High Cholesterol Levels May be Controlled by Vitamin C, a San Diego Researcher Has Found
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San Diego, CA, October 07, 2009 --( The cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, work by inhibiting (blocking) a key enzyme that helps make cholesterol in the body.Readers can learn more about the benefits of vitamin C on regulating high cholesterol levels at Dr. Jensen’s heath tips web site at http://www.individualizednutrition.com/ About Richard Jensen, PhD Richard Jensen received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science degree in Molecular Biology from San Diego State University.Sometimes taking cholesterol-lowering drugs will end up lowering it too much, causing the additional side effects mentioned above.How can people use vitamin C to cope with high cholesterol?Vitamin C helps prevent the first step in heart disease, it is an inexpensive and very safe supplement, and is obviously needed by the body for many different things.They can try buffered forms instead, such as ester-C and calcium ascorbate.Readers can learn more about the benefits of vitamin C on regulating high cholesterol levels at Dr. Jensen’s heath tips web site at http://www.individualizednutrition.com/About Richard Jensen, PhDRichard Jensen received a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science degree in Molecular Biology from San Diego State University.