium stearate
Synthetic colorants, synthetic sweeteners
PEG (polyethylene glycol),)
propylene glycol

밀크씨슬, 가능하면 아래 부형제 성분들이 없거나 적게 쓰인 제품을 선택하기

Liver health can't be solved by supplements alone. Real changes happen when your daily diet supports it too..

👉 [In the detox diet and cruciferous vegetable columns,]check out the ingredients your liver loves.!

3. Is it a formulation with improved absorption??

Last time, I mentioned that the most important ingredient in milk thistle extract is silymarin (Silymarin).) Do you remember??

That silymarin is actually a fat-soluble substance.. Because it doesn't dissolve well in water,, it has the limitation that it is not well absorbed in water-rich environments like the stomach and intestines..

In other words, even if you take the same amount, the actual amount reaching your body may be less..

To overcome this limitation, some products have special formulations that improve absorption applied..

💊 SiliphosÂ® (phytosome technology))

A technology that combines plant components with phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine) to create a structure similar to cell membranes..

Thanks to this structure, silymarin, being fat-soluble, can more easily pass through the intestinal mucosa.. SiliphosÂ® is exactly the result of applying this phytosome technology to silymarin..

💊 SMEDDS formulation

A technology where the substance self-converts into fine emulsion form in the small intestine to aid absorption..

Actually, it's difficult to find milk thistle health functional foods with this technology applied in Korea,, and it's currently being used in the OTC drug 'Siliman 140' for auxiliary purposes in treating liver health..

💊 Liposome formulation

A method where silymarin is wrapped inside a phospholipid bilayer structure to aid bodily absorption.It has been introduced into various health functional foods, but quality varies depending on the manufacturer..

To be honest with you,, it's difficult to find milk thistle health functional foods currently sold domestically that have these absorption-improving technologies applied..

On the other hand, products using SiliphosÂ® technology or liposome formulations have been released relatively diversely overseas..

밀크씨슬의 한계를 보완하기 위해 일부 제품에는 흡수율을 개선한 특수 제형이 적용되어 있습니다.

4. Did you check the silymarin content??

Let me return to that person's story from the beginning. There was a product that said 'Milk Thistle Extract 300mg.'?

What's important here is that, extract 300mg â silymarin 300mg..

For example, even if milk thistle extract 300mg is included,, if the silymarin standardization ratio is 80%, the actual silymarin is 240mg. 240mg.

This is why you need the habit of looking for the silymarin content inside the nutrition facts table rather than the large numbers on the label front. .

밀크씨슬 고를 때, 영양성분표 안쪽의 실리마린 함량을 꼭 찾아 확인하는 습관이 필요한 이유

As a reference,, according to Korea's MFDS standards for health functional food products, the daily maximum intake of silymarin is 130mg. .

Overseas products may have higher amounts, so it's good to understand the standards first before purchasing..

👉 If you want to properly read nutrition labels not just for milk thistle but for other supplements too,, [check out "Multivitamins and Comprehensive Vitamins, Aren't They the Same Thing?"?] to first master the basics of vitamins..

You can understand recommended amounts, upper limits, and the differences between fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins all at once.!

Before buying milk thistle, remember just these 4 things:!

Before purchasing milk thistle health functional foods,, please remember these four things:.

Is it a product that uses organic raw materials?
Is it a product with minimized unnecessary excipients?
Does it have a formulation that improves silymarin absorption applied?
'Have you directly checked the silymarin content rather than the 'milk thistle extract' content?,

If you're concerned about liver health and also dealing with chronic fatigue,,

👉 [I also recommend reading the "Albumin, Milk Thistle, and Arginine Synergy" column]to learn about component combinations that design your entire liver.!

In front of the supplement shelf, we often pause for a moment..

Similar-looking green bottles stand in a row, and numbers compete for our attention..

Choosing the real thing is actually not about grabbing the biggest and flashiest number..

It starts with that small habitâflipping the package over and finding the silymarin content in the fine print.!

YakAl wants to build that small habit together with you. 🌿

This has been Happy from YakAl.!