Ninjo said:
Hi Lake,
Actually, I ordered a one month supply of your cycle support last week. I am also aware that CoQ10 supplementation will not be necessary while using your product. I was really wondering if I should use it when not on cycle or running my post cycle therapy.
I was kinda wondering why you guys left RYR out of your formula and was gonna send Crowler an email enquiring about this. I had heard (read) that RYR was potentially the best safeguard against horrid lipid values while on cycle; is this incorrect? In any case, I had planned on running it along side the cycle support but now you got me thinking......
Glad to hear you ordered our product. Let us know how you like it but PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD put it in a protein shake and don't take it by itself, we have had a lot of people lately saying how bad it tastes in water but it was specifically flavored for putting in shakes, and I can assure you if you have protein + milk you will not taste the small half dosages (half in morning and half at night) of the cycle support, just wanted to put that out there.
Here is a study on red yeast rice. It is an oustanding addition, however, we didn't want to add it since it cannot be taken long term, or isn't recommended so. It is a statin and as with any other pharmaceutical drug you don't want to take them for too long a period of time, so we decided not to put it in there.
You can take cycle support for a while as long as you know that as with finasteride, saw palmetto + nettle root (which was found to be as effective as finasteride with less side effects at the ratio we have in cycle support) are 5AR blockers and do block some DHT, this is what makes it a benefit to keeping the hairline as well as block prostate problems involved with cycles such as tren.
Cholesterol-lowering effects of a proprietary Chinese red-yeast-rice dietary supplement1,2,3,4
David Heber, Ian Yip, Judith M Ashley, David A Elashoff, Robert M Elashoff and Vay Liang W Go
Background: We examined the cholesterol-lowering effects of a proprietary Chinese red-yeast-rice supplement in an American population consuming a diet similar to the American Heart Association Step I diet using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospectively randomized 12-wk controlled trial at a university research center.
Objective: We evaluated the lipid-lowering effects of this red-yeast-rice dietary supplement in US adults separate from effects of diet alone.
Design: Eighty-three healthy subjects (46 men and 37 women aged 34–78 y) with hyperlipidemia [total cholesterol, 5.28–8.74 mmol/L (204–338 mg/dL); LDL cholesterol, 3.31–7.16 mmol/L (128–277 mg/dL); triacylglycerol, 0.62–2.78 mmol/L (55–246 mg/dL); and HDL cholesterol 0.78–2.46 mmol/L (30–95 mg/dL)] who were not being treated with lipid-lowering drugs participated. Subjects were treated with red yeast rice (2.4 g/d) or placebo and instructed to consume a diet providing 30% of energy from fat, <10% from saturated fat, and <300 mg cholesterol daily. Main outcome measures were total cholesterol, total triacylglycerol, and HDL and LDL cholesterol measured at weeks 8, 9, 11, and 12.
Results: Total cholesterol concentrations decreased significantly between baseline and 8 wk in the red-yeast-rice–treated group compared with the placebo-treated group [(x ± SD) 6.57 ± 0.93 mmol/L (254 ± 36 mg/dL) to 5.38 ± 0.80 mmol/L (208 ± 31 mg/dL); P < 0.001]. LDL cholesterol and total triacylglycerol were also reduced with the supplement. HDL cholesterol did not change significantly.
Conclusions: Red yeast rice significantly reduces total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and total triacylglycerol concentrations compared with placebo and provides a new, novel, food-based approach to lowering cholesterol in the general population.
