Choosing the Right Supplement for Liver Health

Healthcare providers often struggle to understand which supplements are safe and beneficial. The supplement industry is heavily saturated – in the U.S., more than 100,000 over-the-counter herbal and dietary supplements are available for purchase – and largely unregulated, creating more risk for consumers. 

Because of these challenges, choosing a liver supplement isn’t as simple as one might have thought.  Here are several important things to consider:

Manufacturing:  Many supplements are produced overseas or at small facilities in the United States that do not meet industry standards.  HepatiCo Supplement Company only uses manufacturers in the United States with certifications verifying best manufacturing practices.  

Ingredients:  Many liver-related supplements contain a long list of active ingredients, many of which lack safety data.  While some ingredients have a longstanding history of safety (including milk thistle, NAC, simple vitamins and minerals), others can contain ingredients that your healthcare professionals have never heard of or may interact with other ingredients or medications and supplements that you take. One reliable resource for safety is a public database called LiverTox, which includes some herbal and dietary supplements. Hepatico Supplement Company only uses ingredients with known health benefits and a longstanding history of safety. 

Practicality: Many liver-related supplements recommend large doses that require ingesting multiple capsules several times a day.  The reality, however, is that supporting your liver and body with a daily supplement of the recommended doses of daily micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and supplements for liver-support makes much more sense than mega-dosing any compound for short periods of time. Hepatico Supplement Company only provides products that provide practical daily dosing.  

Trust: While many supplement companies provide a wide range of products without clear health benefits and do not use clear manufacturing practices, Hepatico Supplement Company is American-made, with pure ingredients that make sense as a daily supplement.  All products were developed under guidance of a hepatologist (liver doctor) and a portion of all sales goes to advancing liver-related research in the United States.