{"id":650,"date":"2025-11-25T15:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:16:44","slug":"le-chardon-marie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/le-chardon-marie\/","title":{"rendered":"Milk thistle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<strong>&nbsp;Milk thistle<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Silybum marianum, Carduus marianus<\/em>and its beneficial effects on liver function have been known for several centuries. Also known as wild artichoke, milk thistle belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is recognizable by its pale green, spiny leaves marbled with white and its purple flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milk thistle owes its name to a legend. While traveling between Judea and Egypt to escape Herod, the Virgin Mary is said to have breastfed the infant Jesus in a thistle grove. A few drops of milk are believed to have fallen onto the leaves, giving rise to the characteristic white veins of the species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>silymarine<\/strong>&nbsp;is considered the active substance of the plant, responsible for its stimulating and regenerative properties on the liver. Silymarin is in fact a complex of compounds, the most active of which is&nbsp;<strong>silybine<\/strong>The highest concentration is found in the seeds or fruits of the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several demanding months for both body and mind (cold weather, lack of light, overly rich diets), spring is the ideal season to make a fresh start and begin a detox program. Thanks to its effects on the liver\u2014the body\u2019s primary \u2018detox\u2019 organ\u2014milk thistle is the perfect ally for the arrival of brighter days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consumption of milk thistle fruit or seeds contributes to the&nbsp;<strong>protection of the liver<\/strong>* and the&nbsp;<strong>liver detoxification potential<\/strong>*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Available as a standardized extract with 80% silymarin and 30% silybin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Authorized claims pending evaluation by the European Commission.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le&nbsp;chardon-Marie&nbsp;(Silybum marianum, Carduus marianus) et ses vertus bienfaisantes sur les fonctions h\u00e9patiques sont connues depuis plusieurs si\u00e8cles. \u00c9galement appel\u00e9, artichaut sauvage, le chardon-Marie appartient \u00e0 la famille des Ast\u00e9rac\u00e9es. Il est reconnaissable par ses feuilles \u00e9pineuses vert p\u00e2le marbr\u00e9es de blanc et ses fleurs violettes. Le chardon-Marie doit son nom \u00e0 une l\u00e9gende. La Vierge [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natural-by-barentz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}