Beyond its role in collagen, vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals and protects skin cells from oxidative damage
Compared to the placebo group, those who received the silymarin saw a "significant decrease" in their levels of key diabetic markers hemoglobin A1C, fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein ("bad") cholesterol, and triglycerides.17 The second is a recent review published in the Annals of Hepatology in 2021, much of which relates to silymarin's effect on insulin resistance,18 a prominent marker for type 2 diabetes.19 Two of the studies referenced in the review were animal studies that administered 26.25-100mg/kg of silybin to rat subjects (equivalent to around 366-1,395mg for an 86kg, or 190lb, human) across 6-12 weeks
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[5] The metabolite S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) of methionine, which has lipotropic properties, may be responsible