Dietary Supplements Hyped as LDL-Lowering Are a Bust: SPORT
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None of six commercial dietary supplements widely promoted and taken for lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol did the job any better than placebo in a randomized trial of adults without cardiovascular disease but at increased cardiovascular risk.
In contrast, those who took the low dose of a high-potency statin in the eight-arm comparative study showed a significant 38% drop in LDL cholesterol levels over 28 days, a performance that blew away the six supplements containing fish oil, cinnamon, garlic, turmeric, plant sterols, or red yeast rice.
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@debtanu Almost $50 billion is spent on dietary supplements annually in the United States, and recent data suggest that more than three fourths of the population use them, 18% of those based on specious heart-health claims, said Laffin in a November 6 presentation at American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022, held in Chicago and virtually.