Hey man while I agree that you need to EAT, I think Anavar will do you wonders. If you've been training for a while and your eating good but are one of those hard gainers, then the gear will do you good. But I bet the reason you are going for the Annies is that you are hesitant about injecting. If I were your anabolic doctor - I'd put you on 3000 clean calories a day and 500 mgs of test a week. I wouldn't worry about taking milk thistle with just annies - its a mild drug that 5 year old kids take. Its expensive and yes, yes, it does produce good lean gains - but WTF? I don't do gear to add five lousy pounds - I always shoot for 12-15 pounds if not more -with the only exception being when I'm running stuff while dieting down.