POLICOSANOL-Is Reducing Cholesterol Naturally.

From the land of the sweet rhythms of salsa dancing, Mother Nature has graciously delivered another natural way to reducing ldl cholesterol, and at the same time raise the good hdl cholesterol.

Informed readers are becoming increasingly aware that the primary cause of heart disease is not, repeating, is not cholesterol. However, cholesterol must be attended to in any natural and effective effort to prevent or reverse heart disease. You may have read it here first that the primary cause of heart disease is HOMOCYSTEINE levels.

There is now a constant stream of reports of increasing deaths and big health problems from the use of medical statin drugs in trying to lower bad cholesterol. That should not be surprising to any informed reader and it is now even predictable every single time, that such problems result, from the use of such drugs . Do remember that the very well known first physician Hippocrates. around 460BC, insisted that let natural foods be your medicine. There is a slowly increasing number of physicians who are becoming aware that proper natural nutrition is the key to good health.

You wiil be very delighted to know that a team of dedicated clinical researchers have  found that a natural extract of the sugar-cane plant can dramatically reduce bad cholesterol levels. The extract is drawn from the tropical sugar-cane plant that also produces both the unprocessed and the processed table sugar. These Cuban scientists have found that Policosanol does not affect blood sugar levels  when ingested and indeed reduces cholesterol without any dangerous side-effects associated with the use of statin drugs.

The artificial and problematic statin drugs lower bad cholesterol by limiting cholesterol production in the liver, and also produce bad side effects such as constant heartburn to potentially fatal cases of muscle breakdown. This widely prescribed class of drugs includes the brand names of Lipitor, Lescol, Zocor, Mevacor, Pravachol, Prevastatin and Baycol which was recalled after being linked to many deaths.

In clinical research studies that compared both Policosanol and statin drugs, Policosanol beat statin drugs therapies hands down. For instance, Cuban clinical scientists compared the effects of policosanol to pravastatin on patients who had elevated bad cholesterol levels, and were considered to be at high risk for coronary disease.  Patients took 10mg of either policosanol or pravastatin with their dinners for eight weeks.

The group taking statin drugs saw their ldl levels fall by 15.6 percent and their total cholesterol by 11.8 percent

But those taking Policosanol exceeded those numbers and dropped their ldl levels by 19.3 percent and their total cholesterol by 13.9 percent.

Now carefully check this out(i.e.take note), the good HDL levels of the statin test subjects remained the same, while the Policosanol group HDL levels increased by 15.7 percent.  Because the good HDL cholesterol assists in the removal of fat from your arterial walls, an increase in your hdl levels is obviously very beneficial.

Thousands of people needlessly struggle with cholesterol problems, and the chances of developing bad high cholesterol increase the more we get away from mother nature and her simple laws of good and proper nutrition.  Also as we grow older, our hormone levels drop, making it easier  for cholesterol levels to rise in our bodies. Once again, mother Nature has proven that policosanol is a safe method of reducing and regulating ldl.

In a clinical trial involving 244 post-menopausal women with high cholesterol, researchers first attempted to bring down elevated lipid levels through six weeks of a standard lipid-lowering diet. When this proved unsuccessful, they gave the women 5mg of policosanol daily for 12 weeks. The clinical researchers found that the policosanol supplement was very effective in significantly lowering the bad LDL levels by 25.2 percent and total cholesterol by 16.7 percent

In addition, the women experienced a 29.3 percent increase in the good HDL levels

Dear reader, here is a free gift to your good health.