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Episode #199: November 2022 Research Review
Barbell Medicine Podcast
Do LDL Cholesterol Supplements Really Work?
For people who have no history of heart disease at all and they're otherwise doing fine, if that non-HDL is less than about 130 milligrams per deciliter, then I'm feeling okay. But you'd prefer to be like 70 or 50. So this study was of interest because we just want to know what does the evidence say on how these supplements work? Because people are taking garlic, cinnamon, frigid, turmeric, red yeast, rice, extract. All right. Let's talk about this actual study. This is a double blinded randomized controlled trial. They had 199 subjects. The average age was 63.3. The median LDL cholesterol level was 128.
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