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Old Sun, Dec-18-16, 13:03
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Plan: Mostly Fung/IDM
Stats: 165/138.4/135 Female 63
BF:???/better/???
Progress: 89%
Location: Washington state
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Originally Posted by Jaz66

I got really sick yesterday- after taking a dose. Don't know if it was that or tummy bug? But not in a rush to either eat or take more supplements.



I've never taken red yeast rice as Low Carb has completely resolved my formerly "high cholesterol", however a quick google shows tummy upset as a side effect: http://umm.edu/health/medical/altme.../red-yeast-rice (scroll down to side effects).

My husband found The Great Cholesterol Myth (Bowden and Sinatra) to be very helpful when trying to decide whether to take the statins his doctor wanted to prescribe. At least his doctor was rational and realized that his low trigs and high HDL were probably more predictive than his high LDL. Both he and I had the Coronary Artery Scan as well and found we had scores of zero. As Janet suggests, it can eliminate a huge amount of anxiety about potential heart disease.
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