Nutritional Designs & pharmacy

OUR RESPONSE: Thanks for a great question.  I love to talk about Cholesterol!  This misunderstood sterol can catch a lot of grief.  Cholesterol is necessary to repair tissue.  If we take too much away, guess what can happen, damaged tissue and for your mom damaged joints.  Now as we all know the body is about balance, so too much cholesterol not good and too little cholesterol not good.  To naturally bring down your mothers cholesterol I would approach it with 3 things in mind.  1^st she need to be taking a high potency Omega 3 (Fish Oil) with an EPA:DHA ratio of greater than 1200mg:900mg.  2^nd she needs to take the Ascorbate form of Vitamin C (not Ascorbic Acid) about 2000mg twice daily.  Ascorbate is not only a tissue repairer, but it is necessary in the end chemical pathways in the liver to rid the body of excess cholesterol.  3^rd Red Yeast Rice about 1200mg in the evening.  Red Yeast Rice is natures low dose statin.  Monitor her levels in 3 month intervals to see where things are.  This should include a complete lipid panel and a vitamin D check.  Keep in mind that studies show that when total cholesterols start to drop too low the immune system plummets.  Keep things balanced and healthy!