Natural Cholesterol Lowering Supplements - Policosanol
September 1, 2009 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Cholesterol Lowering
Policosanol is a natural cholesterol lowering supplement - If your cholesterol has ever exceeded 200, your doctor probably pulled out his prescription pad and prescribed a statin drug.
Statin drugs have some pretty nasty side effects including lowering mental performance, muscle pain, kidney failure, liver failure and cancer. I will write more extensively on these [...]
Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol
October 3, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Cholesterol Lowering, Triglycerides
Pterostilbene, a berry compound found in blueberries and grapes, can help lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease. It was found that pterostilbene was similar in activity to ciprofibrate, a commercial drug that lowers LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.
Agricultural Research Service Chemist Agnes Rimando said: “But ciprofibrate can have side effects such as muscle pain and nausea. [...]
Lowering Cholesterol With Dietary Plant Stanols
July 1, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Cholesterol Lowering
Several clinical studies have shown that plant stanol esters are effective agents that lower cholesterol. The ability to lower cholesterol with dietary plant stanol ester has been shown to be sustained for periods up to 12 months, but how soon the full cholesterol lowering effect of plant stanol esters can be obtained, is still unclear.
Plant [...]
Vitamin C Raises HDL Cholesterol Levels
June 6, 2008 by Kevin Flatt
Filed under Cholesterol Lowering
Researchers wanted to see if extra vitamin C would or would not raise HDL cholesterol levels. The higher your HDL cholesterol, the less bad cholesterol you’ll have in your blood. Many doctors are now beginning to pay more attention to HDL cholesterol.
HDL cholesterol takes up excess cholesterol from cells and returns it to the liver, [...]