Cholesterol lowering

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riverinerabbit
riverinerabbit Member Posts: 813
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment
Cholesterol lowering
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  • riverinerabbit
    riverinerabbit Member Posts: 813
    edited February 2008

    Hi,



    Cholesterol is on the up on my AI. I've heard cider vinegar can help. Any ideas ?

    River

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  • dash
    dash Member Posts: 766
    edited February 2008

    Yes, A soluble fiber supplement taken 3 times a day. My cardiac doctor recommends metamucil but that has less soluble fiber than Fibersure and with fibersure or one of the other tasteless easily disolving fibers, I can add it to anything.

    Fish oil supplements. I take 2 fish oil twice a day. Make sure you are taking purified fish oil so the heavy metals are taken out.

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  • althea
    althea Member Posts: 1,595
    edited February 2008
    I can tell you what DOESN'T work.  Oatmeal cookies!  LOL  I already eat flaxseed for breakfast, which is supposed to keep levels down and I was so disappointed to get a 223 last month.  So I really scaled back on meat and made a big batch of oatmeal cookies.  I knew my method was flawed, but I thought I would at least hold steady.  But NO!  It went up to 233. 
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  • pod1257
    pod1257 Member Posts: 262
    edited February 2008

    Red yeast rice is the active ingredient in statin drugs like Lipitor.

    There are many OTC brands. I take Cholestin and it helped bring my chol down.

    Julie

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  • Jellydonut
    Jellydonut Member Posts: 1,043
    edited February 2008

    Niacin is also known to lower cholesterol, however, it should only be taken under a doctor's guidance as liver function tests have to be taken regularly.  Too much niacin (B3) can cause liver damage.  It also raises HDL (the good cholesterol.)

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  • riverinerabbit
    riverinerabbit Member Posts: 813
    edited February 2008

    THanks so much for all your valuable advice.

    I'll look into it.



    Cheers,



    River

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