Red Yeast Rice - The Original Statins?
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Red yeast rice has been used for centuries in Chinese medicine. It has been shown to decrease cholesterol. It includes HMG-CoA reductase materials. In fact, statins were originally developed from Monacolins, the fungus used to make red yeast rice.
The FDA declared Monacolin products as a drug and tried to stop the sale of supplements containing it. This decision went to court and was overturned by the US Court of Appeals. They actually typically contain 10-20 mg of monacolins. Mevachor, made by Merck from red yeast rice, contains 20-80 mg of monacolins. So you're taking the same thing but usually at a lower dose. Side effects are the same: liver function problems, muscle breakdown.
I prefer to use better statins at far lower doses. And I don't appreciate the patent formula product salesmen all over the web saying, "my product, XXX, is safer, more effective, and contains the exact right combination..... blah, blah, blah."
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0:28: 💊 Controversy around red yeast rice supplements in heart attack and stroke prevention program.
4:44: 🔍 Historical use of red rice yeast as medicine dating back to 300 BC in China, potentially serving as a precursor to modern statins.
8:11: ⚗ Red yeast rice claims to have similar chemicals as statins, but in lower doses, potentially making it safer.
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Thanks so much!
Red Yeast Rice unlike statins, which contain a single monacolin, red yeast rice provides a mixture of monacolins, and this combination interacts with the body more readily and is less likely to cause adverse effects....
Has worked for me, getting mine lower than it has been in 7 years, a friend of mine also tried it and had the same results. I will keep taking mine.
It really works 100 points in one month
The length of the video is fine. Don’t change your approach. Thanks
Prescription statins cause me to have serious anxiety along with this overall body restlessness where I can't stop constantly tossing and turning...at nighttime only. I was hospitalized with idiopathic chest discomfort recently, mentioned my statin reactions and a staff doctor recommended I use red yeast rice. I'll give it a try.
Good review. I was involved in natural products (or snake oil as some prefer) for years. I remember how companies responded to the drug companies attacks. One left the marketplace; yet they were one of the very few manufacturers that I trusted. As of last year I quit selling everything. Personal decision after seeing the benefits of food. I still take a few things. Your personal story is powerful. Thanks for the transparency.
My GP 3 years ago put me on statins to lower my total cholesterol , 240. The first night I couldn't sleep because of a very strong pain in my shoulders, the second night either; I stopped taking the statins and the pain went away and I was able to sleep well. Someone told me about red rice and I started with it. I had the same symptoms as with the statins from the first day and on the third day I had to stop. I have a normal weight for my height and eat well. All I have done now is give up white bread and eat less sugar and carbohydrates. It seems to me that having high cholesterol at 62 years old is not a problem for me, I think I will live many years. In any case, I would have to do a CAC to see how my arteries are, right?
Thanks for the videos. Sorry for commenting on a video from 4 years ago.
My father had a heart attack. I got him to ask his Dr. For the intake papers from the hospital. His hdl cholesterol was in the nice high protective range of 67, a nice low ldl of 92, and a total cholesterol of 177. These numbers are great! Leave cholesterol alone.
What he did have was insulin resistant type 2 diabetes (undiagnosed at the time) who knows for how many years he had levels of insulin up into the stratosphere.
Just a quick case report.
Cheers
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I agree. Under-diagnosed and under-treated, basically ignored.
I took red yeast rice and plant sterols after six months my cholesterol had fallen in half from 10.5 to 5.2 GP was pretty amazed I’d waited over a year for a medical referral our health service is totally useless! Did the research and took the supplements and solved it myself!
I believe a combo of citrus bergamot, and berberine is superior to a combo of red yeast rice and CoQ10. The main reason is for their effects on glucose disposal and HDL. My HDL went from 21 to 39 in 3 months after introducing those supplements.
Statins not only lower cholesterol but also triglycerides and c reactive protein. I take a 5mg dose of rosuvastatin 2 times a week. Anymore gives me terrible muscle aches. I take a high CO Q10 supplement to balance.
