Well, the only proven supplement to lower C-reactive protein is Vitamin C.
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Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jan 1;46(1):70-7. Epub 2008 Oct 10.Click here to read Links
Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein.
Block G, Jensen CD, Dalvi TB, Norkus EP, Hudes M, Crawford PB, Holland N, Fung EB, Schumacher L, Harmatz P.
University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA. gblock@berkeley.edu
Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory biomarker that predicts cardiovascular disease. Lowering elevated CRP with statins has reduced the incidence of cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether vitamin C or E could reduce CRP. Healthy nonsmokers (N=396) were randomized to three groups, 1000 mg/day vitamin C, 800 IU/day vitamin E, or placebo, for 2 months. Median baseline CRP was low, 0.85 mg/L. No treatment effect was seen when all participants were included. However, a significant interaction was found, indicating that treatment effect depends on baseline CRP concentration. Among participants with CRP indicative of elevated cardiovascular risk (> or =1.0 mg/L), vitamin C reduced the median CRP by 25.3% vs placebo (p=0.02) (median reduction in the vitamin C group, 0.25 mg/L, 16.7%). These effects are similar to those of statins. The vitamin E effect was not significant. In summary, treatment with vitamin C but not vitamin E significantly reduced CRP among individuals with CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Among the obese, 75% had CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Research is needed to determine whether reducing this inflammatory biomarker with vitamin C could reduce diseases associated with obesity. But research on clinical benefits of antioxidants should limit participants to persons with elevations in the target biomarkers.
PMID: 18952164 [PubMed - in process]
PMCID: PMC2631578 [Available on 2010/01/01]
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Fish oil is one of the best agents to raise HDL.
It also reduces blood clotting but that is a small effect.
Lovasa RX is a fish oil designed for cardiovascular effects.
But you can get it less expensively OTC generically at Costco or SAMs now.
The triple strength caps are close to Lovasa in dose.
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