date:Oct 26, 2012
Statins and red yeast rice are equally effective at lowering cholesterol. Black radish could be the third most effective cholesterol lowering agent, a traditional medicine that has been used in Mexico to prevent or treat gallstones and lower cholesterol and triglycerides levels, a new study suggests in Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology.
I.G. Castro-Torres of Facultad de Qumica Farmacutica Biolgica, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and colleagues conducted the study and