Well thank you for this video Dr. My husband is 73, and his cholesterol now is 3something. He was taking Vascepa because the Lipitor gave him muscle pain, he tried Crestor, and this gave him a temperature every day, stopped that, but was taking Flax seed-Primrose Oil, 1300 mg (Omega 3,6,9 EFA compex)and Niacin 100 mg. he needed to increase, but didn't...so we have a new Dr. and he's put him on rosuvastatine calcium 10 mg 1@day, along with CoQ-10 200 mg. I already read the side affects and memory loss & confusion...We really don't like that outcome, but he'll take this at least to lower the Cholesterol to down in the 200's. We exercise, and we eat healthy, red meat maybe once a week, we eat mostly at lunch, rice, beans, avocado,cucmber, & tomatoe, alternate, fish, salmon, How about taking Niacin 100 mg. with the Rosuvastatine? Breakfast is a healthy shake & Dinner's with greens juicing. Dr. recommeded he do a screening test for clogging , haven't make that appointment yet, working on eye exam, & colonoscopy next month...We don't like to take prescription drugs, but prefer a natural alternative..and we don't do vaccines. Dr if liver produces excess cholesterol, something else somewhere is not allowing the liver to function normally?
He should take at least 2000 mg of niacin a day and red rice yeast works very well for cholesterol. Best wishes.
@@wildmansamurai3663 I know he needs to take more niacin, but he said he got a lot of itch...so he stopped taking it...
@@Twins0302 Make sure it's flush free Niacin.
Dr. Brewer, if it’s more a matter of inflammation than cholesterol, could supplements such as turmeric/curcumin be beneficial or possibly an alternative to statins?
I take high dose curcumin
Hello Dr Brewer...what is your viewpoint in studies showing goji berry as effective as statins?
I'm happy for anyone who takes Red Yeast Rice and works for you 👍 I took it for mths. not one digit did it lower my cholesterol not one.
Thank you Dr. Brewer.
Thanks.
Problem with supplements is knowing the optimal dosage and how much of what ingredients. I was on 5 mg of Atoravastatin for several years until you recommended Rosuvastatin. I asked my GP to switch me over and he did not have a problem with that. He pointed out that the dosage starts at 5 mg, and I thought, okay, same dosage as the other one. The pharmacy told me that the strength of the 2 is different. Oh? I found a chart on the internet that said Rosuvastatin is twice as strong as Atoravastatin. So I just cut the pill in half and take 2.5 mg a day.
Yes. Thanks.
For a newcomer like me it's good to have a quailified positive opinion and some specific knowledge about statins. According to my 23andMe I'm not suited to tolerate it very well (muscle pain and atrophy). Nevertheless, I will keep in mind - as inflammation is not likely to be well tolerated in anybody - that a little dose of statins might be beneficial even for me, if I should develope atheroschlerosis in a critical degree. Thanks for this video!
Thanks!
Thanks for the great and very well explained vid!! Question I would have: How can you measure the level of inflammation in the arteries, and what is high and what is low (or what is acceptable)?
Cleveland Clinic recently (2022) did a study and said Red Yeast Rice had zero effect on lowering Cholesterol.They said don't waste your money.
LOL, don't worry about offending Red Yeast Rice users like me anyways! I do myself. I had been taking it for many years, and this last fall (even though no real changes in my diet should have warranted it, my cholesterol panels jumped up higher than they had been in all my life, which I personally don't even attribute exclusively to diet, but other factors as well working in tandem) my Total Cholesterol jumped to 240. My doctor laid out the ideas of either going on a statin or taking more Red Yeast Rice that I had been already. Also, doubling my fish oil as well. Being sure I got 1000 mgs of the EPA and DHA twice daily. 2- 600 mgs of the Red Yeast Rice twice daily. 60 days later it had dropped 20 points, (that was even during the holiday periods of late year where I tried to be good but situations still happen) and I continue it for now and have not gotten a level checked lately. I knew it had same active ingredients as some statins. Thanks! I just worry about things like Alzheimer's disease with statins, because too much cholesterol has been taken out out of the brain and not just my arteries. I guess Red Yeast Rice could do a person the same way. Is that unfounded?
Hey Franklin Taylor, Today I came to this board looking for an answer to the same question you have posed. I quite taking my statins a couple months ago and started the RYR the same time. So if they work the same way, have I really quit the statin?
I think these are good points. Statins are made from RYR. So why do people think they will avoid statin side effects. Only through the smaller doses.
Nick VanderWal Was what you were taking a derivative of RYR? If not maybe RYR will work for you. I am due for all my levels to be checked next month. I have been able to stay on the regimen I stated except for a few weeks last month when I had knee surgery and I had to go off everything.
Thank you Dr. Brewer. I will keep that in mind. I do not know if 1200 mg twice a day is excessive or not. It is double what is recommended on the bottle, but that's is what my doctor suggested I go up to.
