These 5 Antioxidants Give Your Liver Some Much-Needed Support*

The word detox still seems to elicit thoughts of gimmicky juice cleanses or fasts. But detoxification is actually a collection of ongoing internal processes carried out by multiple organs: the skin through sweating, the lungs through breathing, the gut through digestion, and the liver and kidneys through filtering blood. 

And each system has a similar goal—eliminate, reduce, or balance out unwanted substances in the body. Antioxidants are particularly effective at this task. 

Antioxidants stop, counteract, or resolve those unwanted substances from actually causing damage. But if the scale is tipped out of favor, and there are more oxidants than the body's antioxidant system can handle, then oxidative stress occurs. 

Many detoxification pathways rely on the work of specific antioxidants. 

While the body creates some antioxidants internally (with the right building blocks), getting enough antioxidants through nutrients and botanicals is essential. 

NAC is used by the body to replenish glutathione stores (as it is the precursor to one of the three building blocks—cysteine). The antioxidant actions of NAC2 and glutathione ultimately support overall liver function.* 

Milk thistle is a flowering herb related to the daisy family. 

liver detox+ features a milk thistle extract call Silybum marianum. Silybum is a phytonutrient that delivers powerhouse antioxidant3 and liver-protecting properties4.* 

Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that you're likely already getting from food (basically all produce contains some amount of vitamin C). 

This nutrient works directly as an antioxidant to combat free radicals5 and helps to restore other key antioxidants in the body—including glutathione6 and vitamin E.* 

Selenium is a trace mineral with antioxidant capabilities.

It's a critical component and activator of selenoproteins, which include glutathione-protecting enzymes. Selenoproteins protect glutathione molecules from oxidative damage so that they can protect your cells from oxidative damage.*

liver detox+ provides selenium in the form of selenomethionine, which has clinically shown bioavailability and has a superior ability to raise selenium levels in the body.*

Detox pathways are continuously running throughout your body.