Does any body know of Alternative remedies for high cholesterol? I really don’t want to have to take Lipitor
I am a firm believer in natural remedies. I have heard a lot of terrible things about lipitor like muscle problems ect. I need to lower my cholesterol but don’t want to hurt my body to do it.
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I have been taking lipitor and other sister medications for years, when diet and exercise did not help enough. Now I also take Niaspan. The hurt to my body has been nil. Better to take these drugs than the alternative.
Try diet and exercise first, but if they are ineffective, take the meds without hesitation.
to clear up cholesterol: Vitamin E, Pumpkin seed oil, Flax seed oils, Omega oils (3,6 and whatever else is available), Ginko Bilboa, Cayenne pepper herb (capsium), Gota Kola, L-Argine.
Well, the best way to lower your cholesterol is to change your diet and to eat high fiber foods that will allow you to have several bowel movements a day to remove the cholesterol.
That said, if you can’t lower your cholesterol with diet, exercise, and fiber, then you will be damaging your body by NOT taking the lipitor.
I have taken Lipitor for approximately four years and have had no ill effects. I also like natural remedies; but, there are instances when those do not work. I had a friend who was taking garlic as a home remedy and she had a brain aneurysm and died suddenly. So, do we take the chance or not? Excellent luck on whatever choice you make.
There are several supplements and herbs that are very beneficial for Cholesterol health, and Lemar hit on a couple of them (although a couple of his mentions don’t help directly with Cholesterol). You’ve made a excellent choice to avoid the Cholesterol drugs… there are too many potential side effects to worry about (I can tell you more about that if you’d like).
Some of the most beneficial natural products for Cholesterol health are Red Yeast Rice, Policosanol, Beta Sitosterol, Omega 3 and 9 Fatty Acids (typically in Fish Oil, Flax Oil, and Olive Oil), Guggul, Niacin, Lecithin, Garlic, PhosphatidylCholine, and any excellent soluble fiber. Each of those help with different aspects of Cholesterol health, so you may need a variety of them… try one or two of them out. Aside from that, there’s always the standard plot of diet and exercise, but that’s normally just increasing soluble fiber (veggies, fruits, grains, etc) and decreasing terrible foods (some sugars, certain fatty foods, etc). Excellent luck!
Triglycerides are a form of stout in the bloodstream. People with high triglycerides often have a high total cholesterol, a high LDL (terrible) cholesterol and a low HDL (excellent) cholesterol level.
Fortunately, elevated triglycerides is one of the simplest problems to right with the appropriate diet. Simple restriction of all sugars and grains.
Sugars and grains and require insulin secretion, which is a potent stimulus to the liver to produce triglycerides, and sugars and grains must be reduced if you are looking to lower your triglycerides.
“You’ve made a excellent choice to avoid the Cholesterol drugs… there are too many potential side effects to worry about”
first thing on his list- red yeast rice, which does work well for a natural remedy because it naturally contains lovastatin (aka Mevacor, a sister drug to Lipitor)
LMAO!
statins are pretty safe in general, the muscle thing (rhabdomyolysis) only occurs in 1 per a few hundred people and if you get the signs like muscle aches, dark urine, etc. and stop the drug straight away chances are it wont do any serious hurt, its mostly the people that ignore the signs for months and months that end up with major kidney/liver hurt. some natural meds and better diet/excercise can get you down to goal if youre just a small high but if you need to drop it more than 25% or so youll probably have to use a drug to get to goal.
AS stated decrease of carbohydrates. Low carb diet. Get DR Atkin’s book.
There are many things one can do naturally to lower their cholesterol- the most effective and healthiest of which are a vegetarian diet, regular exercise, and supplements of niacin and Vitamin C. It is also vital to consume plenty of fiber (fruits, vegetables and whole grains- not pills or powders!) and fresh juices. Carrot juice has been seen to be very effective at lowering cholesterol.
Garlic and a excellent fish oil will do as much as Lipitor or other man made drugs. Eat lots of excellent fiber like gluco manen as well.
Those who don’t believe in God’s medicine, What on earth are you doing in the Alternative Medicine category anyway. ??
I have lowered my cholesterol from 200 to 175 through upping the fiber (as noted–it’s the fiber that helps, not reducing cholesterol-lowering foods). The fiber moves along in the system and more cholesterol is not absorbed. Also, long cook oatmeal and beans really helps to lower the TC. I also use Omega 3 oil and turmeric (both excellent for many things). BTW red yeast rice is the natural form of what is in Lipitor. You get a much lower dose, but it IS a statin.
try fish oil pills that’s what my doctor told me. also eat oatmeal for breakfast 2-3 times a week that is proven to lower it.
Diseases associated with high cholesterol (and fats) are the number one killer. Fats also play a key role in the incidence of cancers and many other degenerative diseases. Cholesterol exists only in animal tissues, therefore, one’s diet is an vital first step in its control. For some people, but, limiting stout and cholesterol intake alone is not enough to reduce serum cholesterol to safe levels because of their own liver’s production of excess cholesterol. The use of supplements to augment dietary modification can help reduce cholesterol without the side effects of many drugs.
The effectiveness of any cholesterol-reduction therapy varies considerably between individuals. The nutrients we recommend have not only been shown to lower cholesterol, but also protect against cardiovascular disease by other mechanisms such as inhibition of cholesterol-oxidizing free radicals and abnormal blood clots inside arteries (thrombosis).
The following nutritional supplements offer synergistic benefits to help dietary modification to reduce total serum cholesterol and elevate HDL cholesterol:
Policosanol, take one tablet twice per day with meals: one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Or Sytrinol, one capsule twice daily. Note:Do not take if it causes your cholesterol to drop below 180 mg/dL
Fiber, 4 to 6 grams before any high-stout meal.
Chitosan, three to six 500-mg chitosan capsules and one 1000 mg ascorbic acid capsule right before a high-stout meal.
Niacin, 1500 to 3000 mg a day (if tolerable). Consider flush-free niacin (inositol hexanicotinate) to avoid a “red face.”
Artichoke extract, 300 mg, 3 times a day.
Garlic, 600 to 48000 mg a day.
Curcumin, 900 to 1800 mg a day.
Gugulipid, 140 mg 1 to 2 times a day.
Green tea, 750 mg a day of green tea, 93% polyphenol extract.
Perilla oil, 6000 mg a day. We suggest taking six 1000-mg gel caps daily. If triglycerides are high, consider taking 4-8 softgels of fish oil (EPA/DHA).
Vitamin E, 400 to 800 IU daily
Soy protein extract, 2 heaping teaspoons (5 to 6 grams) of soy powder daily. Soy powder can be easily dispersed and has a light peanut butter taste. For those who want to avoid powders, consider taking one-five capsules of the Ultra Soy Extract (40% isoflavones) daily.
Selenium, 200 to 600 mcg daily.
Herbal Cardiovascular Formula, two-six capsules daily with food in divided doses.
Link to full protocol below.
Excellent Luck!!!
Natural remedies include oats, fish oil, garlic oil and many others that you can find in a web search for “high cholesterol” + “natural remedies”.
Each natural remedy helps a bit and you may have to take several.
I had about 5 different prescriptions for high cholesterol and they all had terrible side effects.I now take fish oil three times a day in addition to exercise and change of diet.The Doctor also recommended niacin which did not work
Cholesterol does not cause heart disease. Inflammation causes hurt to the artery wall and cholesterol is used to repair the hurt. Lipoprotein particles, like HDL and LDL are essential to a healthy body. But, diet can influence the size and density of LDL particles in the body. Diets high in refined carbohydrates in some people can cause increases in small, dense LDL particles (and triglycerides). Small, dense LDL particles are not used effectively by the body, so they tend to last much longer in the blood. They are also much more easily oxidizable. Oxidized, small, dense LDL particles do enter the artery walls and cause hurt.
Statins do lower LDL levels, but they do not have a huge effect on small, dense LDL particles. Niacin improves the size and functionality of HDL and LDL particles, as well as lowering triglycerides. Sustained-release can cause liver hurt but the incidence of adverse effects on the liver for immediate-release is much, much lower.
The side effect profile for statins has been grossly underestimated. Most people don’t realize that when a drug company tests a new statin, they pre-test a large number of people first. All those that suffer an adverse reaction are eliminated at that point. The clinical studies are then performed on those who didn’t suffer a reaction in the “pre-test”.
Reducing cholesterol intake is one way to lower cholesterol. A better way is to reduce the intake of refined carbohydrates. Comsumption of refined carbohydrates increases the release of insulin into the blood, which leads to increased cholesterol synthesis in the liver and cells of the body. Also, when cholesterol intake is reduced, either by eating less or impairing the absorption, the body simply manufactures more. Studies performed on people strictly following a low carbohydrate eating plot demonstrate the although cholesterol intake can be much higher, the resulting serum cholesterol is often lower.