Suggested Use: 1 Vegetarian Capsule (4 times daily)
Vinco’s Red Yeast Rice has been shown to be beneficial in maintaining healthy LDL levels.
Overview
For centuries, Red Yeast Rice (RYR) has been used in China as both a food and as a medicinal substance. By fermenting a type of yeast called Monascus purpureus over red rice, you inturn make Red Yeast Rice. Through the centuries, in Chinese Medicine, RYR has been shown to promote blood circulation, soothe upset stomach, and invigorate the function of the spleen, a body organ that destroys old blood cells and filters foreign substances. More recently, RYR has been shown to contain substances similar to those of prescription medications used to lower cholesterol.
Vinco’s Red Yeast Rice
This professional product is unlike any other on the market, in that it is grown right here in the United States, in a clean room setting, follows U.S.P Standards, and is manufactured in FDA licensed and inspected laboratories with Good Manufacturing Practices. Vinco’s Red Yeast Rice is heavy metal, and coliform free. It is an organic, natural whole food supplement, that helps maintain healthy LDL levels.
What Are LDL Cholesterol Levels?
LDL cholesterol is known as “bad” cholesterol, due to elevated levels of LDL cholesterol being associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease. LDL lipoprotein deposits cholesterol on artery walls, causing the formation of hard, thick substances called cholesterol plaque. As a result of this process, over time cholesterol plaque causes the thickening of artery walls and narrowing of the arteries, this is called atherosclerosis.
Precautions
Do not take if you are pregnant or nursing.
Interactions and Depletions
Red Yeast Rice should not be taken with any other cholesterol-lowering medications known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors.
Dosage
1200 mg twice daily (4 capsules) Each capsule contains 600 mg of Red Yeast Rice.
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
References:
MedicineNet.com “We Bring Doctors’ Knowledge to You” [resourced on World Wide Web].
URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/cholesterol/article.htm
Available from Internet. Accessed 2005 Dec. 13.
University Of Maryland Medical Center [resourced on World Wide Web]. URL:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/RedYeastRicecs.html. Available from Internet. Accessed 2005 Dec 13.