Milk Thistle-Bad for gains

[1Banshee]

I just got done reading an "study" in the new Muscular Development entitled "Milk Thistle: Good for Livers, Potentially Bad for Gains" (Page 271). The bottom line of this "study" stated that Milk Thistle "seems to prevent the androgen receptor from traveling to the nucleus, and in our case, this prevents the desired effect. The androgen receptor, once bound to the androgen, must make it to the nucleus in order to increase protein synthesis."
Authors were: Zhu W, Zhang JS, Young CY.
Source: Carcinogenesis 2001 Sep;22(9):1399-403

This is very interesting if in fact it is credible.... This of course would mean taking Milk Thistle could be hurting our gains!! Given that it may be time to find other means of liver protection, maybe ALA, LIV 52, ect..?

 

[bigpimp]

just read the same article

 

[chronicx357]

would tylers liver detox and other liver protectors have the same effect?

 

[Busterball]

Bump

 

[orca]

I think that if that were true I would not have gained 20 pounds on my last cycle, but hey, you never know, I guess it could have been 25 pounds if I wasnt on milk thistle. Scary but interesting.


ORCA

 

[Frackal]

Alpha Lipoic Acid.....great for liver, great for muscles

 

[1Banshee]

Bump for those who have'nt seen this yet...

 

[justwannagetsum]

keep this alive, would like to hear more
buuuummmp

 

[South of the border]

Bump

 

[Jeff_rys]

so will everybody finally take another liver protector

and skip the milk tistle. My god, it will take ages i guess....