- Re: milk thistle:

[Guest guest]

,

This product looks good -

what is the brand name and where do you get it?

thanks,

ellen

> >

> > fyi, i posted this few months ago, so buyer beware on choosing

> your brands.

> > if you are not getting results with a supplement, research

> Consumer Lab

> > and/or try a different brand because you might not be getting what

> they

> > claim. (note one of the brands only contained 19% of amount

> claimed!!)

> >

> > (comsumerLab is nonprofit org that i support. it is only org that

> tests

> > vitamins to see if what they claim is what you get. please

> consider a

> > subscription for this valuable info.)

> >

> > http://www.consumerlab.com/results/milkthistle.asp

> >

> > What CL Found:

> > Among nine milk thistle supplements selected for testing, only two

> contained

> > the expected amounts of silymarin compounds. The following

> products failed

> > to provide the expected amounts of silymarin:

> >

> > Enzymatic Therapy™ Milk Thistle X — only 59.2% of its claimed

> silymarin

> >

> > Nature's Apothecary® Milk Thistle — only 19.5% of the expected

> silymarin

> >

> > Planetary Herbals™ Full Spectrum™ Silymarin 80 — only 64% of its

> expected

> > silymarin

> >

> > Rainbow Light® Milk Thistle Plus — 83.8% of its claimed silymarin.

> It also

> > contained 1.1 mcg of lead per daily serving, exceeding the State of

> > California limit

> >

> > Rite Aid Milk Thistle 200 mg contained only 65.8% of its claimed

> silymarin

> > Whole Foods™ Standardized Milk Thistle 100 mg contained only 64%

> of its

> > claimed silymarin

> >

> > Designs for health® Milk Thistle did not identify the part of milk

> thistle

> > utilized (normally, the seed), thus violating FDA labeling

> requirements and

> > disqualifying it from further review.

> >

>