Natural alternatives to cure CVD - "TOOLS" Against CVD / HBP - Optimize cholesterol levels
Optimize your plasma cholesterol levels
Optimize cholesterol levels without
statin drugs and their inherent health risks
It is important to recognize that cholesterol is
a consequence cause As such it would NOT be wise to remove the cholesterol
component of arterial plaque Lp(a) ,
which was laid down as a stop-gap repair to prevent bleeding out through the arterial
wall) until you first "beef up"/strengthen the arterial
walls with connective tissue components
Rath-Pauling Therapy )
Substances which dIrectly lower cholesterol levels
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
lowers cholesterolB3 in food. Rice bran, tuna, chicken
liver, white-meat chicken, wheatgerm, brown rice;
Effective cholesterol-lowering dose of B3.
Begins at ~ 1000 mg / day for most people;
Detrimental effects.
B3 can cause liver damage at cholesterol-lowering
dose, and can cause red, itchy rash;
B3 Supplement Forms
• Crystalline
Niacin (Nicotinic acid). Produces red, itchy rash, sometimes
at doses as low as 20 mg.
• Timed-release
Niacin (niacinamide). More
notorious for liver damage, does not produce a rash, but also not proven effective
at lowering cholesterol.
• Inositol
hexanicotinate. Small group studies have found that this "no-flush"form
of niacin is not as damaging to liver. 1000-1500mg per day in divided doses typically
lowers cholesterol
The body can synthesize 1 mg niacin from ~60 mg
tryptophan. With cofactors B1, B2 and B6.
Chromium combined with vitamin B3 (niacin)
lowers cholesterol in 50% of people with high serum levels.
This combination has been patented as a cholesterol-lowering agent.
Chromium
Chromium is known to increase the effect of
INSULIN
Chromium supplementation.
100-200mcg
shown to increase HDL and decrease total cholesterol and triglycerides andimprove
glucose tolerance.
Chlorectics
Choloretics (stimulate Bile Production)
Combined with Natural Fibers (Absorb
Bile)
Natural chloretics, such as standardized artichoke extract
(100-200mg/day) forces the liver to produce bile.
This will then cause the liver to take more cholesterol
from the blood via its LDL receptors and produce more bile;
Natural bile sequestering fibers such as psyllium or guar gum prevent the bile
from being reabsorbed . Bile is removed in the stool.
Gugulipids
Used in India for centuries.
Gugulipids come from the resin of the mukul myrrh tree;
Shown to lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides, lower
LDL and raise HDL levels. It's main action seems to be
by increasing the number of hepatic LDL receptors.
Taken as a sole therapy use 50-75 mg / day.
However, only use 10-25 mg/day when added with synergistic ingredients.
OTHERS
Red Yeast Rice Extract.
A potent inhibitor of the rate-limiting enzyme, HMG-CoA Reductase,
in cholesterol synthesis. This is the same enzyme targeted by statin drugs.
Lipitrol.
Product
combining Chromium, Inositol, Gugulipids, Guar Gum and Artichoke extract, to synergistically
lower cholesterol.
HDL is a potent
antioxidant
capable of preventing the formation of oxidatively modified
LDL cholesterol (LDL-C)
Vitamin C
shown to raise HDL significantly. Dr.
Bazzare of Univ. of N. Carolina found that 1000mg Vitamin C / day reduced HDL in
both smokers and non-smoker s
{ Bazzarre
T, 1986)
References Bazzarre, T. L. (1986). Effects of vitamin C supplementation
among male smokers and non-smokers. Nutr. Rep. Int. 33:711-720
