Cholester-Right is a 100% vegan Food supplement intended to nutritionally support the body in balancing healthy cholesterol levels. Cholester-Right contains some Foods which can be a better alternative than some fish oil supplements.

What about drugs?

Here is one view on cholesterol lowering statin drugs from a medical doctor: “The statin drugs’ claim to fame is that they lower cholesterol. But what is the true risk of high cholesterol? The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT), one of the most definitive studies on risk factors for heart disease, showed that elevated cholesterol (along with high blood pressure and smoking) increased risk of heart attack and death from cardiovascular disease. Individuals with cholesterol levels of 275 or higher had a greater risk of death (1.3 percent) than those with levels of 150 or less (.3 percent). What this really means is that for every 100 people in each group, one more person in the high-cholesterol group would die from heart disease than the low-cholesterol group…To save ten people in the high-cholesterol group compared to the low cholesterol group, you would have to treat 1,000 people with drugs with known toxic side effects that increase death from other causes. Is this good medicine? No, it’s insanity…These drugs may reduce numbers of death from heart attack and other cardiovascular events, but the risk of death from other causes goes up, canceling out any survival benefit… Statins have also been linked to increased risk of kidney disease, immune system suppression, memory loss, and cancer ” [1].

Another medical doctor has written, “Cholesterol is one type of body fat. The enzyme in the liver that makes sugar into cholesterol turns up its activity when insulin levels rise. Insulin levels rise following carbohydrate meals or excess mental stress (among other promoters)…Statin drugs work, in part, because they poison this liver enzyme’s ability to listen to the insulin message. The trouble with poisons concerns their inevitable side effect and toxicities” [2].

Cholester-Right is not a drug, it is a 100% vegan supplement containing the following Foods:

Apple Pectin Malus domestica, “Numerous studies have demonstrated that pectin has favorable effects on lipids” [3].

Brown Kelp is a Food source of trace minerals, and an excellent source of iodine [4]. Kelp has long been used (since 3000 B.C.) to provide nutritional support for the thyroid gland [5-7].

Citrus Bioflavonoids Citrus sinensis the full complement of bioflavonoids that nature provides. Unlike some ascorbic acid formulas which may contain some of them, citrus contains the full variety of truly organic bioflavonoids including flavanone glycosides, naringin, neorioctrin, neohesperidin, hesperiden, flavone glycosides, rhoifolin, luteolin, neodiosnin, flavon aglycones, tetra-o-methylisoscutellaren, sinensetin, isosinensetin, tangeritin, nobiletin, 5-0-desmethylnobiletin. Certain bioflavonoids are believed to have “positive lipid effects” in maintaining proper levels [3].

Chirayata Leaf Andrographic paniculata helps support a healthy liver [8-9]. Furthermore, Andrographic paniculata (APN), "The effects of APN are evidently superior to those of FO” [9] (fish oil).

Garlic Bulb Allium sativa has long been advised for maintaining healthy lipid levels [10].

Ginger Root Zingiber officinalis has been found to help maintain healthy lipid levels [10].

Guar gum seed is extracted from locust beans. It can help maintain healthy lipid levels [10].

Guggul Gum Commiphora mukul is a type of myrrh extract. Guggulipid can help maintain healthy cholesterol, serum triglycerides, serum phospholipids and betalipids levels [3]. The guggul gum in Cholester-Right contains 2.5% guggulsterones, which appears to be the proper level for many of its benefits.

Hawthorn Berry can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels [12].

Oat Beta-Glucan Fiber Avena sativa can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels ” [3].

Policosanol can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels [3]. The policosanol in Cholester-Right comes from two sources: rice bran and sugar cane.

Pomegranates can help maintain healthy cholesterol levels [13].

Rice bran is a Food source of B vitamins [3]. It is also a source of about ½ of the policosanol in Cholester-Right.

Turmeric Root Curcuma domestica is indigenous to India. Turmeric can help maintain healthy lipid levels [10].

Vitamin C has long been used for maintaining healthy cholesterol and other lipid levels [3]. Cholester-Right contains Food vitamin C.

For maintaiing healthy cholesterol levels, Cholester-Right is a great choice for those interested in 100% Food support.

Unlike many so-called “natural” formulas, Cholester-Right is only comprised of foods or food extracts, contains no synthetic USP nutrients or isolated mineral salts, but only contains foods, food complexes, and food concentrates.  Food nutrients are better because they contain important enzymes, peptides, and phyonutrients CRITICAL to the UTLIZATION of vitamins and minerals which are not present in isolated USP nutrients.  Published research has specifically concluded that food vitamins are superior to synthetic/USP vitamins.

Suggested use: 1-4 tablets per day or as recommended by your health care professional.  Adjust usage according to nutritional lifestyle requirements.

No Synthetic Nutrients * No Dairy * No Preservatives

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References

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[3] Sheldon S, Rorvik D, eds. PDR for Nutritional Supplements. Medical Economics, Montvale (NJ), 2001

[4] Seaweed, kelp, raw. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 11-1, August 1997

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[6] Null G. The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing. Kensington Books, 1998

[7] Thiel R.J. Nutritional interventions for the thyroid. ANMA Monitor, 2000;4(1):6-14

[8] Zhang XF, Tan BK. Anti-diabetic property of ethanolic extract of Andrographis paniculata in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2000;21(12):1157-1164

[9] Wang DW, Zhao HY. Prevention of atherosclerotic arterial stenosis and restenosis after angioplasty with Andrographis paniculata nees and fish oil. Experimental studies of effects and mechanisms. Chin Med J (Engl). 1994;107(6):464-470

[10] Gruenwald J, Brendler T, Jaenicke C, eds. PDR for Herbal Medicine, 3rd ed. Thompson PDR, Montvale (NJ), 2004

[11] Trinick TR, Laker MF, Johnston DG, Keir M, Buchanan KD, Alberti KG. Effect of guar on second-meal glucose tolerance in normal man. Clin Sci (Lond). 1986;71(1):49-55

[12] Balch JF, Blach PA. Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 2 nd ed. Avery Publishing Group, Garden City Park (NY), 1997

[13] Fuhrman B, Volkova N, Aviram M. Pomegranate juice inhibits oxidized LDL uptake and cholesterol biosynthesis in macrophages. J Nutr Biochem. 2005;16(9):570-576