| Benefits of policosanol - what are they and are | | | | therefore they provide a promising element of |
| they as good as the Cuban scientific reports | | | | the treatment for diabetics. |
| suggest? Cuba has a major vested interest in this | | | | You don't have to be diabetic though to |
| industry as they have many sugar cane farms | | | | appreciate these benefits other studies carried |
| and supporting industries to produce this | | | | out in Argentina on post menopausal women also |
| supplement. | | | | showed so significant positive results. |
| Fortunately it is not only Cuban scientists who | | | | As with everything though prevention is always |
| have now been studying this new phytochemical | | | | better than cure and if you are like me I love to |
| other institutions and hospitals around the world | | | | provide my body with anything that will keep me |
| have been undertaking blind studies to prove the | | | | healthy now and prevent problems occurring in |
| efficacy of this treatment in relation to lowering | | | | the future. |
| cholesterol. | | | | Last year I started taking the most fantastic |
| A study undertaken in Bonn, Germany came to | | | | neutraceutical supplement that has over 70 plant |
| the conclusion that the benefits of policosanol are | | | | extracts to keep my body in the best possible |
| very promising especially after their results on | | | | condition. Some of the ingredients include |
| animal testing. This showed that it reduced total | | | | decaffeinated green tea, curcumin, resveratrol, |
| cholesterol levels by 17% - 21% and LDL's, low | | | | aloe vera and a whole host of others to help |
| density lipoproteins, the unhealthy type by 21% - | | | | prevent cancer and other nasty diseases that |
| 29%, while at the same time raising HDL's by 8% | | | | occur with aging. |
| - 15%. | | | | These extracts are very safe and are so well |
| This is particularly good news because HDL's keep | | | | protected that they safely carry all the goodness |
| the body healthy and actually limit the amount of | | | | through the stomach and into the intestines |
| LDL's in the system. They also proved that they | | | | before releasing them directly into a body system |
| were able to do this without having the same side | | | | that will deliver them directly to where they are |
| effects that statin drugs, such as aspirin, have. | | | | needed in your body. |
| Because they are alcohols derived from the | | | | They are fantastic and I love taking them every |
| waxes of sugar cane, yams or bees wax they | | | | day. |
| do not increase the blood sugar levels and | | | | |