Comparison
The daily recommended dosage for Maximum Milk Thistle™ contains 240 mg of silybin, the most beneficial active ingredient in milk thistle. The chart below will show how many capsules of each competitor’s product is needed to equal the 240 mg of silybin contained in just 3 capsules of Maximum Milk Thistle™, taken daily. It will clearly demonstrate how potent, convenient and cost effective Maximum Milk Thistle™ is as compared to its competitors.
Facts to Remember:
- Maximum Milk Thistle™ provides a patented, highly-absorbable form of milk thistle that delivers up to 10 times more of milk thistle’s most beneficial active ingredient, silybin, to your liver.
- Maximum Milk Thistle™ also contains over 2x the amount of silybin than in standardized milk thistle, providing superior benefits: up to 10x the absorption and over 2x the amount of silybin means up to 20x the effectiveness.†
- For your body to absorb the same amount of silybin in Maximum Milk Thistle™, you would have to consume more than 20 times the amount of silybin found in standardized forms of milk thistle.†
Product
(Company) |
Type of Milk Thistle
(Capsules per Bottle) |
Number of capsules per day needed to equal the absorption of 240 mg of silybin in Maximum Milk Thistle™ |
Number of Bottles Needed for a 30-day Supply |
Cost Per Bottle* |
Total Cost* |
Maximum Milk Thistle™
(Natural Wellness) |
Silybin Phytosome® 240 mg
(90 capsules/bottle) |
3 |
1 |
$29.95 |
$29.95 |
Milk Thistle
(Nature’s Bounty) |
Milk Thistle Seed Extract
250 mg Standardized to 80% Silymarin
(200 capsules/bottle) |
24 |
4 |
$18.00 |
$72.00 |
Milk Thistle
(GNC) |
Milk Thistle Seed Extract
200 mg Standardized to 80% Silymarin
(100 capsules/bottle) |
30 |
9 |
$18.00 |
$162.00 |
Thisilyn
(Nature's Way) |
Milk Thistle Seed Extract
175 mg Standardized to 80% Silymarin
(120 capsules/bottle) |
35 |
9 |
$22.49 |
$202.41 |
Milk Thistle
(Nature Made) |
Milk Thistle Seed Extract
140 mg Standardized to 70% Silymarin
(50 capsules/bottle) |
49 |
30 |
$8.95 |
$268.50 |
Chart Notes:
- Standardized to 80% silymarin — The active ingredients of milk thistle (known collectively as silymarin) make up 80% of the total milligrams of the standardized milk thistle product. Therefore, if you purchased a 240 mg milk thistle product standardized to 80% silymarin, you would actually only have 192 mg of the active ingredients (240 mg x .80% = 192 mg).
- Silymarin contains only 50% silybin, the most beneficial of the active ingredients and responsible for the majority of milk thistle's liver-protective qualities. To continue the example above, a standardized milk thistle product containing 192 mg of silymarin only contains 96 mg of silybin (192 mg x .50% = 96 mg). So out of the original 240 mg of standardized milk thistle that we started with above, only 96 mg are silybin. Maximum Milk Thistle™ has a daily dosage of 240 mg of silybin. Therefore, Maximum Milk Thistle™ contains over 2x the amount of silybin found in an equivalent amount of a standardized milk thistle product.