Does a Liver Detox Actually Do Anything? (Surgeon Explains)

A liver detox can't reach your liver — your liver processes it on arrival, before it reaches anything else in your body. A cancer surgeon explains why the premise fails, which supplements have actually caused liver injury, and what the milk thistle trials really show. 📬 DocStockton.com/Signup — The Surgeon's Brief: one email a month from Dr. Stockton with the medical updates worth knowing, practical takeaways, and a vote on what she covers next. No spam, unsubscribe anytime. https://docstockton.com/signup ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Your liver cleans the detox 0:40 If you bought one 1:24 Who I am, and the liver I never forgot 2:05 Where the product actually goes 3:01 Phase I and Phase II — and the danger in between 3:57 It's a factory, not a filter 5:09 What a damaged liver actually feels like 5:56 The part the label leaves out 6:54 Green tea extract — not the tea you drink 8:01 The gene that decides who gets hurt 9:25 Turmeric 9:46 How rare is this, really 10:21 The best case for milk thistle 11:58 Why the capsule isn't the IV 12:08 154 patients, 3 to 5 times the label dose 13:04 13 trials, 915 patients 13:59 The one thing that did work 14:48 Medicine versus marketing 15:28 Nothing is for sale here MORE FROM DR. STOCKTON Fatty Liver: How To Fix It For Free — the five things that damage your liver and the three free things that protect it: https://youtu.be/xZ6uekA26_0 Does Creatine Fight Cancer? — what the UCLA study found and what it never tested, in 2 minutes: https://youtu.be/2yZt0d_QaiM Colon Cancer Screening: Should You Start Before 45? — every screening option and what changes the start age: https://youtu.be/4VzIEu5I-8E Skip Your Colonoscopy? — what the new blood tests miss and who they're for: https://youtu.be/VgMd9mJrM-k Colon Cancer Is NOW The #1 Cancer Killer Under 50 — the symptoms that get dismissed: https://youtu.be/blWBhA3IziA Found A Lump? — how a surgeon tells a harmless lump from a sarcoma: https://youtu.be/37fh5xEdtoU Cancer Cases Are Rising — why, from the