In this polluted world, our livers are constantly bombarded with various toxins such as polluted air and water as well as herbicides, pesticides, food additives, toxic chemicals, and other pollutants. The liver plays the most important role in the detoxification of the body, filtering blood to remove large toxins, synthesizing and secreting bile full of cholesterol and other fat soluble toxins, and enzymatically disassembling toxic chemicals. The detoxification of the liver is especially important for the prevention of cancer. Up to 90% of all cancers are thought to be due to the effect of environmental carcinogens.

Liver Gold Forte is a powerful formulation that includes milk thistle extract, turmeric extract, artichoke extract, dandelion root extract, licorice root extract, fenugreek seed extract, fennel seed extract, burdock root extract, ginger root extract, and red clover blossom extract. The main ingredient, silymarin (from milk thistle) protects the liver from damage and enhances its detoxification processes by acting as an antioxidant. One of the key ways silymarin enhances the detoxification reaction is by preventing the depletion of glutathione. Silymarin not only prevents the depletion of glutathione induced by alcohol and other toxic chemicals, but it has also been shown to increase the level of glutathione in the liver by up to 35%. Since the ability of the liver to detoxify is largely related to the level of glutathione in the liver, the result of this study seems to indicate that silymarin can increase detoxification reaction by up to 35%.

Silymarin increases the intracellular level of superoxide dismutase and bile flow (a choleretic effect), inhibiting the formation of leukotrienes and stimulating hepatocyte regeneration. In human studies, silymarin has been shown to have positive effects in treating liver diseases of various kinds, including cirrhosis, acute and chronic viral hepatitis, fatty infiltration of the liver (chemical and alcohol induced), alcohol-related disease, and inflammation of the bile duct. The standard dosage for silymarin is 70 to 210 mg three times per day. Liver Gold Forte contains 210mg of silymarin per capsule.