The Eight Week Cholesterol Challenge

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 by: Barrett Niehus

When I first started down this path I was looking for
something to reduce my cholesterol levels without giving me a heart
attack. My doctor recommended Lipitor, but I had read an article in the
American Heart Associations web site that indicated Lipitor and other
statin drugs may possibly be worse for me than my high cholesterol.
(The article that I read is here: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3001036 )

Subsequent research led me to two compounds that have
been clinically proven to improve cholesterol levels without side
effects. Being a chemical engineer myself, I was skeptical about any
claim that did not have sufficient research behind it. However, the two
compounds that I found have been clinically verified to be effective in
improving cholesterol levels. It was these two compounds that have
dramatically changed my condition, and motivated me to solicit this
challenge.

What are the two compounds? Well, the first is niacin.
That’s right, the inexpensive mineral that is occasionally listed on
the food label of our bread, breakfast cereal, sports drinks, or other
enriched food. The other compound is pantethine. Strangely enough,
pantethine is a compound that our body makes as it created Co-Enzyme A
which eventually creates cholesterol.

Between these two chemicals, extensive research has
demonstrated dramatic, statin-like, effects on cholesterol levels. In
addition, because they are already needed by your body, the two
compounds don’t create the dangerous side effects that have been
demonstrated with statins.

The two compounds act together to balance out the
levels of bad (LDL) cholesterol and good (HDL) cholesterol in your
blood stream. Clinical trials have demonstrated that niacin is
effective in reducing the level of bad cholesterol in your blood
stream. In addition, clinical trial on pantethine in Japan have
demonstrated that the compound significantly improves the level of good
(HDL) cholesterol in your blood stream. Subsequently, the combination
of the two may have an amazing effect on your overall cholesterol
level.

So what is the challenge? If your doctor have
recommended that you lower your cholesterol level or worse, is
threatening to put you on a statin drug. Try using these compounds
instead. For eight weeks, on a daily basis take 500 mg of pantethine
and 400 mg of niacin and see what effect it has on your cholesterol
level. I know you will be as pleasantly surprised as I was

These compounds are effective, and there is data to back
up that claim. However, a word of caution, with niacin. When you go to
the drug store or natural foods market, make sure you buy niacin that
is labeled time-release. Niacin is effective on cholesterol, but niacin
supplements have a harmless side effect known as a niacin flush. This
is the equivalent to a vitamin hot flash. Although harmless, a niacin
flush can be uncomfortable for about a half hour. If the form of niacin
that you take is not in a time-release dosage, a niacin flush may
ensue. So be wary. Other than that, with any supplement do not exceed
the recommended dosage.

If you have questions about the two compounds, do what
I did. Start with research on the net, then move to reading clinical
abstracts and reports. Just remember the challenge. I challenge you to
lower your cholesterol to a healthy level without using a statin drug.
Good health and good luck

About the Author

Barrett Niehus is a principal of IP Ware http://www.freetrainer.com and a technical associate of Compound Solutions http://www.compoundsolutions.com in Escondido, California.

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