Organic Red Yeast Rice: SimplyPure Red Yeast Rice Supplements
Uses
Culinary The dried grain can be prepared and eaten in the same manner as white rice—a common practice among Asians. It can also be added to other foods.
Red yeast rice is used to colour a wide variety of food products, including pickled tofu, red rice vinegar,
char siu, Peking Duck,
Red yeast rice news, articles and information:
6/30/2009 - Research just published in the Annals of Internal Medicine concludes a nonprescription, natural supplement -- red yeast rice -- has significant cholesterol-lowering effects. However, one important part of this story is that this isn't really a new discovery at all. Red yeast rice, a bright reddish purple...
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Cholesterol
News & Headlines
Red Yeast Rice May Lower Cholesterol, So Why Isn’t Your Doctor Recommending It?
http://news.health.com/2009/06/15/red-yeast-rice-supplements-cholesterol/
By NANCY WALSH,
MedPage Today Staff Writer
Oct. 25, 2010
Researchers have found wide variations in the amount of active compounds known as monacolins -- related to prescription drugs called statins -- in different brands of the popular dietary supplement red yeast rice.
Independent testing found that levels of total monacolins in 12 brands of red yeast rice ranged from 0.31 mg to 11.15 mg per capsule, according to Dr. Ram Y. Gordon, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and colleagues.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cholesterol/wide-variations-found-red-yeast-rice-supplements/story?id=11966172
TESTS OF TEN RED YEAST RICE SUPPLEMENTS BY CONSUMERLAB.COM REVEAL SIGNIFICANT STATIN LEVELS, BUT SOME PILLS CONTAMINATED
Popular Cholesterol-Lowering Supplements Compared in New Report
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK — JULY 1, 2008ConsumerLab.com announced today that its tests of ten red yeast rice supplements revealed levels of cholesterol-lowering statin compounds varying by more than 100-fold, with some supplements providing as much as prescription medication and others containing very little. A potentially toxic contaminant, citrinin, was found in four of the products, with highest levels in a supplement sold by a national pharmacy chain.
Red yeast rice naturally contains the cholesterol-lowering statin compound lovastatin, the active ingredient in prescription Mevacor. Labels on red yeast rice products, however, generally do not disclose their lovastatin content due to concern that the supplement will be considered a drug by the FDA and removed from the market. This makes it difficult for consumers and doctors to assess and compare red yeast rice supplements, although they remain widely used.
http://www.consumerlab.com/news/Red_Yeast_Rice_Supplements_Tests_Comparison_Lovastatin/7_1_2008/
Red Yeast Rice May Lower Cholesterol
Study Shows Supplement Reduces LDL Cholesterol Levels
By
Salynn Boyles
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by
Louise Chang, MD
June 17, 2009 -- By some estimates, as many as 10% of people who take
cholesterol-lowering statins experience troubling
muscle pain, and many stop taking the drugs because of it.
Now a new study suggests that a dietary supplement sold in nutrition centers and grocery stores may be a useful alternative to statins for some.
http://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20090617/red-yeast-rice-may-lower-cholesterol
Physician Naturals
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