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Lower Cholesterol Naturally, Inexpensively, Painlessly
The combined results showed significant reduction of serum total cholesterol levels… triglycerides levels…and LDL-cholesterol levels,… and increase of HDL-cholesterol levels… by RYR treatment compared with placebo
FDA approved cholesterol-lowering (cho) therapies, collective called statins, lower cholesterol. This much we know. The challenge for many people is that FDA approved cholesterol lowering drugs can cause side-effects including weight gain, muscle pain, neurological effects, type-2 diabetes and more. If you want to lower your cho the question you must ask yourself is whether you can lower your cho without side-effects.
The studies linked and excerpted below may be of interest to people who want to lower their cho but who cannot tolerate statin therapy.
According to the studies below:
- Red Yeast Rice
lowers cholesterol “significantly”
- Red Yeast Rice
My perspective in researching and writing the post is that of a long-term cancer survivor who’s conventional therapies left me with serious short, long-term and late stage side effects. Life threatening side effects. And the aggressive toxic therapies that damaged me did little to cure my cancer. It was a non-FDA therapy that put me into complete remission in 1999. I manage my complete remission and side effects with lifestyle and nutritional supplementation.
One of the therapies I take for my chemo-induced heart damage is CoQ10. The Red Yeast Rice
For more information on nutritional supplementation to manage chronic disease, scroll down the page, post a question and I will reply ASAP.
thank you,
David Emerson
- Cancer Survivor
- Cancer Coach
- Director PeopleBeatingCancer
“This meta-analysis assesses the effectiveness and safety of RYR preparations on lipid modification in primary hyperlipidemia…
The combined results showed significant reduction of serum total cho levels… triglycerides levels…and LDL-cho levels,… and increase of HDL-cho levels… by RYR treatment compared with placebo. The lipid modification effects appeared to be similar to pravastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, atorvastatin, or fluvastatin. Compared with non-statin lipid lowering agents, RYR preparations appeared superior to nicotinate and fish oils, but equal to or less effective than fenofibrate and gemfibrozil…
Cho-lowering effects of a proprietary Chinese red-yeast-rice dietary supplement1,2,3,4
“Objective: We evaluated the lipid-lowering effects of this red-yeast-rice dietary supplement in US adults separate from effects of diet alone…
Results: Total cho concentrations decreased significantly between baseline and 8 wk in the red-yeast-rice–treated group compared with the placebo-treated group… LDL cholesterol and total triacylglycerol were also reduced with the supplement. HDL cholesterol did not change significantly…
Conclusions: Red yeast rice significantly reduces total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and total triacylglycerol concentrations compared with placebo and provides a new, novel, food-based approach to lowering cholesterol in the general population..”
Red yeast rice for dyslipidemia in statin-intolerant patients: a randomized trial.
“OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of red yeast rice and therapeutic lifestyle change to treat dyslipidemia in patients who cannot tolerate statin therapy…
CONCLUSION:Red yeast rice and therapeutic lifestyle change decrease LDL cholesterol level without increasing CPK or pain levels and may be a treatment option for dyslipidemic patients who cannot tolerate statin therapy.”