Support liver recovery after treatment
Why you need to cleanse your liver
Toxins from treatment can damage your liver and ultimately reduce survival time – study
Potential Solutions:
Magnesium and Niacin is recommended by Nutritional therapist and author Patrick Holford
Milk Thistle is recommended as a cleanse by Liver Doctor website and also Andrew Weil M.D. amongst others. It’s main active constituent is Silymarin which has additional benefits according to this study: Extensive research within the last decade has shown that silymarin can suppress the proliferation of a variety of tumor cells (e.g., prostate, breast, ovary, colon, lung, bladder).
Milk Thistle Protects Cancer Patients from Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Toxicity
Source: American Cancer Society
A new study finds that the herb milk thistle may help treat liver inflammation in cancer patients who receive chemotherapy
A new study finds that the herb milk thistle may help treat liver inflammation in cancer patients who receive chemotherapy. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that the herb could allow patients to take potent doses of chemotherapy without damaging their liver.
Chemotherapy drugs frequently cause inflammation in the liver, and when they do, doctors must often lower patients’ doses or stop administering the therapies altogether. Clinical studies have investigated using milk thistle to treat liver damage from cirrhosis (from alcohol) or toxins (such as mushroom poisoning). Despite limited study data, the herb is often used for the treatment of chemotherapy associated liver problems. To test whether milk thistle could help treat chemotherapy associated liver problems, Kara Kelly, MD, of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City and colleagues conducted a randomized, controlled, double blind study in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), who commonly experience this side effect. Continue reading at American Cancer Society
Other popular methods include:
Review your medication
Avoid alcohol
Maintain a healthy weight
Remove toxic foods from your diet (trans fats, processed foods etc)
Coffee Enema’s
Turmeric
Dandelion tea
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