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HDL.
The results of the study show that policosanol reduced total
blood cholesterol by 14.2% compared to Lovastatin's 14.0%
reduction.
Policosanol also reduced LDL (bad) Cholesterol by 20.4% next
to Lovastatin's 16.8% reduction, and raised HDL (good) by
7.5% where Lovastatin showed no change.
Finally, the overall ratio of LDL to HDL reduction was 23.7%
for Policosanol and 14.8% for Lovastatin.
As you can see from these results, policosanol is one of the
safest and most effective ways to lower cholesterol without
the dangers and uncomfortable side effects of cholesterol
drugs.
But remember that these results apply only to the genuine
policosanol extracted from sugar cane wax which is produced
in Cuba.
When considering a supplement containing policosanal you
should be aware that there are many products on the the
market that are using an incomplete form of policosanol
called octacosanol. Octacosanol will not give the results
outlined in the clinical trials mentioned.
Also, some products have come on the U.S. market claiming to
be effective at lowering cholesterol, but often these
products use policosanal manufactured from beeswax. Like
octacosanol, this form of policosanal is not supported by
research as being effective at reducing cholesterol.
Some more health issues that policosanal helps with are
thrombosis, angina pectoris, stroke, high blood presssure
and atherosclerosis.
It has also been shown in studies to be very safe. In
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