Nov 11
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Livers Love Bupleurum
Luckily, you don’t have to be able to say it to reap the benefits of this common Chinese plant, the root of which has been in use since 280 AD.
The primary constituents in bupleurum that make it awesome are called saikosaponins, and they have anti-inflammatory properties as well as demonstrate the ability to
Oct 11
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Wetting Your Whistle? Think Milk Thistle
Milk Thistle and Alcohol
You might be surprised to find that a weed found growing along most any country road in America could help save your life if you’re in the habit of wetting your whistle with alcoholic beverages.
Milk thistle, also known as lady’s thistle or holy thistle, is a green flowering plant with a pinkish or purple bloom. This bloom,...
Sep 11
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Got Beer Goggles?
How Does Alcohol Impair Vision?
If you’ve ever had a little too much to drink, you may have noticed that things around you look a lot better than usual, or sometimes a whole lot worse. It all depends on your point of view, so to speak, and alcohol has a way of changing that.
To dispel any rumors up front, it should...
Apr 11
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Liver Regeneration & Damage from Drinking Alcohol
Long Live the Liver
A human liver is pretty amazing for a lot of reasons, but it has one trick that borders on the miraculous: it is the only human organ capable of regenerating damaged tissue.
It’s actually a little more impressive than that. A liver can fully regenerate up to 75% of damaged tissue. And, it can do so in fairly...
Jan 11
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Understanding Alcohol Tolerance
Most people consider being able to hold one’s liquor to be a valuable quality. It can save us from embarrassing lapses in judgment, and instill confidence in others that we are hearty, healthy and vivacious individuals – especially at parties.
But, that’s only half of it.
The path to acquiring a tolerance for alcohol is a slippery slope, to say the...
