"Red Yeast Rice for Hypercholesterolemia"

[José]

3,000 people die each year taking aspirin

[RapAdmin]

@ng0rge

I’ll never get over how many people here treat “natural” like it was some kind of swear word.

for all practical purposes “natural” is just a marketing term that companies use to appeal to people who have positive connotations around “nature” (and yes, most people probably do). Its a marketing strategy, nothing more (in my view).

Supplements or pharmaceuticals… they are all just chemicals. Some go through more rigorous testing and quality control than others.

[AnUser]

Big Pharma gotta sell to the hippie crowd somehow, especially astrology or tarot girls. Yes, big pharma is in the supplement industry too.

Trust in the universe to pick the right supplements, just like you pick stocks.

Some investors may ask their brokers for trading advice. Young people are consulting the stars and sky.

Stefaniya Nova, who goes by @blonderichwitch on TikTok, is a 25-year-old living in New York City using astrology, tarot, and “intuition” to guide her day trading.

“After scanning the market from 8:30 a.m. till 9 a.m. and picking the stock I’ll be trading that day—today it was Amazon—I do a single card pull to confirm my decision or get guidance,” she says in one video. “Today I pulled the Ace of Cups, which represents abundance; this gave me the needed assurance to trust in my strategy.”

Gen Z loves astrology and tarot. Now the stock-obsessed generation is using...

It’s funny because I feel the magic.

I just have to keep myself grounded.

[KarlT]

I can’t tell from most of these post whether you’re for or against Red yeast rice. lol.

I just don’t understand given the decision between a known quantity of fairly pure statin, or an unknown quantity of possibly contaminated statin, why someone picks the latter?

That citrinin sound especially nasty.

[José]

@KarlT

…“citrinin sound especially nasty.”…

Have you ever purchased RYR?

Like purchasing any other compound you preformed due diligence°.

Attached is a photo of part of label of one of the products I purchase and use.

Review the label.

° Due diligence is a process or effort to collect and analyze information before making a decision.

[José]

An updated version of the above paper was published in;

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volume 77, Issue 5, 9 February 2021, Pages 620-628

Titled;

Red Yeast Rice for Hypercholesterolemia - JACC Focus Seminar

Authors

Arrigo F G Cicero ¹ is the Point of Contact for this paper, email
arrigo.cicero@unibo.it.

Federica Fogacci ²

Alberto Zambon ³

Affiliations

• 1 Department of Medicine and Surgery Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  email address: arrigo.cicero@unibo.it.

• 2 Department of Medicine and Surgery Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

• 3 Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Attached is a PDF copy.

Red Yeast Rice for Hypercholesterolemia - JACC Focus Seminar.pdf (475.2 KB)

From the paper;

[DeStrider]

The substance in red yeast rice that lowers cholesterol is an FDA-regulated substance. Therefore all red yeast rice produced or sold in the USA, including NOW (pictured above) need to remove the statin-related substance in order to be legally sold in the US.

Any red yeast rice produced or sold in the USA is either:

1. Impotent as the beneficial statin-like chemical has been removed.
   OR
2. Being illegally sold.

Neither sounds like something I would trust to use on myself.

Red yeast rice products that have considerable amounts of monacolin K may effectively lower blood cholesterol levels, blood glucose levels, and blood pressure. They may also reduce the risk of heart problems and death in people with metabolic syndrome. (Metabolic syndrome, also called insulin resistance syndrome, is a group of conditions that raise the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.) But, because of the levels of monacolin K, these products are considered by the FDA to be unapproved new drugs and are not sold legally in the United States.

Red Yeast Rice

Just take a statin if you want a statin.

[José]

Call the police…DEA and ATF{making wine]

Making your own Red Yeast Rice and RYR wine…

Red yeast rice (hong qu)

[AnUser]

@DeStrider

red yeast rice produced or sold in the USA, including NOW (pictured above) need to remove the statin-related substance in order to be legally sold in the US.

I don’t think that’s the case, it’s only if you market the amount of lovastatin or add it in.

If someone doesn’t want to take any prescription drugs beberbine can be quite good but dirty, there’s also a bunch of other supplements to lower LDL cholesterol.

My apoB was around 55 mg/dl just using 500 mg berberine, eating canola oil, and sometimes some oyster mushrooms (which have lovastatin). Could maybe combine with garlic and other supplements, even RYR, for an ultimate supplement combo to lower cholesterol. Could use cold-pressed canola oil and reduce saturated fat as much as possible. It will work like magic.

[KarlT]

@Joseph

Review the label.

The label doesn’t say anything about statin content?

[José]

The label was to address your citrinin comment.

FWIW “statin content” of RYR is well known in the biological/medical field.

Example review the paper posted above;

Titled;

Red Yeast Rice for Hypercholesterolemia - JACC Focus Seminar

Paper discuss “statin content” per mg of RYR

Add this at 11:23am…

Here a quick search!

“A typical daily dose of 1200–2400 mg of red yeast rice (RYR) supplements is thought to contain around 5–10 mg of lovastatin”

Quick we have Lobby to get a US Presidential Executive Order to Prohibiting the Sale of Peking Duck.

[Virilius]

Then why not just take a regulated statin in the first place?

[José]

Paraphrasing from the end of a Dr Paul Mason / presentation.

Dr Akira Endō {the father of statins]

In 2004 he{Akira] was found to have elevated LDL levels. His doctor not knowing who he was recommended he take a statin.

Akira declined, now when questioned by journalist Peter Landers as to why, Akira replied cryptically with a Japanese proverb; “The Indigo Dyer wearers white trousers.”

