Red Yeast Rice

90 x 550mg Veg. Caps.

Red yeast rice refers to Monascus purpureus, or rice that has been fermented by the addition of yeast. Red yeast rice is incorporated into natural dietary supplements. It contains HMG-CoA (hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA) reductase inhibitors, which are compounds that inhibit an enzymatic reaction necessary to produce cholesterol in the body, especially in the liver.
Coronary heart disease (CHD) refers to damage done to the heart when the coronary arteries become blocked or narrowed due to a buildup of plaque or oxidized cholesterol. Even more serious is the occasion when cholesterol buildup breaks off and lodges in the heart or the brain causing heart attack or stroke.

The major causes of coronary heart disease include:
* obesity
* smoking
* high protein, high saturated fat diet
* lack of exercise
* high blood pressure
* high cholesterol levels
* genetic predisposition

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Red Yeast Rice
By reading the name you can understand fully that it is a rice that is covered in a red fungus. Like the yeast you use to make bread rise or to