Interesting information. I am 70 and take NO meds just a handful of suppliments including the red yeast rice (get it at whole foods) and have none of the side effects I had with statin drugs. Folks need to do what feels right for them. As for me anytime I can take a natural product over a big...
My Chiropractor warned me about high cholesterol because of yellow ting in my eyes. Was put on statins and hated them. Then my optometrist told me about "red yeast rice". Been taking it ever since and levels are within safe numbers without statins.