Hepatoprotectors (protection of the liver)
Hepatoprotectors are a class of sports supplements whose action is aimed at protecting the liver, maintaining its normal functioning, as well as accelerated regeneration after past diseases associated with liver damage. This category of dietary supplements is intended primarily for people with liver diseases, acute and chronic, for accelerated recovery. With the same success, hepatoprotective drugs are used for preventive purposes, which is especially popular with athletes. Such supplements are most often based on substances extracted from plants:
- milk thistle;
- Turmeric long;
- Field artichoke.
What are the benefits of hepatoprotectors
In the conditions of the modern world, the human liver is subjected to heavy loads and experiences undesirable conditions caused by malnutrition, fast food consumption, of course, alcohol. Many potent drugs, the same antibiotics, "hit the liver." Against this background, serious diseases can develop.
Hepatoprotectors for liver support produce many important effects. Firstly, drugs reduce the destructive damage from toxic (poisonous) substances formed during the digestion of large quantities of food, which is not always of the highest quality. The liver is entrusted with one of the most important functions in the body: cleaning the blood of unnecessary and harmful substances. Considering that athletes eat many times more than people with a normal lifestyle, there are also more metabolic by-products in their bodies. Taking hepatoprotectors reduces the load on the liver and helps it cope with a given amount of work. With the improvement of the liver, the general well-being and the state of the body also improve. In athletes, this is expressed in increased training productivity, faster recovery.
The main effects of hepatoprotectors
- Relief from constant intoxication of the body (alkaloids, hepatotoxic substances)
- Prevent "overload" of the liver
- Prevent liver disease
- Many drugs have antioxidant effects
- Cholagogue properties
- Accelerate the regeneration of damaged cellular structures of the liver
- Strengthening the cardiovascular system
Sports hepatoprotectors are more profitable and effective compared to pharmacy ones. The difference in the concentration of the active ingredient can reach a 10-fold value: for example, in a pharmacy - 35-70 mg, in a sports one - 500 mg per capsule. What's more, specialized supplements use the plant's active ingredient (like silymarin) directly, while the simple thrush herb (milk thistle, from which silymarin is extracted) has a much smaller effect.
You can buy hepatoprotectors in Kiev and Ukraine at the Proteininkiev sports nutrition store.