Publicly acknowledges the toxic and corrosive impact of the chemicals used in the indigo dyeing process, historical has included formaldehyde and cyanide.

Only he{Akira] can know whether he believes statins can be as dangerous.

[Virilius]

That sounds like made up bs.

[José]

[AnUser]

Yes, the truth that Akira Endo was taking a statin in 2011, which the 2022 video from Paul Mason didn’t mention.

And that he didn’t take a statin initially because he believed he could lower his moderately elevated cholesterol with exercise.

In a twist worthy of O. Henry, the man who discovered the first statin learned during a medical checkup in 2000 that his own LDL was rising. “Don’t worry,” the doctor told Endo, “I know some very good drugs to lower your cholesterol.” But here’s the real twist: Endo refused the statin prescription. His LDL was only modestly elevated, so Endo decided to try bringing his cholesterol under control by exercising more. Eventually, though, Endo chose to take his own medicine. “The exercise did not work well,” he wrote in an e-mail. “I am now taking a statin. However, I shouldn’t specify which one.”

Questioning Statins

Paul Mason is correct that only Akira knows whether he believes statins can be as dangerous, if it was even that what he meant.

I think we know the answer to that.

[Virilius]

Thanks @AnUser !
So as it turns out @Joseph, your definition of “truth” is not the commonly accepted one.

[KarlT]

@Joseph

Only he{Akira] can know whether he believes statins can be as dangerous.

I’m just not understanding your point here. Are you saying statins are dangerous?

[ng0rge]

Holy Cow! Who knew that a thread on “Red Yeast Rice”(RYR) would end up being one of the most deeply philosophical threads ever. Ranging all the way from Paul Masson (my favorite drink in college) to Akira (Japanese Genius) to O. Henry to Blonder Witch and let’s throw in @AnUser new Avatar - Jim Carrey, just for fun.

****Some amazing shock revelations here…

@RapAdmin

for all practical purposes “natural” is just a marketing term that companies use to appeal to people who have positive connotations around “nature”. Its a marketing strategy, nothing more (in my view).

Didn’t you realize when you showed up for your college protest marches, that your shiny black shoes gave you away?

@AnUser

especially astrology or tarot girls

I love astrology and tarot girls!

@AnUser

It’s funny because I feel the magic.

Me, too!

The process seems to be working for her. On the next slide of her TikTok, Nova posts a screenshot of her portfolio from the day, showing an almost $300 gain from trading Amazon shares. “21% return in 8 minutes by trusting my high self ,” she writes. In another video, she posts a screenshot of her monthly earnings of almost $6,000.

All professional gamblers know that if you walk in the Casino and there’s a hot girl at the craps table on a winning streak…bet with her!

Nova (blonderwitch) is one of many TikTokers to ascribe their financial success to their trust in the universe—touting techniques like using lunar cycles to buy Bitcoin, and astrology to make $440,000 in crypto trading. Nova shrugs at dissenters. Some people find success in looking at candlestick charts of the market. She can do the same looking at a deck of cards and planetary alignments.

“asking herself the question: “What’s best for you in your soul?”” @AnUser I’m looking at you.

Gen Z has fallen in love with investing. Driven by the fear of missing out and determination to escape the corporate rat race, over 70% of the generation owns stock.
Joyee Yang, 25, a financial influencer who has over $150,000 in assets and 131,000 followers on TikTok, told Fortune she turned to the stock market to become financially independent after getting kicked out of her parents’ house at 19, forcing her to move into an apartment with three roommates.

“I very quickly learned that, holy crap, I’m in this world alone, and I need to either make more money or make my money work for me,” she said.
“Gen Z is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Yang said. “They’re not entirely on their own, or they don’t have to work for every single dollar that they earn.”

J.P. Morgan famously said, “Millionaires don’t use astrology, billionaires do.” Even the American financier trusted the stars to guide his decisions: Rumor has it he canceled his scheduled trip on the Titanic last-minute because his astrologer warned against it.

“The psychology here is nothing new,” he said. “How it manifests itself is a little bit different due to technological change and things like that, but I don’t think that Gen Z deserves a particularly bad rap.”

It’s the new REVOLUTION! and @RapAdmin they might even accept you this time, shiny black shoes and all, just be sure to wear your amulet.

@Virilius

That sounds like made up bs.

@Virilius forget it…even an amulet won’t help you…

But, the MOST shocking Revelation of all??? Pfizer’s favorite son - after being locked away - and undergoing extensive (cult) deprogramming, had this to say…

@AnUser

If someone doesn’t want to take any prescription drugs beberbine can be quite good but dirty, there’s also a bunch of other supplements to lower LDL cholesterol.

My apoB was around 55 mg/dl just using 500 mg berberine, eating canola oil, and sometimes some oyster mushrooms (which have lovastatin). Could maybe combine with garlic and other supplements, even RYR, for an ultimate supplement combo to lower cholesterol. Could use cold-pressed canola oil and reduce saturated fat as much as possible. It will work like magic.

Oh, and I think all my future meditation and incense sessions will be based around this:

@Joseph

a Japanese proverb; “The Indigo Dyer wearers white trousers.”

[AnUser]

@ng0rge

I love astrology and tarot girls!

@Virilius can only make an exception for pot girls.

Lady you are on POT!

I like her dog though.

1996# Hippy chick with a dog is interviewed outside a Phish concert on Halloween#fyp #shorts #foryou

He has an easier time because he’s chronologically young… possibly ‘obnoxious’, rather than ‘assertive’ though.

Time to get in shape @Virilius 50 push-ups… 50 pull-ups… no more pills, no more bad food…

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