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Liver Injury Caused by Herbals

ImKramer
ImKramer
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
Liver Injury Caused by Herbals, Dietary Supplements Rises in Study Population
Supplements More Likely than Medications to Lead to Death or Liver Transplantation
read more:

http://hcvadvocate.blogspot.ca/2014/09/liver-injury-caused-by-herbals-dietary.html
TulsaGal
TulsaGal
My sister used to take dozens of supplements. When her doctor found out he stated that she was making expensive urine.

I am leery of herbs. The industry is not well regulated.
MLTTexas
MLTTexas
My transplant doctors have had me on calcium, magnesium, and a multivitamin since I had my transplant. A couple of years ago, they told me to take a probiotic and a prebiotic (1 tsp. Metamusil a day). And I read everywhere that green tea is good for your kidneys, so I've been drinking that since my kidney readings have been off due to the fluid pills and anti-rejection med I take. It has gotten to where we don't know what to take, eat, or drink and what not to.
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
So then go for quality of life (QOL), comfort and what makes you feel like you're doing a good thing.
Trissa01
Trissa01
With ya, ernie cool. We can't control everything. Go with a smile..
erniecoolcat
erniecoolcat
Exactly. . . and sometimes out with a bang. I had a donut last Wednesday and french fries on Thursday. I don't do that often but I enjoyed them. At least I had fish on Friday and I'm not even Catholic. Off to the gym and I have a children's bday party to go to this afternoon. Will eat all sorts of Vietnamese good there today. I hope they have fish but I'm still going to take my fish oil. Or maybe just eat fish sauce. Later skaters!
ClayB
ClayB
JMO
You see all these products on the market. None of them are allowed to state what they should be used for and each companies "recipe" is different so no two are the same. They have not done all the research so it is only uneducated speculation as to whether they truly do any good.
Thus the reason that I have never and will never take supplements. If I can't get it naturally thru my diet then I don't need it is my opinion.

One exception: for a short period of time I did add a protein powder to my smoothies. Lot was some my wife had. When it was gone I went to buy another and saw the price and decided I am not rich enough to be that healthy. Supplements are a rich mans games.
Go into an herb store and if you buy everything they say you need, you will need a second mortgage on your house.