try milk thistle...it really works!

i had my first "annual" physical in three years last week and apparently i'm very healthy! my good cholesterol (hdl) is way high, my bad cholesterol (ldl) is quite low, and my overall cholesterol and cholesterol/hdl ratio are both remarkably good. all my blood cell counts are normal, and apparently my thyroid, kidneys, and liver all function very efficiently. my doctor actually hand-wrote "excellent" on my copy of my lab results that i got in the mail. matt recently has his blood work done too and his results were just like mine. now, the reason i'm telling you all this is not just to disclose too much personal information, but because, by all rights, neither of our livers should be anywhere near the well-oiled machines that they both apparently are, and i credit milk thistle. as long as i've known matt, he's taken this obscure supplement. he told me, and several other people have since, that many brewers take milk thistle because it supports and enhances liver functioning, and brewers tend to drink a lot of beer. having similar tendencies myself, i started taking it about a year ago. and lo and behold, it works! so i'm writing this post as advice for any of you who also enjoy ample portions of beer and wine: milk thistle...it does a body good.