Franklin Taylor, I do not know if Atorvastatin and Pravastatin are derivatives of RYR. I am a new comer to this theme of taking some responsibility for my own health and I feel quite inadequate when confronted with the enormity of that job. At 72 yoa I have been taking the aforementioned statins for 5 years and have experienced symptoms recently that have caused me to break with taking the advice of my primary care physician for their continued use. I have immersed myself in these RUclips channels which have become my primary source of education in the matter. Like you I will be back to the lab for more bloodletting in a few weeks and then to see my primary care doc a couple weeks later. I have made some decent strides in making changes to my diet and exercise routines and have already seen results. As for the RYR I gave that up yesterday after finding out the answer about similar symptoms. I have compiled a list of 23 side affects(probably incomplete) of the statin drugs which I found on RUclips. Of that number I have experienced 11 of them. Of those 11 a few are caused only by the statins and the rest have been aggravated to varying degrees by eating these things. I hope to keep my primary care physician but he may not want to keep me after our next consult.
So we've proven that prescription statins are effective all the while 'red rice yeast' was not given the time of day in comparison tests. Not biased at all.
3 Questions cause i just dont understood
@11:00 minute of the clip. What did you said? A crestor? and what was the name of that 5mg dosage ? Any answer highly appreciated. ..thanks for your effort and the clip.
Red yeast rice made my legs hurt bad after 2 weeks so i quit taking it,after a week or so my legs quit aching.
Shane Larue
Same happened to me as well. Felt so sick, along with brain fog, couldn’t even sleep or work. My Dr has me try a few different statins and lowered dosages, but symptoms persisted, and had to stop. Was disappointing. My new physician is recommending CholCheck RYR + CoQ10 + Fish Oil, will be starting soon. Curious if you tried anything after also quitting statins?
Well, how do I lower my particle numbers? My doctor is giving me another 3 months to do it naturally. Should I be on a statin? Female, 46, 210 total cholesterol LDL140 HDL53 Trig 86 particle number which he said now I need to worry about...before it was total cholesterol. 1758. I thought I was doing great lowering from 249 to 210. This is quite confusing. I am taking plant sterols and red yeast rice, metamucil, vita d, calmagfizz. What I have been learning is that diet doesn't help that much.
Thank you for your videos
You’re welcome. And Thanks. They are a legacy thing for me.
Thanks Doc so many factors to consider!
What are the better statins? That would be equal to lovastatin 40? Thank you for sharing
Cholesterol plugs lesions in arteries, that's the function. Now you reduce the cholesterol level that your body determined to be adequate for it's job by using statins. You not now at risk of bursting a vein when blood pressure increase during exercise/stress? Should focus not be solely on reducing lesions that will automatically result in your lever producing less cholesterol?
Thanks. But the evidence I’ve seen indicates IR/inflammation is a much more potent cause of plaque.
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I thought the function of cholesterol was to transport hormones around the body?
Thanks. Great information....Now, the efficacy of statin use only on transient days of fat carb consumption, as a prophylactic with little known risk otherwise? How much harassment from the doctor would need to be endured to get a statin prescription that may last longer than the doctor or drug company would like to see?... Otherwise, the only point in this video vague to me, was that ryr needs coq10 and D3 (to work?) , I think.
Thanks for this video. Question: what about black rice? Does it have same properties?
Thanks, John.
Wow...didnt know that. Thanks for the useful info.
Does the yeast/fungus/mold on rice create red compounds (aka statins) to suppress cholesterol synthesis in competing bacteria? If so, isn't the affect of statins mainly through modulation of the gut biome? On a side note, the box of blueberries I bought 6 months have shrunk sitting in the fridge but still have no fungus growth.
I hear what you’re saying about statins & red yeast rice but I tried more statins that I can recall and everyone of them gave me muscle aches so bad I can’t move without screaming of pain. What does someone like me that’s 53 with very high cholesterol can do to lower cholesterol? FYI I always say red rice yeast too 😅
curcumin, black garlic, policosanol and sterols, bergamot and berberine supplements... also k2 and d3 combo (this dr recommends)
I had a heart attack about a year ago, right ventricle total blockage a Stent installed. I was prescribed 80mg Atorvastatin, Lisinopril 6mg, Metoprolol 25mg & Clopidogrel 75mg. I had to cut the statin in half because the side effects were just too painful. Have you heard or used a supplement ChoLesLo? Thanks
I have not. Thanks.
