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Cholesterol Support

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Do you find Flora or Benecol drinks disagree with you?

I was told to try taking stanol or sterol products and I tried the Flora drinks but they disagreed with me. The Benecol ones are OK. Anyone else able to take...

I was told to try taking stanol or sterol products and I tried the Flora drinks ...

•13 years ago

Wondering what to do about a possible side-effect (multiple Qs)

I joined this site after I had two strange lumps appear in under a month. They were red, smooth, slightly raised and a bit under 1cm across. The first lump was...

I joined this site after I had two strange lumps appear in under a month. They w...

•13 years ago

Are home cholesterol monitors worth buying?

Does anybody have experience of using a cholesterol monitoring device at home? They are similar to the blood glucose monitors and apparently the newer ones can...

Does anybody have experience of using a cholesterol monitoring device at home? T...

•13 years ago

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How do statins cause certain muscles to ache; are they responsible for more lactic acid buildup; do they damage muscle tissue in any way?

•13 years ago

Is margarine REALLY just one molecule different to plastic?

If so, surely no amount of this fake, highly synthesized product (even with its special heart-health additives) can be in any way beneficial to us?

If so, surely no amount of this fake, highly synthesized product (even with its ...

•13 years ago

If different statins work in slightly different ways then would it be worth trying 20mg of one and 20mg of another rather than 40mg of one?

•13 years ago