Bad news in the newspapers (now there’s a change); statins can now give you cancer. The hopeless Jenny Hope, writing for the Dail Mail, describes the ongoing problems with Inegy, a combination simvastatin/ezetimibe medication. But as usual, that’s not the real story, Jenny is.
The real story is that since 1999, Jenny Hope and her newspaper have been repeatedly sent scientifically validated information by Credence so they can advise their readership on how to lower cholesterol levels naturally without the need for such risks, yet they have completely ignored it.
Richer still, these are the same newspapers that, in the week when the pathetically named NICE, the NHS’s ‘drug-rationing’ body, is being hauled over the coals for not allowing low-income blind people to receive drugs that could restore their sight, Britain’s hypocritical media has refused to cover Food Matters, despite being sent dozens of copies of Permacology’s award-worthy documentary for impartial review. How many lives could this film save?
Of course, they are frightened. You see, staying healthy does not require a lot of medicines. None, in fact. Exercise, hydration, real food – most of it uncooked, some straightforward supplementation, and staying away from stress, should make sense to everybody but sadly it doesn’t, because no-one’s really being told.
Even Jamie Oliver’s giving up. And please don’t make me laugh about the so-called ‘alternative health sections’ in newspapers written by ‘experts’ who appear to have received their education more from the Breakfast Cereal Box School of Nutrition than from any learned seat of common sense.
Unsurprisingly, most of those have ignored Food Matters as well. With regard to the real method of reducing cholesterol naturally, you’ll be pleased to hear the groundwork’s long done and goes something like this:
The sticky stuff
The reason you have high cholesterol is partly because of the dietary cholesterol derived from eating a diet of 30-40% animal-based foods, as well as cream cakes and lollies, and also because you are chronically malnourished through cooking most of your food (vit C- and E-deficient especially) and the collagen in your arteries is weakening. Your ‘Doctor Within’ is therefore hard at work cementing up the breaches in your cardiovascular system with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Band-Aid called lipoprotein (a) to stop you popping an artery or having a stroke
Getting rid of the cholesterol with statins without strengthening the collagen is asking for it. To the degree that you strengthen your arteries with raw plant-based nutrition, however, the LDL dissolves and washes away
Drink 2 litres of clean, unfluoridated water a day
Take half a teaspoon of Himalayan salt per 10 glasses of water, and a few flakes on your tongue at night (let them melt)
Optimise your vitamin D levels. You can do this by ignoring the sun scare and taking reasonable amounts of sun for your skin-type, or by supplementing 10,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day for a month, followed by 5,000 – 7,500 IU/day thereafter to maintain. Get a 25 hydroxy D test done by your GP if you are suffering from a chronic illness. You’re probably grossly vitamin D-deficient and need optimising
Ensure that 90%-plus of your diet is plant-based and organic, and 80%-plus of every meal is eaten raw (that’s raw veggies, seeds, nuts, etc., not meat!). Diet is the single greatest change you can make to save your life. Juice veggies! Repent!
Exercise for 60 minutes a day, no negotiation. 5 minutes stretching your muscles, 10 minutes resistance/weight training, 30 minutes aerobic training with your heart-rate up and 15 minutes cool-down walking. It’s no more or less than your ancestors were doing because they were manual labourers who did not have BMWs
Did you know that if you take a brisk 20-minute walk every twelve hours, you activate fat-burning enzymes around the clock? As we age, we need to maintain a sensible aerobic impact on our muscles, nerves and cardiovascular system. So cycling, hill-climbing, stair-climbing, rowing, etc. 7,000 - 10,000 steps a day is a good target. Gyms are good for this. Get serious
I have to tell you to consult a doctor before engaging in any exercise regime, though what good that’ll do I haven’t the foggiest
Engage in some straightforward supplementation to cover the bases. Lesterol (a combined allicin/plant sterol natural statin) is excellent for stripping out plaque and boosting the immune system. Colloidal (ionised) minerals, Vit C complex, Vit E (with natural tocopherols), ginger and a good omega-3 source like krill oil
Lower your stress levels and adopt a positive, responsible attitude towards life and your place in it. If you have a bad attitude, read The Little Book of Attitudefor a hefty slap around the chops
Learn about this subject and become an expert!
