Suggest Treatment For High Cholesterol Levels

Posted on Tue, 21 Mar 2017

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Question : Hi

I have high cholesterol and I am on statins for last 6 years.Is there any aryuvedic medicine that I can take and stop statins.

Many Thanks XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini Greca (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Therapeutic lifestyle&diet changes;grapefruit,red yeast rice, and following

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX

I understand your concern.

You say to have high cholesterol. Can you please send any test report to evaluate this high level myself?

Statins are the drugs of choice to reduce high cholesterol levels. However, therapeutic diet and lifestyle changes are crucial in achieving this purpose.

Next, there are some herbs that can be used more to lower high cholesterol either in their natural form or as supplement:
- grapefruit
- red yeast rice
- flaxseed oil
- fish oil supplement

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have other query.
Dr.Albana

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar