Cholesterol Scam Alert! Red Yeast Rice
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Don’t fall for the latest snake oil tearing round the web: Red Yeast Rice
Red Yeast Rice does not lower cholesterol! The FDA has found that several red yeast rice suppliers have been spiking their supplements with off-market statins.
You’re much better off raising your good cholesterol (HDL) and lowering your bad cholesterol (LDL) with the following four steps:
1. Exercise at least three days a week for 30 minutes each time! Walk, hike, or lift weights.
2. Eat copious amounts of vegetables (at least 6 servings daily).
3. Consume Omega-3 fatty acids with reckless abandon (fish oil pills, oily cold-water fish like wild Alaskan salmon, olive oil, grassfed beef, “un-margarines” like Smart Butter, avocados, and nuts).
4. Reduce your total carbohydrate intake and eliminate all refined starches, flours, and sugars. This will reduce both inflammation and LDL (plus you’ll lose weight and feel better).
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Posted By: Worker Bee
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Not shocking really. The only supplement I trust is Apple Cider Vinegar, the rest are just marketed to sell without any FDA regulations or quality control. Hey for $3 a bottle (ACV that is), you can’t beat the price either! The other 4 tips are right on the money too.
Apple Cider Vinegar is powerful stuff. Whenever I feel a cold coming on (which is rare) I make my Devil’s Brew:
A few ounces of apple cider vinegar
a teaspoon of cayenne
juice of one lemon
Possibly the most disgusting elixir on earth, but it does the trick!
Mike-Do you follow the Braggs recommendations for apple cidar vinegar? What do you do with the vinegar other than drink it? I tried some straight once….bad move.
Good idea Sara.
I read a lot of Negativity regarding red yeast rice, but I do not see any of the manufacturers listed that have the statins in them. All I see here is your say so. No proof here or how you found this out. Keefer614@aol.com
Keith, there is certainly proof AND names: simply click the first link in the very first line of the post. It provides all the manufacturers who include statins in their red yeast rice products, BY NAME, with all relevant information.
Red Yeast Rice is not a scam…the plant compounds are the molecular basis for the synthetic statins originally modeled by the pharma industry. All synthetic statin drugs mimic the structure of one of the seven or so natural statins that can be found in various strains of RYR. And there are other fungi besides these red yeast which form statins as part of their natural metabolic process, strains of Aspergillus are one example. RYR naturally contains many compounds that are
chemically identical to synthetic
statins and have the similar effect on the liver’s HMG-CoA system, but
usually at a lower concentration than prescription drug levels. If the
supplement is from a reputable supplier, with Mass spect. and GC
testing available on the imported raw materials from China, and the supplement company offers documented by GMP or other cert. that there are standardized levels of the active ingredients, then what
is the problem? (there are many supplement companies who are happy to expose their testing procedures and info and I would not use any that won’t!)I would think for patients with borderline levels or
who have positive history for heart disease that this would be a more
conservative first approach to reaping the benefit of daily statins.
If the lipid profiles improve, and the cost to the patient is lower,
this seems like a reasonable alternative with a reduced likelihood of
side effects.
I lowered my cholestrol ~70 points taking Rexall brand red yeast rice
My Cholesterol improved substantially after taking a daily combination of Red Yeast Rice, CoQ10, Fish Oil, Flush Free Natural Niacin, Vit B Complex, 81 mg aspirin daily, plus an exercise regimen 4x weekly so much that my doctor said a Stain would not be required at this time. The FDA warnings about Red Yeast Rice are less severe than the warnings about statins.
You made some good points there. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog.