Nature’s Health Shoppe Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 90 caps

Description

PROPERTIES:
Cholesterol/Triglyceride Reduction, Antioxidant
INDICATIONS:
Red Yeast Rice is produced by fermenting yeast (Monascus purpureus) over rice.
It has a long history of use in Chinese medicine to lower cholesterol, improve blood
circulation, and help digestion. Studies report that Red Yeast Rice can lower low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol, and triglycerides by inhibiting
the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which helps the body make cholesterol. Red
Yeast Rice contains similar compounds (monacolins) as those contained in statin
medications (pharmaceuticals used to lower cholesterol). The difference is that
statins are synthetically manufactured drugs, whereas the compounds found in Red
Yeast Rice are naturally occurring. Researchers are uncertain as to whether Red
Yeast Rice is effective because of its natural statin-like compounds or if it is other
constituents in it, such as sterols, isoflavones, and monounsaturated fatty acids,
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that are responsible.
Many Red Yeast Rice products are low quality and may contain citrinin, a contaminate
that can cause kidney failure and genetic damage to cells. Citrin is formed when
Red Yeast Rice is not fermented properly. In addition, much of the Red Yeast Rice
on the market, especially imported Red Yeast Rice, is processed with heat, which
diminishes its activity. Vitality Works uses a high quality Organic Red Yeast Rice
produced in the United States that is cold-processed in order to maintain purity,
potency, safety, and a high activity level. Every batch is tested to insure no citrinin
is present and monacolins are consistent as a natural product.
Because Red Yeast Rice is a natural type of statin and inhibits the enzyme in the
body that is needed to make cholesterol, like statins drugs, it blocks the body’s
ability to produce Coenzyme Q-10 (Co-Q10). If one is taking statin drugs or Red
Yeast Rice, Co-Q10 should also be taken to avoid depletion. Co-Q10 is required for
the production of energy within every cell of our body and is critical for the health
of all tissues and organs. It acts as a catalyst to the electron transport chain in the
mitochondria of our cells where ATP (adenosine triphosphate) energy is produced.
Co-Q10 is especially important for the health of the heart due to the organ’s high energy demands. It can benefit anyone experiencing cardiovascular problems such
as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, angina, arrhythmias or congestive heart
failure. Co-Q10 improves overall heart function by enhancing energy production,
inhibiting blood clot formation, improving the heart’s pumping action, and preventing
the oxidation of LDL (bad cholesterol).