Thorne Choleast-900 - 900mg Red Yeast Rice Extract - Gluten-Free Supplement Supports Healthy Cholesterol Levels Already in a Normal Range, Heart & Blood Pressure - 120 Capsules

Helps Lower Cholesterol

When my cholesterol levels went up my Naturopath Doc suggested this product before having to think about statins. It worked! My numbers went back down.(I take 3 a day) I have also added Resveratrol and that helps also. Just a word of warning. I ran out of Thorne Red Yeast Rice one time and I bought another brand at a Whole Foods Market to try. It just happened that I had a blood draw while on the substitute brand, and my cholesterol was high again. Thorne is a brand I know works and I can trust! So glad Amazon carries it on Prime! So here I am a year or so later still using this product I trust and know works. You should also take a ubiquitol COq10 with this to get maximum effects. I now take a number of different natural remedies that I can count on working. Including products from Organic India. So much better than taking prescription meds with all the side effects!ðŸ˜

35 persons found it helpful

Don't buy expensive chemical prescriptions!

My hubby has had high cholesterol and been on meds for at least 5 years. They gave him terrible leg cramps, increased the muscle enzymes in his legs to an alarming rate. His doc switched him from one expensive side effect laden statin to another. I started him on the Choleast 900 and Omegagenics EPA-DHA 500, along with a reduction in some bad for you food (fat and carbs) and increase in some good for you food (greens, veggies) and some walking. I'm not talking an overhaul in diet at all, just some small changes. He is within normal limits for the first time in years and his doctor was shocked at the change in the last six months...and that it was without the drugs. I can't recommend these supplements highly enough. No more leg cramps for him, no more outrageous prescription costs for us, no more supporting big pharma, and most importantly, no more high cholesterol! Now they just need an auto deliver program cuz he's all over me when he runs out and I forget to order more ;

32 persons found it helpful

Caution, could cause sever side effects

BEWARE. I just went through a medical scare after using this product for a long time. Red rice yeast can have the same sort of side effects found in statin drugs. In my case, it was causing increasing muscle fatigue and joint pain, as well as exacerbating a facial tick. I went through a great deal of scans and tests looking for the cause of my worsening pains and embarrassing facial spasms. Luckily though, I am lazy. I ran out of red rice yeast and I kept procrastinating and forgetting to reorder the pills for a couple months. When I went back online to order, I googled around for a better price and I stumbled upon some negative reviews elsewhere on the web. I then made the connection that when I stopped taking red rice yeast, I started getting better!!!! I still have pains from a a couple of severe accidents, but I can get out of bed and I don't feel as inflamed. Also, my facial spasms have all but subsided, only barely trembling and only on a rare occasion, rather than violently and incessantly. There are people out there suffering the same sort of problems, often for long periods, not realizing that red rice yeast could be the culprit

24 persons found it helpful

RECOMMENDED BY MY INTEGRATIVE DOCTOR

I take this for lowering my overall total LDL-particle number, not for lowering my total cholesterol, which my doctor says it is NOT the most important number anymore though that thought will take a long time to die in the medical community. This brand does a great job. I agree with another reviewer that it is important to take a trust brand for the consistency is your results. My goal in taking this product is to reduce the chance of plaque build-up in veins around heart and carotid arteries which has been a problem in my family

21 persons found it helpful

I'm a believer!

Dropped almost 50pts in 3 months. Cholesterol was at 269...an OBgyn mentioned Red Yeast Rice and I decided to try. I know and trust Thorne because my mom used their products for years. She was a Naturopathic physician & licensed acupuncturist. After 3 months of 2 pills each day (AM/PM) my cholesterol came in at 220! PCP told me to take one extra dose and come back in 3 months. Crossing fingers we get down to 200

16 persons found it helpful

Works!

I'm not interested in where this comes from or other things so reviewing on the basis of whether it works - my cholesterol went from 297 to 235 in 3 months taking two a day and no substantial other changes. I still ate the occasional steak and because of medical issues am not able to run around as much. I'm amazed as I figured I'd need to go the statin route but for now this is working. And with my numbers candidly I didn't care how it works - I just needed it to work. Pleased and recommend

14 persons found it helpful

Thorne Research Refused to State where their Ingredients used in this – come from

So I called Thorne Research to find out where the raw materials come from . Asked about China. Rep refused to answer the Question. "We do not divulge where our raw materials come from" . Bad Answer - cause I think that means they are using some ingredients from China. Rep kept repeating that they 'test' the raw materials for purity . Ok fine. I still don't like it. Can raw materials not be bought inside the U.S.A where I have more confidence about them

14 persons found it helpful

Works!

On my second bottle of this 900mg RYR. My LDL numbers had been climbing again when I used another brand of RYR. Came back to Choleast brand but decided to up to the 900 mg instead of the 600mg one with CoQ10. as I had a separate bottle of Coq10. My LDL numbers went from 171 in November last year to 122 in early March taking 2 of these per day

14 persons found it helpful

It worked for me!

This product was suggested by my Naturopath to counter rising cholesterol levels. I did NOT want to go on a statin medication. I gave it 6 months to work. I am happy to report that 4 years later, my cholesterol levels are still perfect

13 persons found it helpful

I get a physical every year so I had a …

I get a physical every year so I had a baseline for my cholesterol. After taking two per day for 10 months I went to the doctor and my cholesterol dropped 34 points. Didn't change my diet and I don't exercise much! The only change Was taking choleast!

11 persons found it helpful