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Herbalife® Supplement Liver Toxicity

What the peer-reviewed scientific literature has to say about Herbalife® supplements.

September 2, 2010 |
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Herbalife® Supplement Liver Toxicity, 5.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating

Sources Cited

Stickel F. Slimming at all costs: Herbalife-induced liver injury. J Hepatol. 2007 Oct;47(4):444-6. Epub 2007 Jul 27.

Elinav E, Pinsker G, Safadi R, Pappo O, Bromberg M, Anis E, Keinan-Boker L, Broide E, Ackerman Z, Kaluski DN, Lev B, Shouval D. Association between consumption of Herbalife nutritional supplements and acute hepatotoxicity. J Hepatol. 2007 Oct;47(4):514-20. Epub 2007 Jul 26.

Schoepfer AM, Engel A, Fattinger K, Marbet UA, Criblez D, Reichen J, Zimmermann A, Oneta CM. Herbal does not mean innocuous: ten cases of severe hepatotoxicity associated with dietary supplements from Herbalife products. J Hepatol. 2007 Oct;47(4):521-6. Epub 2007 Jul 24.

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Transcript

What else appears natural but may wreak havoc? Herbalife® likes to show us before and after pictures like this but this is the kind of after picture they don't want us to see. Case reports are pouring in. Herbalife® induced liver injury. Acute hepatotoxicity, sever hepatotoxicity.

To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Greger may be referring watch the above video. This is just an approximation of the audio contributed by veganmontreal.

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Dr. Michael Greger

Doctor's Note

Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the update on Herbalife. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them as well!

For some context, please check out my associated blog post: Soymilk: shake it up!

  • http://nutritionfacts.org/members/mgreger/ Michael Greger M.D.

    Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I’d be happy to try to answer them. And check out the update on Herbalife. Also, there are 1,449 other subjects covered in the rest of my videos–please feel free to explore them as well!

  • Mrbazzzzinga

    I think i can vouch for this because after taking herbalife for 2 years i lost lot of weight it goes away comes back etc but i have made some damage to either intestine or liver or spleen my stomach was always upset
    left upper quadrant i had bloating and pain if someone wants to guide me or help me pelase contact at bazzzzinga@yahoo.com

  • Marie Gilman

    I have consumed the Herbalife products every day for 20 years – for my health (after initially eating it for weight loss). You have obviously not consumed the Herbalife products otherwise you would not be writing such nonsense. The Herbalife products could never cause any harm to any bodily organ whatsoever. There can be no Vitamin A toxicity because the body gets rid of any extra that it does not need at that particular time. If anyone develops liver disease it must be from a completely different cause. Regarding the “bloating and pain” in the next post, many such bad feelings are caused by drinking cow’s milk (don’t have the lactase enzyme to deal with it).  There are over 60 million people in 84 countries who consume Herbalife nutrition products DAILY. Many of my colleagues have been eating the products for 25-30 years, staying healthy and at their correct weight. Please try some yourself!

    • WholeFoodChomper

      It is good to hear that you are healthy.  However, based on some of the scientific evidence available regarding Herbalife and other products like it, if I were in your shoes I’d get my liver function checked out by a doctor, just to be on the safe side.

      Also, I encourage you to learn more about vitamin A. Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin, and extra doses of it are not excreted from the body the way  that water-soluble vitamins (like B12) are.  Fat soluble vitamins are stored in the body for a long time (mostly in the liver). An excess of vitamin A (or any other fat-soluble vitamin) poses a greater risk for toxicity.

      http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/ 
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin

  • Jordan Hale

    Okay Dr. Michael,… the frickous is on!  Perhaps you could make another video with just a little more information on why Herbalife is causing problems.  Anyone with a commercial interest in it will require hard facts.  
    Thank you for all you do.
    –Jordan Hale

    • http://tweakyourdiet.com/ Stevo

       Have you look at the ingredients of any herbalife product? It is the cheapest ingredients I have ever seen. Way far from being healthy or even natural.

  • paul

    hi doctor my have liver failure…if i give him herbal life nutrician can he cure.

  • paul

    sorry my uncle have liver failure is that herbal life product help him to cure

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