Detox and liver cleanse?

[CFM]

Anyone have opinions or experience with these OTC detox formulas, teas, etc? The subject is a 56 year old female been drinking too much for too long and now taking steps to get back in the gym and the fitness lifestyle.

 

[myosin]

I'm just going with the odds: she PROBABLY has some level of fatty liver from the excessive drinking. I have said for a long time that one of the best and unfortunately unknown liver "cleansers" is choline. It will greatly "clean out" your liver... NGL, having a total blank right now for dosing, I THINK it was 1.5grams twice a day.

Choline’s role in maintaining liver function: new evidence for epigenetic mechanisms

Humans eating diets low in choline develop fatty liver and liver damage. Rodents fed choline–methionine-deficient diets not only develop fatty liver, but also progress to develop fibrosis and hepatocarcinoma. This review focuses on the role of ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Choline’s role in maintaining liver function: new evidence for epigenetic mechanisms

Humans eating diets low in choline develop fatty liver and liver damage. Rodents fed choline–methionine-deficient diets not only develop fatty liver, but also progress to develop fibrosis and hepatocarcinoma. This review focuses on the role of ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with a choline containing antioxidant compound | ECE2020 | 22nd European Congress of Endocrinology | Endocrine Abstracts

www.endocrine-abstracts.org

 

[CFM]

@myosin, yes she PROBABLY has at least some fatty liver. Thank you for the information.