If you’ve been to your internist or primary care physician for high cholesterol, chances are you’ve been prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication called a statin. There are several forms, such as Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor, and Vytorin. A recent study in the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs cited almost 900 studies showing the adverse effects of these [...]
Hawthorn Better Than Lipitor for Lowering LDL Cholesterol
Australian and Chinese researchers recently showed that a Hawthorn and Kiwi extract lowered LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) better than Lipitor. Their study, published in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine, evaluated the effects of Hawthorn and Lipitor in mice fed either a normal diet or one very high in cholesterol. They found that the [...]
