| Not all high cholesterol levels can be lowered with | | | | nutritional supplements with psyllium, nutritional |
| diet and exercise. Sometimes medications or | | | | supplements with beta glucan, nutritional |
| nutritional supplements are needed. Our bodies | | | | supplements with red yeast rice extracts, |
| need cholesterol, but if your blood levels show too | | | | nutritional supplements with policosanol, and |
| much LDL ("bad" cholesterol) and too little HDL | | | | nutritional supplements with fenugreek all have |
| ("good" cholesterol), you increase your risk for | | | | their proponents for lowering cholesterol. |
| stroke and heart attack. | | | | These various naturally occurring substances work |
| According to the American Heart Association, | | | | to combat high cholesterol in various ways. Some |
| more than 100 million Americans have cholesterol | | | | of these nutritional supplements, for example plant |
| that is higher than the recommended level, and | | | | sterols and psyllium, interfere with the absorption |
| one in five Americans has cholesterol levels | | | | of cholesterol. Soluble fibers such as beta glucan |
| considered "high." Food only accounts for about 15 | | | | (found in oats and barley) and fenugreek have |
| percent of the cholesterol our bodies produce, so | | | | been demonstrated to lower HDL levels. Guggul |
| diet alone may not help if your levels are too high. | | | | extract is an Indian home remedy and is used in |
| Nutritional supplements or medication may be | | | | prescription medications in India to lower |
| needed. | | | | cholesterol and triglycerides. Red yeast rice |
| If you'd rather not take prescription medications, | | | | extracts are traditional Chinese medicine |
| try nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements | | | | treatments for the heart and contain statins, |
| with garlic, nutritional supplements with Niacin | | | | which are found in prescription anti-cholesterol |
| (vitamin B3), nutritional supplements with plant | | | | medication. |
| sterols, nutritional supplements with plant stanols, | | | | |