Kenn Ward wrote:
: First off get your cholesterol checked by a doctor. Then try their
: medicines. There is also the fact that some herbs enhance the effect
: of the drugs or worse yet counteract the medicines. These being said
: there are several different herbs that help lower LDL Cholesterol. A
: diet high in fiber also helps lower LDL cholesterol. Celery has a lot
: of fiber and also there was a study on rats that shows the 3-n-butyl
: phtalide it contains lowered the cholesterol in rats by 7 percent. It
: also lowered Blood pressure by 13%. People sensitive to salt should
: be careful as it might do more harm than good.
:
: Evening Primrose Latin name: Oenothera biennis
:
: Evening primrose seeds contain a compound rarely found in plants
: gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) which is an Essential Fatty Acid (EFA).
: The GLA in evening primrose oil can lower cholesterol substantially.
: In one Scottish study 79 people took 4000 milligrams of evening
: primrose oil every day for three months. Their cholesterol levels
: fell 31.5%. Cardiologists believe that for every 1 percent decrease
: in LDL cholesterol, the risk of heart attack drops by 2%. So the
: Scottish study participants risk of heart attack plummeted by more
: that 60%
Are you sure that it is safe to take that much evening primprose oil and
GLA? I ask this question because GLA is first broken down to DGLA. DGLA can
be further converted into arachidonic acid, which is a precursor to
pro-inflammatory prostaglandins and leukotrienes.
BTW, have you got a reference for the Scottish study?
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Juhana