Thistle and Reduced Hepatic Steatosis Rate

• Efficacy of different interventions for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A meta-analysis of lifestyle modifications, silymarin, and medications.

  • 2025-08-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,283
  • Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition 34(4)
  • • Zhen Zhang
    • Shuai Li
    • Jianjun Sun

  • PubMed: 40738719
  • DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.202508_34(4).0003

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Hepatic Steatosis Rate

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Silymarin (2.5 times) or silymarin plus lifestyle modifications (39%) reduced the hepatic steatosis rate in patients with NAFLD.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes