Red Yeast Rice - Natural Cure For Your Heart Disease
RED
YEAST RICE
Red Yeast
Rice is a unique natural product native to China that's been
used in Asian traditional medical systems since approximately
800 A.D. It is produced by the fermentation of red yeast
Monascus purpureus with white rice. First reportedly used, over
2800 years ago in China as a food preservative and food coloring
agent. The earliest accounts of the recipe to make Red Yeast
Rice date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Even at that
time, Red
Yeast Rice was reported to improve blood circulation. Red Yeast
Rice Extract is carefully produced to avoid the presence of
citrinin, a sometimes toxic by-product of the fermentation
process. This product is further enhanced with the addition of
CoQ10 to support healthy cardiovascular and immune system
function, Milk Thistle Extract to support healthy liver
function, and Alpha Lipoic Acid to provide antioxidant support.
Red Yeast
Rice has been used in Chinese cuisine and as a medicinal
food to promote blood circulation for centuries. In Asian
countries, Red Yeast
Rice is a dietary staple and is used to make rice wine, as a
flavoring agent, and to preserve the flavor and color of fish
and meat. Red Yeast
Rice forms naturally occurring hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA
reductase (HMG-CoA reductase) inhibitors known as monacolins.
The medicinal properties of red yeast rice favorably impact
lipid profiles of hypercholesterolemic patients.Red Yeast
Rice has been revered for its health-enhancing properties
for over two thousand years. Red Yeast
Rice plays an important role in promoting a healthy
cardiovascular system by improving blood circulation and
reducing clotting.
Red Yeast
Rice, as sold in a supplement form, is primarily made of
rice starch, protein, and fiber . Its active ingredient,
however, is a mixture of statins that are natural byproducts of
the fungus Monascus purpureus. These statins include Monacolin
K, Monacolin K (hydroxy-acid form), dihydromonocolin, and
Monocolin I through VI. Monacolin K is also known as mevinolin
and lovastatin, while the remaining statins are closely related
to lovastatin. Other ingredients of Red Yeast
Rice include stigmasterol, Beta-sitosterol, camposterol,
sapogenin, isoflavones and monounsaturated fats. Red Yeast
Rice also contains several compounds collectively known as
Monacolins, substances known to inhibit cholesterol synthesis.
One of these, "Monacolin K" is a potent inhibitor of HMG-CoA
reductase.In addition to natural pigments such as monascorubin
and monascin, Red Yeast
Rice contains starch, fatty acids, phytosterol, isoflavones
and monacolins. Monacolins possess hydroxymethyglutaryl coenzyme
A (HMG-CoA) reductase-inhibitory activity. HMG-CoA reductase
inhibitors are commonly known as statins. The first statin
introduced in the U.S., for use as a cholesterol lowering agent,
was lovastatin. Lovastatin was originally derived from Monascus
ruber, and was first called monacolin K. Monacolin K is a
lactone which is converted in the body to the active form of the
statin, the corresponding beta-hydroxy acid of Monacolin K
(lovastastin, mevinolin).
BENEFITS OF RED YEAST
RICE
Red Yeast
Rice extract has a number of heart-healthy benefits: It
seems to help reduce total cholesterol levels, lower levels of
LDL termed as "bad" cholesterol, increase levels of HDL termed
as "good" cholesterol, and lower levels of unhealthy fats called
triglycerides. It appears to accomplish this by restricting the
liver's production of cholesterol. The compound responsible for
this effect is mevinolin. Unsaturated fatty acids in Red Yeast
Rice extract are also believed to be beneficial, possibly by
lowering triglycerides. Hence the action by the FDA. Mevinolin
is also similar to the active ingredients in other cholesterol
medications such as Zocor (simvastatin) and
Lipitoratorvastatin.
Red Yeast
Rice main active ingredient, Lovastatin has been extensively
researched, the results of which lend credible support for the
efficacy of Red Yeast
Rice in maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system. Red
yeast has been proven effective in a number of clinical trials
at promoting healthy cholesterol levels in subjects with total
serum cholesterol greater than 200 mg/dl. and triglyceride
levels greater than 200 mg/dl. Red Yeast
Rice has been proven as effective as pharmaceutical statin
drugs but at about one-fifth the cost, and is available without
a prescription
USES OF RED YEAST
RICE
Red Yeast
Rice extract helps to prevent heart disease and some of its
complications.
Red Yeast
Rice have favorable effects on lipids.
Red Yeast
Rice helps in lowering cholesterol and triglycerides.
Red Yeast
Rice has been used as a traditional medicine to promote
circulation and heart health, but also used as a food flavoring
agent.
Red Yeast
Rice helps to prevent atherosclerosis - a condition that can
lead to the "silent killer"-coronary heart disease
Red Yeast
Rice helps to improve circulation by its cholesterol
regulating action.
Red Yeast
Rice may be used with niacin for even better reductions in
LDL cholesterol levels.
Red Yeast
Rice use to treat abdominal pain due to stagnant blood by
Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
EFFECTS OF RED YEAST
RICE
Effects of Red Yeast
Rice includes Mild headache and abdominal discomfort can
occur.
Red Yeast
Rice extract effects tend to be mild and resolve quickly
once you stop taking it. These include headache, dizziness,
heartburn, gas, and digestive tract discomfort.
If you choose to incorporate Red Yeast
Rice into your cholesterol-lowering program, it is very
important to remember that you are taking a substance that acts
identically in the body to the prescription statin drugs.
Red Yeast
Rice can cause the side effects including mild
gastrointestinal upset and possible changes in liver enzymes, or
a muscle condition
Research studies have shown Red Yeast
Rice to be remarkably safe, but you should not use it if you
are also taking a prescription statin
Heartburn gas, bloating, muscle pain or damage, dizziness,
asthma, and kidney problems are possible. People with liver
disease should not use Red Yeast
Rice.
Adverse reactions included flatulence, heartburn & anaphylaxis
resulting from inhalation of Red Yeast
Rice
Red
Yeast Rice
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