* * * * * * Cholesterol pill warning: scientists raise fears of cancer link to statin used by thousands by Jenny Hope/Daily Mail
A drug used to treat high cholesterol could cause cancer, doctors warned last night. Heart experts called for caution over the use of Inegy, which is taken as a daily pill. At least one leading specialist said he would not take the drug, while others said the jury was still out.
The U.S. has ordered an investigation into Inegy, which combines the widely used statin drug simvastatin with a new medication called ezetimibe.
While statins block cholesterol in the liver, ezetimibe blocks the absorption of cholesterol in the gut.
In Britain, about 300,000 NHS prescriptions have been dispensed for Inegy in the last two years. Other patients use ezetimibe on its own.
NICE, the NHS 'rationing' body, last November approved wider use of ezetimibe for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia, a condition leading to high concentrations of cholesterol in the blood.
Results from a controversial study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine show a higher than expected number of cancer cases reported among patients taking Inegy.
After years of ignoring scientific facts, the UK Daily Mail has now published that a drug commonly prescribed to treat high cholesterol - statins - could cause cancer and the US as now ordered an investigation
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatty substance that is present in blood. Cholesterol is necessary for life. It aids in digestion and acts as a precursor for Vitamin D and certain hormones. It is needed in minute amounts. The body manufactures all of the cholesterol it requires.
Excess cholesterol is absorbed into the arterial walls, in the heart and elsewhere in the body causing the build up of layers of plaque that can ultimately lead to blockages. Heart attacks, strokes, and other serious problems often result.
Not all cholesterol is the same. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-cholesterol) is considered 'bad' since it causes plaque to build up in the arteries. High-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol) is referred to as 'good' cholesterol since it does the opposite, carrying plaque away from the arterial wall to the liver and out of the body.
Drugs like statins, treat the symptom but not the underlying cause - and now they can cause cancer!
Nature offers simple, highly effective ways to treat the underlying cause, including through: food, exercise, de-stressing, Vitamin C complex, optimising vitamin D levels, plant sterols and our old friend garlic (allicin), wrapped up in the impressive product Lesterol.
Good news: you can avoid dying young and badly - educate yourself; start by watching Food Matters
If you'd prefer to die of old age rather than dropping dead of a heart attack, give this a go. For the next month, remove all meats, eggs, milk and fish from your plate and switch to a 100 per cent plant-based, organic diet, the vast majority eaten raw. Within a week you'll notice the difference, we promise.
Death is still the only condition which has a 100 per cent hit rate. There's no escaping it (unless you know something we don't). So you choose: how will you go? Read the full article to learn more.
STOP PRESS: Statins can give you cancer
Bad news in the newspapers (now there's a change); statins can now give you cancer. The hopeless Jenny Hope, writing for the UK Daily Mail, describes the ongoing problems with Inegy, a combination simvastatin/ezetimibe medication. But as usual, that's not the real story, Jenny is.
The real story is that since 1999, Jenny Hope and her newspaper have been repeatedly sent scientifically validated information by Credence so they can advise their readership on how to lower cholesterol levels naturally without the need for such risks, yet they have completely ignored it.
Richer still, these are the same newspapers that, in the week when the pathetically named NICE, the NHS's ‘drug-rationing' body, is being hauled over the coals for not allowing low-income blind people to receive drugs that could restore their sight, Britain's hypocritical media has refused to cover Food Matters, despite being sent dozens of copies of Permacology's award-worthy documentary for impartial review.
How many lives could be saved?
Of course, they are frightened. You see, staying healthy does not require a lot of medicines. None, in fact. Exercise, hydration, real food - most of it uncooked, some straightforward supplementation, and staying away from stress, should make sense to everybody but sadly it doesn't, because no-one's really being told. Even Jamie Oliver's giving up.
And please don't make me laugh about the so-called ‘alternative health sections' in newspapers written by ‘experts' who appear to have received their education more from the Breakfast Cereal Box School of Nutrition than from any learned seat of common sense.
Unsurprisingly, most of those have ignored Food Matters as well. With regard to the real method of reducing cholesterol naturally, you'll be pleased to hear the groundwork's long done and goes something like this.
The sticky stuff
The reason you have high cholesterol is partly because of the dietary cholesterol derived from eating a diet of 30-40% animal-based foods, as well as cream cakes and lollies, and also because you are chronically malnourished through cooking most of your food (vit C- and E-deficient especially) and the collagen in your arteries is weakening.
