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I heard that milk thistle need alcohol to extract sylamarin so it's hard to take it as tea.can't i eat the seeds directly from the plant fresh?

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

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You can but...: Apparently you need to take quite a bit to have much of a benefit. The seeds contain about 3-6% silymarin so you need to take about 1/2 ounce of seeds (approximately 1 tbsp.) daily to get a therapeutic amount. They can be eaten whole or ground. See http://newroots.Drizzlehosting.Com/livermt.Html.

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Answered 8/8/2018

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A member asked:

I heard that milk thistle need alcohol to extract sylamarin so it's hard to take it as tea.can't i eat the seeds directly from the plant fresh?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Randy Baker answered

Dr Pappas agreed

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