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Natural Alternative
to Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
Nature
made the original all natural “statin.” This
natural cholesterol lowering nutrient has been eaten
by the Chinese for millennia. The drug companies
copied statin drugs after a unique ingredient found
in Chinese Red Yeast Rice that inhibits the production
of excessive amounts of Cholesterol in the liver,
which can be triggered by the modern western diet
and lifestyle.
Red yeast rice is a traditional Chinese health
food that has been consumed in China for over two
thousand years. It consists of Red Went Yeast (Monascus
purpureus) fermented on Chinese rice. Vital Formulations
makes a Red Yeast Rice containing product called
CHOLESTREDTM which is standardized to
contain 1.4% Mevinolin, the naturally occurring
active ingredient that inhibits the enzyme in the
liver (HMG CoA Reductase) that blocks the production
of Cholesterol.
CHOLESTREDTM contains all of the whole
food constituents that occur naturally in the rice
combination as nature made it. This natural whole
foods compounding insures greater safety and often
better results because it includes the active ingredient,
plus all of the other important synergistic and
protective ingredients that nature placed in it,
rather than just one isolated active ingredient.
In clinical trials, Red Yeast Rice, standardized
for mevinolin, has been shown to reduce Total Cholesterol
by approximately 20%, LDL Cholesterol by 23% and
Triglycerides by 17%, but did not effect HDL Cholesterol.
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