Your ‘Doctor Within' is therefore hard at work cementing up the breaches in your cardiovascular system with a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) Band-Aid called lipoprotein (a) to stop you popping an artery or having a stroke.
Getting rid of the cholesterol without strengthening the collagen is asking for it. To the degree that you strengthen your arteries with raw plant-based nutrition, however, the LDL dissolves and washes away. Here goes:
Drink 2 - 2.5 litres of clean, unfluoridated water a day
Take half a teaspoon of Himalayan salt per 10 glasses of water, and a few flakes on your tongue at night (let them melt)
Optimise your vitamin D levels (see The Essential Guide to Vitamin D). You can do this by ignoring the sun scare and taking reasonable amounts of sun for your skin-type, or by supplementing 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 a day in countries where the inhabitants are blue. Get a 25 hydroxy D test done by your GP if you are suffering from a chronic illness. You're probably grossly vitamin D-deficient and need optimising
Ensure that 90%-plus of your diet is plant-based and organic, and 60%-plus of every meal is eaten raw (that's raw veggies, seeds, nuts, etc., not meat!). Diet is the single greatest change you can make to save your life. Juice veggies! Repent!
Exercise for 60 minutes a day, no negotiation. 5 minutes stretching your muscles, 10 minutes resistance/weight training, 30 minutes aerobic training with your heart-rate up and 15 minutes cool-down walking. It's no more or less than your ancestors were doing because they were manual labourers who did not have BMWs
Did you know that if you take a brisk 20-minute walk every twelve hours, you activate fat-burning enzymes around the clock? As we age, we need to maintain a sensible aerobic impact on our muscles, nerves and cardiovascular system. So cycling, hill-climbing, stair-climbing, rowing, etc. 10,000 steps a day is a good target. Gyms are good for this. Get serious
I have to tell you to consult a doctor before engaging in any exercise regime, though what good that'll do I haven't the foggiest
Engage in some straightforward supplementation to cover the bases. Lesterol (a combined allicin/plant sterol natural statin) is excellent for stripping out plaque and boosting the immune system (see this week's special at the top of this bulletin). Colloidal (ionised) minerals, Vit C complex, Vit E (with natural tocopherols), ginger and a good omega-3 source like krill oil
Lower your stress levels and adopt a positive, responsible attitude towards life and your place in it. If you have a bad attitude, read The Little Book of Attitude for a hefty slap round the chops
Learn about this subject and become an expert! * * *
Cholesterol pill warning: scientists raise fears of cancer link to statin used by thousands by Jenny Hope/Daily Mail
A drug used to treat high cholesterol could cause cancer, doctors warned last night. Heart experts called for caution over the use of Inegy, which is taken as a daily pill. At least one leading specialist said he would not take the drug, while others said the jury was still out.
The U.S. has ordered an investigation into Inegy, which combines the widely used statin drug simvastatin with a new medication called ezetimibe.
While statins block cholesterol in the liver, ezetimibe blocks the absorption of cholesterol in the gut.
In Britain, about 300,000 NHS prescriptions have been dispensed for Inegy in the last two years. Other patients use ezetimibe on its own.
NICE, the NHS 'rationing' body, last November approved wider use of ezetimibe for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia, a condition leading to high concentrations of cholesterol in the blood.
Results from a controversial study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine show a higher than expected number of cancer cases reported among patients taking Inegy.
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatty substance that is present in blood. Cholesterol is necessary for life. It aids in digestion and acts as a precursor for Vitamin D and certain hormones. It is needed in minute amounts. The body manufactures all of the cholesterol it requires.
Excess cholesterol is absorbed into the arterial walls, in the heart and elsewhere in the body causing the build up of layers of plaque that can ultimately lead to blockages. Heart attacks, strokes, and other serious problems often result.
Not all cholesterol is the same. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-cholesterol) is considered 'bad' since it causes plaque to build up in the arteries. High-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol) is referred to as 'good' cholesterol since it does the opposite, carrying plaque away from the arterial wall to the liver and out of the body.
Be aware that drugs like statins, treat the symptom but not the underlying cause
Nature offers simple, highly effective ways to treat the underlying cause, including through: food, exercise, de-stressing, Vitamin C complex, optimising vitamin D levels, plant sterols and our old friend garlic (allicin), wrapped up in the impressive product Lesterol.
Good news: you can avoid dying young and badly
If you'd prefer to die of old age rather than dropping dead of a heart attack, give this a go. For the next month, remove all meats, eggs, milk and fish from your plate and switch to a 100 per cent plant-based, organic diet, the vast majority eaten raw. Within a week you'll notice the difference, we promise.
Death is still the only condition which has a 100 per cent hit rate. There's no escaping it (unless you know something we don't). So you choose: how will you go? Read the full article to learn more.
In memorium
ROBERT PALMER, the British rock singer, died suddenly of a heart attack aged 54 at the luxury Paris Warwick Hotel on September 25th after a calm night of dinner and a movie. The singer had received a clean bill of health from his doctors in Switzerland just a few weeks earlier.
JIM F FIXX, the famous runner, collapsed aged 52 while out jogging and died of a massive heart attack. Autopsy revealed extensive heart disease with coronary artery blockages of 99%, 80%, and 70%.
JIM CANTALUPO, the 60 year old chairman and CEO of McDonalds, died on April 19th from an apparent heart attack at a McDonald's convention in Orlando, Fla.
LOU COSTELLO, the cherubic half of the 1940s/1950s comedy team of Abbott and Costello, died age 52 of a heart attack.
TOMMY COOPER, the famous British comedian, collapsed from a heart attack in front of millions of television viewers on 15 April 1984, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show Live From Her Majesty's, transmitted live from Her Majesty's Theatre, aged 63.
ERIC MORCAMBE, one half of the British Morcambe and Wise comedy duo, died of a heart attack in 1984 aged 58.
SID JAMES, the famous British comedian, suffered a heart attack on 26 April 1976 aged 61 during the opening night of The Mating Season at the Sunderland Empire Theatre. The technical manager called for the curtain to close and requested a doctor, whilst the audience (unaware of what was happening) laughed, believing the events to be part of the show. James was taken to hospital by ambulance but died an hour later.
LUCILLE BALL, Hollywood actress, died during heart surgery aged 77.
In denial
There is no ‘cure for cholesterol' if the treatment fails to deal with the reasons the condition arose in the first place. Staggering, isn't it, that the major press can report a major recent article on cholesterol ‘reduction' with not one mention of diet. According to the latest, high cholesterol is genetic. As the Duke of Wellington said, "If you believe that, you'll believe anything."
Hundreds of studies show that large amounts of cholesterol are dumped into the cardiovascular system and other organs through excess consumption of animal food products. I know you hate to hear this but it's true. Beef, pork, chicken, lamb, venison, dinosaur, eggs, milk (‘liquid meat'), fish, etc.
The major problem in western cultures has been the rise of animal products from 5% of the total food intake prior to 1900 to around 42% today. This sea change has occurred due to substantial subsidies granted governments to the animal products industries. Today you can buy the 99c burger. If you remove the subsidies, you'd be looking at around $90 a pound for beef.
Diet changes look something like this:
type of food consumed
Prior to 1900
Post 1960
Animal products
5%
42%
Refined foods
0%
51%
Plant-based foods
95%
7%
Animal products 5% 42% Refined foods 0% 51% Plant-based foods 95% 7% Another source of LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol is produced by the body in reaction to the weakening of the collagen structures of arteries and other soft tissue. As some remember from their history lessons, scurvy is the collapse of collagen when chronic vitamin C (and E) deficiency sets in.
It took four centuries, but our medical antecedents have finally concluded it's the food, stupid, which brought in both dietary cholesterol to mash up our arteries while simultaneously denying our bodies the vitamins that replenish the collagen.
Since then, the smart money has been investigating which diet and lifestyle conditions might cause blood Vit C levels to crash in the first place, bringing on the body's production of LDL to glue us up. Their conclusions are hardly news.
Bad diet and dietary fats
The cooking of food which destroys vitamin C and other nutrients
Coffee
Stress
Smoking
Lack of exercise
Vitamin D deficiency
Avoid dying badly - you can
Today, millions pop statins and treat the symptoms without correcting why those symptoms occurred in the first place. Their lifestyles are doing them in but it's considered unPC to tell anyone to GET A LIFE. The mortgage awaits. Polly needs some gym shoes. ‘I'm seventy-four, so what's the point?' A pill's the easy way out. It's not like you have to do anything, is it?
