Cholesterol Metabolizer®: contains four supportive ingredients at a fraction of what they would cost separately

Beta Sitosterol

Beta-Sitosterol is a natural plant oil extracted from soybeans, sugar cane and rice. When taken as a dietary supplement, it helps support healthy cholesterol

If there was only one supplement you could take to support healthy cholesterol it would probably be beta-sitosterol. It is, after all, THE most studied healthy cholesterol supporting supplement on the face of the planet. Published medical journal studies actually go back 50 years, yet most people have never even heard of it.

Beta-sitosterol is a phytosterol or plant alcohol that is literally in every vegetable we eat. We already eat this every day but we just don't get enough of it. The typical American is estimated to eat only 200-400 mg a day while vegetarians probably eat about twice this much. Actually the term "beta-sitosterol" in commerce refers to the natural combination of beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol and brassicasterol as this is how they are made by nature in plants. There are no magic foods with high levels of phytosterols, but they can be inexpensively extracted from sugar cane pulp, soybeans and pine oil.

Upjohn Pharmaceuticals tried to make a prescription analog (chemical relative) of it decades ago for lowering cholesterol but did not succeed - the natural molecule works best. The scientific community has been well aware of it and clinics around the world have done extensive studies on both humans and animals including gall bladder, bile and liver functions since these are all part of the cholesterol metabolism. The major mechanism this seems to be effective is simply by preventing the dietary cholesterol from being absorbed in the intestines where fat is digested. Another way this seems to work is by increasing the flow of bile acids, which binds the cholesterol in the digestive track and excretes it in the feces.

The research is so extensive and wide ranging over the last 30 years that it is hard to find and count all the studies. How something so studied, and well known to the scientific and medical community has stayed outside of public knowledge is hard to believe.

Beta Glucan

Beta glucan is a polysaccharide found in oats, barley, yeast and mushrooms. For more than 2 decades, medical researchers have been studying the ways by which Beta glucan helps support healthy cholesterol, yet most people have never even heard of it. Most vitamin companies and health food stores don't even sell it.

Beta glucan is a polysaccharide found in oats, barley, yeast and mushrooms and has been used to support healthy cholesterol and healthy immune system responses for more than 2 decades. Beta glucan used to be very expensive to extract but technology has advanced to the point where it can now be extracted very inexpensively.

At the University of Hamburg in Germany it was shown that all 1,3 configuration beta glucans have the same biological potency whether they are derived from oats or yeast -the two major sources

It is interesting that oat and barley have 1,3/1,4 structural arrangements, while yeast and mushrooms are 1,3/1,6 arrangements, regardless, they are all basically true 1,3 beta glucans.

Aside from being an excellent support for healthy cholesterol, beta glucan is also known as an incredible supporter of a healthy immunity response.

Soy Isoflavones

Isoflavones are found in soybeans, chick peas and other legumes. Soybeans, however have the highest concentration of these powerful compounds. Soy contains many individual isoflavones, but genistein and daidzein are the ones which support healthy cholesterol the most.

Isoflavones are an excellent source of support for healthy cholesterol. They are a class of phytochemical compound found only in plants; and are a type of phytoestrogen, or plant hormone, that resembles human estrogen in chemical structure.

Isoflavones are found in soybeans, chick peas and other legumes. Soybeans however, have the highest concentration and also contain many individual isoflavones of which genistein and daidzein are the most supportive.

Dr. Erdman from The American Heart Nutrition Committee (Circulation, December 2000) advised Americans with high cholesterol to add soy protein to their diets.

Chromium Picolinate

Chromium is a very important trace element which is often deficient in our refined diets. Chromium Picolinate is thought to be the best source of chromium.

CHROMAX® is the patented and most effective form of chromium picolinate. It has been tested for two decades and found to be safe and supportive of healthy cholesterol.

The role chromium picolinate may play in supporting healthy cholesterol has been studied extensively. In one study published by "The Western Journal of Medicine" and titled "The effect of chromium picolinate on serum cholesterol and apolipoprotein fractions in human subjects", research suggested that chromium picolinate may support healthy cholesterol.

How Does Cholesterol Metabolizer® Compare To Other Healthy Cholesterol Support Formulas?

There are other healthy cholesterol support products on the market. You are probably interested to know how they compare to Cholesterol Metabolizer®.

Cholesterol Metabolizer® comes in a 100% vegetable capsule. How many (if any) other cholesterol formulas can say that?

Most do not have the same vital endogenous (naturally occurring in the body) ingredients that Cholesterol Metabolizer® contains. Some formulas contain exogenous ingredients (NOT naturally occurring in the body) such as Guggu and Policosanol. Though exogenous ingredients such as these may be supportive, exogenous supplements in general will only support for about six months. Beyond that you will not get any additional support from continuing to use them.