Fish Oil and/or Omega 3 supplements

I take Red yeast rice for my high cholesterol and in 7 months it went from 276 to 171! My PCP approved it and my oncologist knows That I take it.

But there is only one brand that actually works .

A friend of mine had a cholesterol profile done because she could not take any statins and she was told to take that particular RYR!

Mena

Ruth, I tried the oatmeal and unfortunately, it did not work for me!



Mena

Just shows there are no shortcuts to a diet that includes cold water fish .

Kathy

I would cut out the fish oil all together for now. You don't eat large quantities of licorice, do you? I've read that can raise triglycerides.

I recently started taking Salmon Oil because it has NO SOY.  Now all of my vitamins have NO SOY.  It took me a long time to find them, but they are out there.  B-complex is a stress vitamin, but some B complex vitamins have too much of each b vitamin percentage wise, like a b-complex 50 or 100.  Check the lable on you b complex and see what the percentages are of each vitamin.   

I stopped all my vitamins until I found the soy free ones. 

I've never heard of Omega 3 fish oil raising cholesterol, but eating candy and (bad) carbs will raise you're triglycerides.  My husband can attest to that.   And some drugs can also raise your cholesterol and triglycerides. 

I also agree that we are all so different, that our bodies react differenty to supplements and medications.  I always get side effects form drugs when other people have no problems at all. 

Jo-5

No. What have you read about green tea extract?  I do drink green tea, but I'm sure the extract is much stronger, and how would we use it? 

Rosy

have you tried Krill oil?

Hi, Jo

I think it was ruthbru who told us about the benefits of Slo-Niacin to reduce cholesterol on the ArimidexSE thread.  It sure worked for me, and the SE of too much Niacin, well enough to effect cholesterol, was to RAISE my blood gulcose levels.

Many of the drugs (statins) to lower cholesterol have been shown in clinical trials, to effect about 10% or more people by raising their blood glucose levels which is why many docs no longer use them as a preventative, only when really necessary.

Think the redrice stuff is also estrogenic?  Can't remember, just know there was some "CAUTION" when I was researching it.  I use Nordic Natural Fish Oil daily ( liquid) and it seems to also be helping to keep my cholesteral level.  I also eliminated ALL DAIRY, that really helped too.

My BP went WAAAAA-AAY down with weight loss.  I'm in my 6th year (by choice) on Arimidex.

Wasn't it Otter who said "Are we having fun yet????"

Mena, my onc has me taking red rice yeast rice as well. He is incredibly knowledgeable about supplements (I take many) and I have a hard time believing he would recommend it if it was harmful. It's been very effective for me.

Hi Jo-5......no side effects with green tea extract.....my cholesterol is fine.

RosyFL, not sure where in FL you are.  If you have an Earth Origins close to you, check out their brand of Fish Oil Omega-3.  It does not contain soy.  I take it and have no problem with the "fish burps" some people experience.

Hi whaevah -- I just saw your reply and thanks so much for the aloe juice recommendation.  I will look it up as this is a medical issue I need to prevent. My PCP is already mentioned I should see a GI specialist but I had my 2nd colonoscopy last year - - it was clear except for diverticulitis.  I did not have this problem prior to receiving chemo treatments. Scans back then were all clear. I had severe GI problems while on adriamycin and ended up in the ER.  The doctors don't seem to accept that this was the start of this problem. So I would prefer to try more holistic approach for now.