Statins are bad news. Touted by Big Pharma as the miracle cure to dropping dead by the coffee stand at Waitrose, reports of enzyme-crashing, aching muscles and other worrisome side-effects soon began tarnishing the shiny picture painted of statins (see www.mercola.com, search under statins).
I'm often asked about natural alternatives, ‘and yes, I am exercising, Phillip, and down to a pack a day.' Nature fields a veritable arsenal, among the most effective of which are, er, diet changes, exercise, de-stressing, Vit C complex, optimising vitamin D levels, the plant sterols and our old friend garlic (allicin), wrapped up in the impressive product Lesterol.
You'll have to decide about a lifetime of medication but what loss pitching in with some sensible lifestyle changes? And take the mountain bike out of the wash-house while you're about it. Walking is not exercise so far as cardio's concerned. 40 mins a day and get the heart rate up (consult doctor if worried, though what good that'll do, I haven't the foggiest). Stair climbing, hill climbing, biking, rowing, invading foreign countries. It's all good for you. The usual exercise health caveats apply.
Drs John McDougall, Caldwell Esselsteyn, Thomas Lodi, Joel Fuhrmann, Dean Ornish and others routinely report a significant lowering of cholesterol levels in a matter of weeks on a plant-based diet. The best natural statins are food factors.
A daily routine of sensible supplements - minerals, antioxidants, Vit C and essential fats - can be augmented by the latest in antioxidant and natural sterol technology.
Dump the animal products, do three months on a 100% plant-based diet, the vast majority eaten raw (I eat this way all the time - really).
For antioxidants, I like the Neways product, Revenol, packed with curcuminoids. I also recommend Lesterol, the blending of two of Nature's most awesome agents, which came onto the market recently. The biochemist who researched and developed Lesterol fills us in on how Nature prefers to do things naturally....
Cholesterol by Peter Josling
Medical definition
A fat-like material present in the blood and in most tissues. Cholesterol is an important constituent of cell membranes and the precursor to many steroid hormones and bile salts. Western dietary intake of cholesterol is approximately 500-1000mg per day. Cholesterol is synthesised in the body from acetate, mainly in the liver and blood concentration should be between 100-300mg/dL. Elevated levels of cholesterol are associated with atheroma and need to be controlled.
Treatment regimen
Take 2-4 capsules of Lesterol per day. Review your progress after 10-12 weeks and if necessary adjust the dose.
Why beta-sitosterol and stabilised allicin?
Beta-sitosterol is one of hundreds of plant-derived ‘sterol' compounds (including sterols and sterolins) that have structural similarity to the cholesterol made in our bodies. The most prevalent phytosterols in the diet are beta-sitosterol, compesterol and stigmasterol.
Plant oils contain the highest concentration of phytosterols - so nuts and seeds contain fairly high levels and all fruits and vegetables generally contain some amount of phytosterols. Perhaps the best way to obtain beta-sitosterol is to eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds (which obviously brings numerous other benefits as well).
Lesterol is an ideal addition to this healthy regimen and helps:
Immune system support (especially during stress)
Relieve allergies
Reduce cancer risk (prostate, breast, colon)
Anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving activity
Relieve symptoms of enlarge prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH)
Maintain normal cholesterol levels
Stabilised allicin is a unique extract from fresh garlic and has a number of exciting properties. Only recently, decades after allicin was first identified in the laboratory, has it been possible to produce a stabilised form on a commercial scale. A team of chemists and chemical-process engineers have pioneered and patented the unique process of water-based extraction and freeze drying that made this possible.
This milestone achievement has finally made it possible for researchers to explore allicin's potential more fully to confirm the most incredible spectrum of activity, not only against a host of common ailments, including maintaining a healthy cholesterol level, but also against today's most pressing problems - resistant bacteria, virus and fungal infections. Stabilised allicin has also been proven to have a great deal of synergy with other natural extracts leading to increased efficacy.
Beta-sitosterol and stabilised allicin also appear to modulate immune function, inflammation and pain levels through their effects on controlling the production of inflammatory cytokines. This modulation of cytokine production and activity may help control allergies and reduce prostate enlargement.
In terms of immune function, both stabilised allicin and beta-sitosterol have been shown (in humans) to normalize the function of T-helper lymphocytes and natural killer cells following stressful events (such as marathon-running or infection) which normally suppress immune function. In addition to alleviating much of the post-exercise immune suppression that occurs following endurance competitions, beta-sitosterol has also been shown to normalize the ratio of catabolic stress hormones (cortisol) to anabolic (rebuilding) hormones such as DHEA.
