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Niacin Does More Than Lower Cholesterol
Don't forget niacin!
I'm
Gene Millen. In 1990 a heart surgeon, sawed open my
chest and stitched in bypasses to six of my favorite heart arteries.
It
wasn't as much fun as you might think...and started me on a journey to helping
others avoid my mistakes.
My
experience in exercise weight loss includes
eleven years working with hundreds of people in the
Vital Life Center, a
health and wellness club for the "over 50 crowd.
There are
a number of specific natural medicines that effectively
lower cholesterol levels. One of the best of these is
policosanol, which lowers
LDL cholesterol and has been clinically proven to
improve HDL cholesterol. Policosanol and niacin make a
great combination.
Niacin does more than lower cholesterol! The cholesterol lowering activity of niacin was first described in the 1950s. It is now known that
it does much more than lower total cholesterol.
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Specifically, this
heart supplement has been shown to lower LDL cholesterol, Lp(a) lipoprotein, triglyceride, and fibrinogen levels while simultaneously raising HDL cholesterol levels.
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To reduce flushing -
Inositol hexaniacinate Inositol hexaniacinate is a form of niacin that has long been used in Europe
to lower cholesterol levels. It is much better tolerated, in terms of both flushing and, more
importantly, long-term side-effects.
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HDLs increased 33% The percentage increase in HDL cholesterol, a more significant indicator for coronary heart disease, was
dramatically in favor of niacin (33% vs. 7%).
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Lp(a) lipoprotein levels
dropped 35% While niacin produced a 35% reduction in Lp(a) lipoprotein levels,
lovastatin did not produce any effect. Other studies have shown that niacin can lower Lp(a) levels by an average of 38%.2,3
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Other occasional side-effects of niacin
in higher doses include gastric irritation, nausea, and liver damage.
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