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+ 1 Should Someone Conintue Liver Support Even When Off Everything?

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As the title implies, I am wondering if there are any negative repercussions to taking liver support even when off cycles? Also are there any benefits to continued supplementation?

HGHDaddy's picture

It's a very good contribution about liver.

skydancer4's picture

The liver fixes itself pretty easily, so... If you are not drinking alcohol all year around or taking diffrrent meds there are no benefits for the liver while taking liver support off cycle.... But for example taking NAC all year around can help you with other health functions such as boosting your immune function or helping you to breathe better (reducing inflammation at the lungs).

press1's picture

I'd say definitely take them whilst on cycle - even for oils which are considered of low toxicity to the liver as it is still working overtime filtering out the oils and compounds that are constantly dispersing from the injection sites. As for off cycle probably just stick to the minimum needed such as the NAC powder which I also take, you have to remember the liver is the only organ in the body that can completely heal itself over time unlike others such as the heart. The only time it cannot heal is once it is scarred such as in cirrhosis of the liver as a result of being repeatedly damaged and never being allowed to heal. Even steroid induced hepatitis can reverse itself if the compounds are stopped immediately.

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johnmarshall12's picture

It depends a bit on which liver support supplement you are talking about. I'd do bloods and if liver enzymes are normal when off cycle I wouldn't do it!

Zalewski's picture

See that is that I thought, but was wondering if continue supplementation could just help liver function even more when off everything.

Zalewski's picture

After reading through these I have to say thank you for the information, it was a good read. The only issue I saw with it, and this is at no fault of the study, is the broad spectrum of HDS. I assume that several of the pre workouts, proteins, bcaa, etc. I've used over the years have probably had more adverse effects to my liver than I would like. So I should have been more specific in my question and did some searching. The main liver support I use is NAC and these are the studies I find on it
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5974141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270338/
While I need to read the related studies more, but these do point to the lowering of liver enzymes for NAC. This makes me wonder as to if the amount of supplements can affect the stress placed on your liver.