Everything about Mariendistel
All articles on Mariendistel — from dosage to timing, explained clearly.
Silymarin: what is in milk thistle extract
Silymarin is not one substance but a mixture. What the milligrams on the pack mean, and why two measuring methods produce two different numbers.
Milk thistle and medication: interactions
Silymarin inhibits CYP3A4 and UGT1A1 in the test tube, yet almost nothing showed up in people. What the studies found and where caution still belongs.
Milk thistle or artichoke: the difference
Both are thistles and stand side by side on the shelf. What separates milk thistle from artichoke botanically, in the plant part used and in the extract.
Milk thistle with inulin: what the 100 mg mean
A milk thistle tablet also holds 100 mg of inulin from chicory root. What the fibre does there, how to place the amount and what it does not deliver.
Milk thistle quality: how to recognise it
Plant part, extract statement, silymarin per daily portion, batch analysis: which details on a milk thistle pack mean something — and what market surveys found.
Milk thistle: the plant, its origin and its seeds
Milk thistle comes from the Mediterranean. What belongs to it botanically, which part ends up in the supplement and what it has traditionally been used for.
Buying milk thistle: mg of silymarin and price per month
Which number on a milk thistle pack is comparable, why 1,000 mg of powder is less than 100 mg of extract, and how to work out the price per month.
Milk thistle: tea, tincture, capsule or tablet?
Tea, tincture, capsule, tablet — how much silymarin each form delivers, why water is the poorest solvent and what really counts between capsule and tablet.
Milk thistle 20:1 or 80 %: what the label means
Extract ratio and silymarin content are two different numbers. What 20:1 states, what 80 % means and how to read the two of them together.
Taking milk thistle: timing, duration, fat
Before or after eating, one dose or three, with oil or without — what the EMA monograph sets out for taking milk thistle, and what it leaves open.