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Title: Combined supplements no better for cholesterol
Post by: riky on May 17, 2013, 09:00:22 AM
Combined supplements no better for cholesterol

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding a plant-derived compound called a sterol to the cholesterol-lowering agent red yeast rice doesn't make it work any better, according to a new study. "I expected to see a synergistic effect with red yeast rice, and I was shocked to see no effects whatsoever," the study's lead author Dr. David Becker told Reuters Health. ...

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