Thank you for this education.
I feel like you glossed over or didn't really explain the side effects of statins, so for now I will continue with the red yeast rice until someone specifically states the side effects of statins.
Another good video.. Thanks doc
Thanks!
Tell us about vitamin B3 and cholesterol
This doctor never considers the possibility that the first test results were inaccurate.
Thank you sir , my dad has been on stations for what I can tell 15 years , so plz sir keep plugging away.
Thanks. I appreciate that.
What about prescription statins? I’ve read prescription statins can increase dementia?
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Well I’m taking red yeast rice as prescribed... High quality Thorne brand.
Thanks.
Red Yeast Rice from thorne is the best
But would it be safe to say rid the body of inflammation?
Thanks. I do think it’s important to decrease inflammation. But why not know exactly how much you are using?
Do you have a recommendation for a station to take? What do you take and dose?
?Statin? Now that Crestor has lost it's patent & gotten less expensive, I usually use very low dose Rosuvastatin. Even 2.5mg twice weekly has been shown to have an impact on CV inflammation. And that's usually my goal - CV inflammation instead of LDL.
I’ve found that if you want to lower your LDL cholesterol just cut most sugar and carbs out of your diet and your LDL cholesterol will drop.
Thanks.
This was discovered by Atkins, as when people reduced Carbs, their bad Cholestrerol dropped. as your liver makes most of the bad LDL, it appears only a small percentage is adbsorbed by food you eat, that effects your numbers, interested in Oxidized chlorestrol test
GREAT INFO! THANKS!!!!!
Thanks! Have you seen our new CV Inflammation course? Tree it.
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What statin did you take?
But has the same ingredients and same side effects
Not a Statin hater, Statins hate me. I watch your videos, sort of shocked you take Statin Drugs. To each their own I guess. I see the Pharmaceutical salesman bringing in free samples of statins to my doc as samples. Strict diet is not helping my LDL/HDL numbers. Not sure what to do. I eat healthier than anyone I know.
I don’t worry about LDL very much. Multiple studies have shown increased LDL based on low carb diet. There are concerns about FH. I share those. & I am very concerned about TG/HDL.
@@PrevMedHealth I had DNA testing and was positive for FH. Im a 56 yo female 5’3, 120 lbs. I live a fairly healthy lifestyle although I need to start exercising. I got my numbers checked a few weeks ago and of course Doc prescribed a statin. I said Im holding off and recheck me in 3 months, Im trying my best through diet to lower it. I don’t want to be on a statin and this is the first time I have heard of ryr. This is exciting. I’m listing my numbers below and if by some stroke of luck you answer me, that would be fantastic. My question is, what dosage and brand of ryr would you suggest looking at my numbers?
CHOL……..316
HDL………..48
TRIG………..207
LDL………….227
VLDL………..41
APOB………..174
LPa……………187
I have been extremely strict after getting these numbers. Sockeye salmon 4 days a week, quality olive oil everyday, zero processed foods, no sugar, garlic pills, krill oil. I get rechecked on Oct 11th.
Almost forgot, Im not insulin resistant, my number for that was 5.4. I also did a Lifeline screening and everything came out perfect. I also am getting. CAC scan in about a week. Is that scan worth getting, what are your thoughts. Thanks for all you do. I hope you see this!🙏🏼
You are a very good man
so seems like 30 years of plant-based diet made your arteries worse.. so what died have you applied then..?
I went low carb.
@@PrevMedHealth thanks doc! great to know... if you could make a video on that particular diet would be realy helpful for people who are fighting with this disease...many thanks !!
@@PrevMedHealth how much olive oil is in your diet daily the amount I'm just curious
can you lose weight taking red yeast rice? Also how much weight in what time period?
Red Rice Yeast is a cholesterol-lowering product (not weight loss). The original statins were made from RYR
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Can you take red yeast rice supplement and take statin also together
I would not do that. That’s double-dosing - and worse. It’s like mixing statins. Mixing statins greatly increases side effects.
Is it possible for statins to cross the blood brain barrier and cause brain fog? Or not really?
John Lorscheider Thanks
Works very well.
red yeast rice also made wine in China for a very long time,its called red yeast rice wine,,suprise doctor knew that much about food and Chinese medicine ,and Secret recipe of Peking duck.
Thanks, I think.