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Posted by gromit on April 19, 2005, at 12:45:05
Has anyone tried this stuff? I've been taking it around 2 weeks and I have labs I can't put off any longer so I'll find soon enough if it's doing anything. Two weeks probably isn't long enough to tell what this stuff can do though.
I only paid around $10 for 120 10 mg tabs which is 2 months worth and I saw it even cheaper at WalMart the other day.
Thanks
Rick
Posted by Larry Hoover on April 25, 2005, at 10:10:58
In reply to Policosanol, posted by gromit on April 19, 2005, at 12:45:05
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11708574&dopt=Abstract
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> Has anyone tried this stuff? I've been taking it around 2 weeks and I have labs I can't put off any longer so I'll find soon enough if it's doing anything. Two weeks probably isn't long enough to tell what this stuff can do though.
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> I only paid around $10 for 120 10 mg tabs which is 2 months worth and I saw it even cheaper at WalMart the other day.
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> Thanks
> RickThe study was of 24 weeks duration. I suspect you wouldn't show much response yet. Fish oil does similar, by the way.
Lar
Posted by gromit on April 30, 2005, at 20:35:29
In reply to Re: Policosanol » gromit, posted by Larry Hoover on April 25, 2005, at 10:10:58
Hi Larry,
> The study was of 24 weeks duration. I suspect you wouldn't show much response yet. Fish oil does similar, by the way.
Do you mean similar by numbers or the mechanism it works? I hope you meant numbers, I've been taking fish oil for quite a while, maybe 5 years on and off, on probably 70% of that time. My triglycerides were 470+ a few months ago, they were normal a year before that. Haven't heard anything back about this last test.
I've been taking plant sterols/stenols, niacin, extra fiber, more soy etc and just added policosanol. Oh, and trying to eat less crap too. Hopefully together it will make a difference, I don't want to take statin drugs but if this doesn't work I guess I might have to.
Thanks,
Rick
Posted by tealady on May 1, 2005, at 8:07:16
In reply to Policosanol, posted by gromit on April 19, 2005, at 12:45:05
Like to hear how your results pan out. Good luck.
Posted by itsme2003 on May 14, 2005, at 2:44:42
In reply to Re: Policosanol » gromit, posted by tealady on May 1, 2005, at 8:07:16
If you want to drop your triglycerides there is no better way to do it than with a low-carb diet.
I've been eating low-carb for five years now. Prior to starting low-carb my triglycerides averaged around 160 - 180. Now they are routinely between 55 - 65.
If you research low-carb diets you will see that greatly reduced triglycerides are the norm.
Posted by gromit on May 16, 2005, at 2:40:33
In reply to Low carb is the way to lower triglycerides, posted by itsme2003 on May 14, 2005, at 2:44:42
> If you want to drop your triglycerides there is no better way to do it than with a low-carb diet.
Thanks for the tip, I see the pdoc wednesday so maybe he'll have the test results.
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