Alcohol, Lifting and Milk Thistle

>>42687889
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=milk+thistle+liver+studies

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>>42688001
Come on dude, there's a reason we are on this board.
(Thanks anyway)

>>42687889
I was a heavy drinker (now completely dry). I started taking milk thistle because of a slightly elevated liver ALT caused by cholesterol medication. My cholesterol is high no matter what and regardless of only eating chicken breast, veggies, and avocados for three miserable months it was still high.

Anyways, I went to a gastro doctor to have him give me a look. He told me not to take it as it put more stress on my liver. That being said my general practitioner said I should take it. I'm currently following gastros advice as the liver is his specialty.

Also, stop drinking. You are scarring up your liver and giving yourself a fatty liver. You don't want to die yellow in a hospital bed drifting in and out of sanity from the toxins in your blood. This goes for fat people here. If you think obese people don't get liver failure from fatty liver you are WROOOOONNNGGGGG. Fix your lifestyle now gentlemen.

>>42688156
Thank you, kind sir

How did you manage to stop drinking? Was it "changing the cause" (e.g. changing your job you're unhappy with)?
And isn't serious lifting in any way compensating for the stress you put on your body by drinking? (Asking you as someone who actually knows out of experience which is very valuable to me)

>>42688286
Sorry for the delayed response. A number of factors in my health led me to stop drinking but my biggest was turning to God and giving that problem to him. Like many people will experience in their life I had a number of hardships that I chose to crawl into a bottle with. After my father died I decided to get my life in order and be a positive example for my family. I eat healthy and work out so I can guide my children to adulthood and ask that God not take me until they are out of the house as functioning members of society.

I know a number of you may scoff at religion and that fact that I'm on 4chan of all things probably doesn't help my case but dedicating my life to something has helped my discipline greatly. You can always dedicate yourself to that next weight goal, or education goal, or X,Y, and Z but being a good person is a lifetime struggle and you just maybe will have an impact on this earth because of it.

Good luck.

>>42689011

Damn anon, you got me in the feels. Bless you, brother.