Reduce Your Cholesterol With Natural Vitamins

Reduce Your With Natural Vitamins
By Darrell Miller

Because of the great efforts of the American Heart Association
and other similar organizations, we have gained a lot of
knowledge on and its effects on our health.  We know
that high levels increase our risk for heart attacks
and strokes.  We also know that lowering our levels
will reduce this risk and keep our hearts and blood vessels
healthy.  Additionally, we know that diet, weight loss, and
exercise can help us lower our levels.  Prescription
drugs that lower have recently become available and
advertised by pharmaceutical companies.  However, these
medications have some serious side effects including myopathy,
reduction in CoQ10 levels, which can lead to heart disease, and
rhabdomyaolysis, a rare, but fatal condition.  Fortunately,
there is a safe alternative to these prescription medications,
pantethine and plant sterols, which are also known as
phytosterols, are nature’s solution to high levels.

Cholesterol, a soft, waxy, fat-like substance, is found in
every cell of the body.  It is needed to help digest fats,
strengthen cell membranes, insulate nerves, and make hormones.
Made primarily by the liver, our body makes all the cholesterol
that we actually need, but we also get additional cholesterol
from the foods that we eat.  The highest sources of cholesterol
are egg yolks and organ meats including liver and kidney.
Peanut butter, avocado, and all other plant-derived foods
contain no cholesterol.  However, all foods from animal sources
do contain cholesterol.  Even though is responsible
for many important functions in the body, too much cholesterol
in the bloodstream can be very dangerous.  Once blood
cholesterol has reached high levels, it builds up on artery
walls, and therefore increases the risk of blood clots, heart
attack, and stroke.  Because the heart is a muscle, it needs a
constant supply of oxygen and nutrients.  The bloodstream, which
transports these nutrients to the heart through coronary
arteries, cannot transport the oxygen if the arteries become
narrowed or clogged by and fat deposits.  Depending
on the severity, this can result in coronary heart disease,
angina, or heart attack.  

Because and other fats can’t dissolve in the blood,
they can’t travel on their own.  Instead, they are transported
to and from cells by special carriers called lipoproteins.
There are two major lipoproteins: low density lipoproteins (LDL)
or “bad” cholesterol, and high density lipoproteins (HDL) or
“good” cholesterol.  LDLs cause atherosclerosis because they
clog up our arteries with the continual buildup of fat.  On the
other hand, HDL prevents fat buildup by carrying it away from
the arteries to the liver, where it can be processed and
eliminated.  

Triglycerides, which are fats used as fuel by the body, can
make the blood more sluggish and less capable of transporting
oxygen when in high amounts.  There are many medications
prescribed by physicians for people with elevated triglyceride
levels.  Some of the most effective, and most harmful, are the
statins.  The all-natural combination of pantethine and plant
sterols can safely lower triglycerides and LDL cholesterol
levels, while increasing HDL cholesterol.

Pantethine, which is a form of pantothenic acid that is found
in liver, salmon, and yeast, is known for its ability to lower
cholesterol

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by blocking its production.  The production of
cholesterol in the human body is a very complex process,
involving many biochemical reactions and enzyme activity.
Pantethine inhibits several of these enzymes, blocking the
activity of those coenzymes involved in synthesis by
about 50%.  To compensate for the lowered cholesterol
production, the liver pulls LDL out of the bloodstream,
resulting in a lower total level.  

Plant sterols, which are the fats of plants, are found in nuts,
vegetable oils, corn, and rice.  They are structurally very
similar to and are therefore able to act as a stand
in for and block its absorption, causing it to be
eventually excreted.  If we eat enough plant sterols, the amount
of transported from the intestinal tract to the
liver is greatly reduced.  And, just like pantethine’s effect on
the liver, this reduction causes the liver to pull
LDL out of the blood, which reduces both total and
LDL levels.

Because the plant sterol and pantethine found in food just
aren’t enough to have much of an effect on our health, we need
to take a concentrated combination of pantethine and plant
sterols in just the right ratio.  Plant sterols, which are bound
in fibers in the plants, can not be adequately consumed even if
we ate lots of raw fruits and vegetables.  There are also
several forms of plant sterols, with some ratios of these plant
sterols being more beneficial than others.  While pantethine is
found in several food sources, it is hard to get beneficial
amounts from our food.   Manufacturers of high quality
nutritional supplements offer pantethine and plant sterols in
the most beneficial ratio, proven by research.  The best results
are found when taking a combination of 400 mg of plant sterols
and 200 mg of pantethine three times a day.  Recent studies have
shown that lowering in people without heart disease
can greatly reduce their risk for ever developing CHD, along
with heart attacks and atherosclerosis.  This is also true for
those with high levels and for those with average
cholesterol levels.  Most physicians would never consider
prescribing statin drugs to people without actual heart disease
or high levels because of the many health risks of
the drugs.  However, the combination of pantethine and plant
sterols are very effective in helping those people with heart
disease, high levels, high triglyceride levels, as
well as those just wanting the extra health insurance for their
hearts.  Pantethine and plant sterols are both very safe.
Although some people may experience a mild upset stomach when
first taking pantethine, taking the combination of pantethine
and plant sterols with meals can usually solve this problem.
Pantethine and plant sterols are available at your local or
internet vitamin store.

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