It is not surprising that many Americans are given a prescription for a statin drug since 1 in 3 Americans have high cholesterol. And many start taking these cholesterol lowering drugs without really knowing the adverse side effects. One of the well -known side effects of statin drugs are muscle problems. But other side affects [...]
And Interesting article by Dr. Steve Chaney, from UNC Medical schools discusses why anti-oxidants or a product with a high ORAC value (this is the value the anti-oxidant capability of a food ) really does not affect the ability of any substance to create longevity. Of course, anti-oxidants do play many useful roles in the [...]
This is a testimony from Jan C. My husband Jim called today after meeting with his lipid specialist in Minneapolis. Once again his cholesterol numbers have significantly dropped! At the time of his cardiac arrest 20 years ago, his cholesterol was over 400. For years the number gradually went down. Two years ago it was [...]
Many people who are looking for alternatives to cholesterol lowering medications my see information on such things as red rice yeast. When looking for a natural ingredient Shaklee tested Red Rice Yeast as an ingredient for lowering Cholesterol–the studies that showed this was a great cholesterol lowering ingredient only went for 9 weeks. Shaklee repeated [...]
