{"id":106481,"date":"2009-12-27T20:28:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T01:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=137143"},"modified":"2009-12-27T20:28:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T01:28:35","slug":"possible-statin-alternative-red-yeast-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/106481","title":{"rendered":"Possible Statin Alternative: Red Yeast Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The findings from one small study suggest that red yeast rice supplements<\/a><\/strong> may be a cholesterol-lowering alternative for people who’ve suffered one of the most common statin side effects<\/a> — muscle pain.<\/p>\n

\"red-yeast-rice\"The news isn’t entirely new. Other studies have also suggested that red yeast rice can lower cholesterol<\/strong>. Yet, people with heart disease shouldn’t stop their statin medications and start the supplement without talking with their doctors.<\/p>\n

There’s more medical studies to support the use of statins, and some supplements can be dangerous if not used appropriately.<\/p>\n

Red yeast rice<\/strong> is available over the counter. It’s produced by fermenting red yeast over rice, and the supplement contains monacolins, statin-like compounds.<\/p>\n

Researchers, who reported study results in American Journal of Cardiology<\/a><\/em>, found that most people in the study who discontinued statins because of muscle pain were able to use red yeast rice<\/strong> or Pravachol (pravastatin), a cholesterol drug, for several weeks without muscle pain.<\/p>\n

Just one of 21 patients taking red yeast rice for the study stopped due to muscle pain, and only two of 22 patients on pravastatin stopped.<\/p>\n

For study participants taking red yeast rice, LDL levels fell by an average of 30%. Those who took pravastatin experienced a 27% drop in LDL. Lifestyle changes were also implemented to help lower cholesterol.<\/p>\n

A recent CNN article on the red yeast rice study<\/a>, warns that red yeast rice bought over the counter can contain widely varying potency among different manufacturers, and some brands of the supplements have even been found to contain a potentially toxic substance.<\/p>\n

(Image via creative commons Wikipedia<\/a>\/Life of Learning)<\/p>\n

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The findings from one small study suggest that red yeast rice supplements may be a cholesterol-lowering alternative for people who’ve suffered one of the most common statin side effects — muscle pain. The news isn’t entirely new. Other studies have also suggested that red yeast rice can lower cholesterol. Yet, people with heart disease shouldn’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}