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Date Posted: 22:28:15 05/15/06 Mon

Red Yeast Rice has been used in China for centuries to make rice wine, to color and flavor foods such as Peking duck and as a health promoting food. It is prepared by fermenting a type of yeast (Monascus purpureus) over rice. Red Yeast Rice is a complex product that contains several active ingredients including monacolins. Monacolins act as HMG-CoA inhibitors. HMG-CoA reductase is an enzyme that helps make cholesterol. By blocking its cholesterol producing action, the natural compounds in red yeast rice can help you maintain cholesterol levels that are within the normal range. A double blind clinical trial using red yeast rice and placebo with 80 human subjects was conducted at UCLA. After eight weeks with no changes in diet composition the group taking red yeast rice maintained healthy cholesterol levels. [Read Full Story]

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