Dear Bizi,
Waves has good LDL.
Her HDL is low (as is mine).
Red yeast rice extract can cause the same side effects as Lipitor (yuck) -- it does the same thing to the body.
My mdoc told me to increase exercise.
I saw something about increasing vit D to increase LDL
http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-d.../hdl-naturally.
Quote:
• Vitamin D─Restoration of vitamin D levels to normal can yield increases in HDL of 10, 20, even 30 mg/dl, though it may require up to a year for the full effect to show.
• Exercise─The magnitude of increase in HDL depends to a great degree on your starting level. People who begin from a sedentary lifestyle can expect 10 mg/dl increase or more; people who begin with mild-moderate activity can expect less.
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M.