In terms of cholesterol control, several human studies have shown that products containing a mixture of phytosterols including beta-sitosterol, compesterol and stigmasterol, consumed for 3-4 weeks, can reduce total and LDL cholesterol concentrations by about 20%. Doses used vary but the general acceptance is that approximately 300mg of sterol complex have been associated with a reduction in total and LDL cholesterol levels of about 5-15% in subjects with elevated cholesterol levels.
Long-term safety studies have not been performed on beta-sitosterol as a dietary supplement - but the compound is so widespread in the diet that it is generally regarded as safe. No significant side-effects or drug interactions have been reported in any of the studies investigating beta-sitosterol or stabilised allicin. Pharmacological testing of stabilised allicin indicates that at least 1,00 capsules could be consumed all in one go and would still show no detrimental effects.
Beta-sitosterol has good evidence of effectiveness in treating BPH and as a cholesterol-lowering supplement, again, the evidence for beta-sitosterol is very good. (Becker M, et al J Pediatrics, 1993). As an immune-enhancer, allicin has much more evidence of effectiveness, but beta-sitosterol appears to be quite beneficial in maintaining immune function during periods of heightened stress (such as exercise recovery). As a cancer-preventive agent, the animal and test-tube data for beta-sitosterol and stabilised allicin is certainly tantalizing but preliminary, and needs further substantiation in humans.
Why is my cholesterol level important?
Although there have been controversial discussions concerning the significance of high cholesterol levels alone for the incidence of arteriosclerosis (hardening of your coronary arteries), several recent studies clearly show that a correlation exists between the concentration of blood lipids and the narrowing of coronary vessels.
Some studies, including the large Framingham study, have revealed a significant correlation between serum cholesterol and the risk for heart disease in both men and women (Castelli, 1988). Furthermore, a major 25-year follow-up study in the United States, Europe and Japan has recently shown that increased serum total cholesterol levels are directly associated with increased coronary heart disease in all cultures (Verschuren et al., 1995).
Cholesterol is a waxy, fatty substance that is present in blood. Cholesterol is necessary for life. It aids in digestion and acts as a precursor for Vitamin D and certain hormones. It is needed in minute amounts. The body manufactures all of the cholesterol it requires.
Excess cholesterol is absorbed into the arterial walls, in the heart and elsewhere in the body causing the build up of layers of plaque that can ultimately lead to blockages. Heart attacks, strokes, and other serious problems often result.
Not all cholesterol is the same. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-cholesterol) is considered 'bad' since it causes plaque to build up in the arteries. High-density lipoprotein (HDL-cholesterol) is referred to as 'good' cholesterol since it does the opposite, carrying plaque away from the arterial wall to the liver and out of the body.
This means that epidemiological investigations (population surveys) and clinical studies have established that an elevated serum LDL-cholesterol is a major contributing factor of coronary heart disease. Furthermore, individuals who have very high total cholesterol levels are generally twice as likely to experience a heart attack or a stroke than individuals with a moderate cholesterol level (American Heart Association, 2003).
Diet and lifestyle are the first things that can be changed to help maintain a healthy cholesterol level.
Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables
Reduce saturated fat consumption
Increase exercise levels
Stop smoking
Moderate your alcohol consumption
Reduce stress levels
Both the plant sterol and stabilised allicin are thought to block the absorption of dietary and biliary cholesterol during the normal digestive process in the small intestine. Allicin is also capable of preventing the deposit of bad cholesterol (LDL) into your main arteries by preventing oxidation of naturally produced cholesterol.
Treatment regimen
Entirely natural extracts like allicin can take a little longer to work than pharmaceutical drugs because they offer a cascade of benefits to the whole body. So it is important to persevere with a natural extract for at least 3 months before you assess its effectiveness.
Many other benefits to your immune, digestive and cardiovascular systems are possible as well as helping to maintain a healthy cholesterol level. Because naturally derived agents provide a convenient, lactose- and fat-free way to supplement a healthy diet at any mealtime with the amounts of beta-sitosterol and stabilised allicin research indicates could be helpful, these are suitable for everyone including vegetarians, people with diabetes, those following a lactose-free or gluten-free diet, and women who are pregnant.
Take 1 to 4 capsules of allicin plus beta-sitosterol every day.
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