​Can Herbalife products cause liver damage?​

​​No, Herbalife products do not cause liver damage to healthy individuals. Herbalife products do not contain any ingredients known to be harmful to the liver. All Herbalife products are safe for use by healthy individuals when used in accordance with labeled instructions. Herbalife applies a rigorous, science-based approach to product safety and quality, evaluating ingredients and finished products throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial ingredient selection through ongoing post market surveillance.

Herbalife and Liver Toxicity: What the Science Says

Herbalife products do not contain any ingredients known to be harmful to the liver. We conduct tests worldwide every year to verify the safety and quality of our products and ingredients.

For adverse events that were published in journal articles, Herbalife scientific experts, as well as respected independent experts, have published rebuttals in respected, peer-reviewed journals.

• Appelhans K, Frankos V, Shao A. Misconceptions regarding the association between Herbalife products and liver-related case reports in Spain. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2012;21:333–334. DOI:10.1002/pds. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pds.3203/abstract
• Appelhans, Kristy; Smith, C; Bejar, E; Henig, YS (2011). "Revisiting acute liver injury associated with herbalife products". World Journal of Hepatology 3 (10): 275–7. doi:10.4254/wjh.v3.i10.275. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208182/
• Appelhans K, Goldstein L. Revisiting liver injury associated with dietary supplements. Liver Int 2011. DOI:10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02547.x. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02547.x/abstract
• Appelhans K, Frankos V. Herbal medicine hepatotoxicity revisited. J Hepatol 2011.DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2011.06.01910. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21782760
• Bejar E, Smith CR, Appelhans K, Henig YS. Correcting a misrepresentation of hypervitaminosis A attributed to Herbalife product consumption. Exp Mol Pathol 2011; 90(3):320–321. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21315714
• Ignarro L, Heber D, Henig YS. Herbalife nutritional products and liver injury revisited. J Hepatol 2008. DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.005. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18550201
• K. Appelhans, R. Najeeullah & V. Frankos. Letter: retrospective reviews of liver-related case reports allegedly associated with Herbalife present insufficient and inaccurate data. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2013; 37:73-74. doi:10.1111/apt.12217. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apt.12217/full
• K Appelhans, R Najeeullah, & V Frankos. Letter: A correction of misinformation regarding Herbalife. World J Hepatol 2013 October 27; 5(10): 601-602. doi:10.4254/wjh.v5.i10.601. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3812465/
• K Appelhans, R Najeeullah, V Frankos & A Shao. Outdated Perspectives Potentially Biased Conclusory Statements Regarding Herbalife Products. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 4 (02), pp. 133-134, February, 2014. DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2014.40222. http://www.japsonline.com/admin/php/uploads/1199_pdf.pdf
• K Appelhans, R Najeeullah, & V Frankos. Considerations regarding the alleged association between Herbalife products and cases of hepatotoxicity. Internal and Emergency Medicine. January 2014. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11739-014-1048-9?sa_campaign=email/event/articleAuthor/onlineFirst
• R Teschke, C Frenzel, J Schulze, A Schwarzenboeck, & A Eickhoff. Herbalife hepatotoxicity: Evaluation of cases with positive reexposure tests. World J Hepatol 2013 July 27; 5(7): 353-363. doi:10.4254/wjh.v5.i7.353. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724963/pdf/WJH-5-353.pdf
• R Teschke, J Schulze, A Schwarzenboeck, A Eickhoff & C Frenzel. Herbal hepatotoxicity: suspected cases assessed for alternative causes. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Mar 18 [Epub ahead of print]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23510966
• FAD Zambrone, CL Corrêa*, LM Sampaio do Amaralrazilian Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2015) A critical analysis of the hepatotoxicity cases described in the literature related to Herbalife® products http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjps/v51n4/1984-8250-bjps-51-04-00785.pdf