QualityCounts.com Newsletter of May 10, 2017 
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Probiotic, Red Yeast Rice Extract Combo May Cut Cholesterol - Medscape, 5/5/17 -  "Supplementation with the probiotic Bifidobacterium longum BB536 added to red yeast rice extract improves lipid profiles in patients with moderate hypercholesterolemia ... A 26% reduction in LDL was what was we had in WOSCOPS on pravastatin 40 mg. So it's a very reasonable reduction ... Overall, compliance was excellent at 97% and no adverse effects were reported" - See  red yeast rice at Amazon.com and  probiotic products at Amazon.com.


Sundown Naturals Red Yeast Rice 1200 mg, 240 Capsules
by Nature's Bounty
Health and Beauty ~ Release Date: 2016-08-24
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Can the antioxidant resveratrol reduce artery stiffness in diabetics? - American Heart Association, 5/4/17 -  "As the body's largest artery, the aorta, becomes stiffer, the risk of heart attacks and strokes increases. In the current study, researchers used a test called the carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CFPWV) to measure aortic stiffness in 57 patients with Type-2 diabetes (average age 56 years, 52 percent female, 67 percent African-American and on average rating as obese on standard height/weight charts). Tests were performed after patients consumed daily doses of 100 mg/day of resveratrol for two weeks followed by 300 mg/day of resveratrol for two weeks and after comparable placebo dosing for a total of four weeks ... In a subset of 23 patients with high arterial stiffness at the start of the study, the 300 mg dose of resveratrol reduced aortic stiffness by 9.1 percent, the 100 mg lowered reduced aortic stiffness to a lesser extent, 4.8 percent, while stiffness increased with the placebo treatment ... We found that resveratrol also activates the longevity gene SIRT1 in humans, and this may be a potential mechanism for the supplements to reduce aortic stiffness" - See  Reserveage Nutrition - Resveratrol with Pterostilbene 500mg, Cellular Age-Defying Formula, 60 veg capsules at Amazon.com.
Reserveage - Resveratrol with Pterostilbene 500mg, Cellular Age-Defying Formula, 60 vegetarian capsules
by Reserveage
Health and Beauty
List Price: $66.98
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