Lower Cholesterol Naturally And Avoid The Dangers Of Statin Drugs
Is it possible to lower cholesterol naturally
? In this modern world this turns out to be a very important question. Normally folks with high LDL (bad cholesterol) and low HDL (good cholesterol) -- windup taking cholesterol reducing drugs called 'Statins'. Which do a marvelous job of lowering cholesterol -- unfortunately -- they lower all the cholesterol -- the good, the bad and usually do very little to reduce high triglyceride levels.
Statin drugs have be shown to have side effects. Like causing moderate muscle pain -- manly because Statins reduce Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is one of the most important enzymes in your body. It exists in ever cell and is absolutely essential to help with muscle function. Your heart is all muscle and needs CoQ10 to function properly.
Many times when Physicians prescribe Statins they are unaware of this particular side effect. So there is a very real possibility -- taking a statin could be dangerous.
CAVEAT -- NEVER STOP TAKING YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION without consulting your doctor!!
But can you lower cholesterol naturally?
There are nutrients that are proven to naturally lower cholesterol. Things like:
Policosanol -- an extract from sugar cane -- in a double blind study -- lowered LDL (Bad cholesterol) raised HDL (good cholesterol) and lowered triglyceride levels more than Mevacor (lovastatin). And did so without raising blood sugar at a much lower cost.
Compared to Zocor (simvastatin) policosanol balanced the cholesterol equally as well but also reduced high triglyceride levels.
Against Pravachol (pravastatin) again it showed marked superiority to the drug in balancing cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Lecithin oil -- has been shown to contain nutrients that increase the HDL and slow absorption of cholesterol from foods especially meat.
Pumpkin seed oil -- contains what is known as 'essential fatty acids' which enhances the effect of Policosanol.
D-limonene -- extracted from orange peel lowers cholesterol levels and is used to dissolve gallstones which are comprised of cholesterol.
Phytosterols -- reduce cholesterol absorption by your body.
As you can see there are a bunch of terrific alternatives available to not 'just lower your cholesterol, but balance it' -- because your body needs a certain amount of cholesterol to function properly.
So to the question -- can you lower cholesterol naturally? The answer is an emphatic 'Yes'
Sometimes eating the proper diet on a daily basis to provide these nutrients and perfect the cholesterol reducing diet is next to impossible.
There are supplements available that contain all these nutrients and that will lower cholesterol naturally and balance triglyceride levels.