Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Red Yeast Rice Helps Lower Cholesterol

Many people prefer herbal ingredients to maintain a healthy body . Including to lower cholesterol levels . One of the herbal ingredients that have been proven effective for lowering bad cholesterol is red yeast rice .
Specialist heart and blood vessels Hospital Sahirman Sahid Jakarta , dr . Aulia Sani said , red yeast rice serves to inhibit the production of cholesterol in the liver and prevents thickening of plaque in the blood vessels and avoid blockage of vessels .
Cholesterol is actually naturally produced in the liver . But unhealthy lifestyle such as smoking and lack of physical activity can increase the production of cholesterol in the liver . Hereditary factors also affect cholesterol levels .
" Inhibiting the production of cholesterol in the liver directly to lower total cholesterol quickly , " Aulia said in a press conference in Jakarta , Tuesday ( 06/18/2013 ) then .


Red yeast rice is known to reduce levels of cholesterol in the liver . Reporting from websites Drugs , red yeast rice contains lovastatin active compounds that have effects improve blood fat levels that are too high ( hyperlipidemia ) . In addition there is also some evidence that says that the compound has antibacterial and anticancer effects .
Red yeast rice also contains sterols such as beta - sitosterol and campesterol which can block the absorption of cholesterol in the intestine . Besides isolation unsaturated fatty acids such as oleik , linoleic , and linolenic acids , and B complex vitamins such as niacin in red yeast rice can also be a solution in reducing cholesterol .
Clinical trials of supplements containing red yeast rice extract also conducted in Indonesia by Aulia on 40 patients some time ago showed positive results .
" Within five days , the average levels of LDL ( bad cholesterol ) can fall to 18.87 mg / dL and triglyceride levels fell by 17.1 mg / dL , " said the former Director of the Cardiovascular Center Harapan Kita .
Total cholesterol in the blood is less than the recommended 200 mg / dL . As for the levels of LDL is less than 100 mg / dL , and triglycerides less than 150 mg / dL . As for the levels of HDL ( good cholesterol ) should be above 45 mg / dL .

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