Background: Over the last two decades there has been an increasing emphasis placed on screening for high cholesterol and adopting interventions to reduce cholesterol levels in order to reduce the risk of heart disease. The high costs and side effects of hypercholesterolemia medications have led many people to search for alternate treatments. Only a few studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect of Ayurvedic herbal medicine formulae on hypercholesterolemia.
Objective: The objective of this article is to describe a case where Ayurvedic herbs appeared to have been helpful in the management of hypercholesterolemia.
Clinical Features: This patient was a 46-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia two years prior to presentation. She had not responded to conventional treatment.
Intervention and Outcome: She was treated for eight months with the Ayurvedic formulae Kaishora Guggulu, Triphala and a custom made herbal tea mix. Her total cholesterol dropped from 270 to 208 mg/dl, her LDL dropped from 191 to 146 mg/dl, and her HDL rose from 57 to 63 mg/dl. There were no side effects reported.
Conclusions: This case demonstrates the use of Ayurvedic herbs in the management of hypercholesterolemia. Further high quality studies with randomized clinical trials should be conducted to better understand the effectiveness of Ayurvedic treatment for hypercholesterolemia.
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AYURVEDIC HELP FOR PEOPLE ON STATINS
The NATURAL Statins and Angioplastic people
Eating certain foods can lower your cholesterol levels as well as taking statin drugs. It also reported that these foods are as effective as or at times, even more effective than statin drugs. Cholesterol lowering food components include dietary fibers such as fats, phytoesterols and some vitamin.
Eating certain foods can lower your cholesterol levels as well as taking statin drugs. It also reported that these foods are as effective as or at times, even more effective than statin drugs. Cholesterol lowering food components include dietary fibers such as fats, phytoesterols and some vitamin.
In a particular study researchers found that food such as soya protein, nuts and cereal fiber as well a plant sterols can lower total cholesterol and mainly LDL. Other less commonly known compounds and nutrients with cholesterol lowering benefits include probiotics, guggulipids, grape seed extracts, cinnamon, turmeric, niacin, pantethine and vitamin c.
Dietary fibers especially soluble fiber has particularly been shown to significant lower LDL
and level of good cholesterol remain unchanged and prevent heart disease.
Good fatIt is found that omega 3 fatty acids actually reduce triglycerides and total cholesterol. These could be fish, walnuts, flaxseed and green leafy vegetables. Besides being rich in omega 3 fatty acids it also contains dietary fiber.
The Harvard school of public health proved that nuts have favorable effects on blood lipids and cholesterol reduction.
Nuts include walnuts and pine nuts. Analysis shows that almond reduces total cholesterol and LDL for subjects with high cholesterol.
Research shows that frequent seed consumption like fenugreek seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds etc is associated with lower levels of cholesterol. Thus it can protect us from various cardiovascular diseases and its reoccurrence.
and level of good cholesterol remain unchanged and prevent heart disease.
Good fatIt is found that omega 3 fatty acids actually reduce triglycerides and total cholesterol. These could be fish, walnuts, flaxseed and green leafy vegetables. Besides being rich in omega 3 fatty acids it also contains dietary fiber.
The Harvard school of public health proved that nuts have favorable effects on blood lipids and cholesterol reduction.
Nuts include walnuts and pine nuts. Analysis shows that almond reduces total cholesterol and LDL for subjects with high cholesterol.
Research shows that frequent seed consumption like fenugreek seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds etc is associated with lower levels of cholesterol. Thus it can protect us from various cardiovascular diseases and its reoccurrence.
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