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| Red Yeast Rice | Has been used in China for centuries as both a food and as a medicinal substance. Red Yeast Rice is the fermented product of rice on which red yeast (Monascus Purpureus) has been grown. In Chinese medicine, Red Yeast Rice is used to promote blood circulation, soothe upset stomach, and invigorate the function of the spleen, a body organ that destroys old blood cells and filters foreign substances. In addition, this dietary supplement has been used traditionally for bruised muscles, hangovers, indigestion, and colic in infants. The use of Red Yeast Rice in China was first documented in the Tang Dynasty in 800 AD. It has been used to make rice wine, as a food preservative for maintaining the color and taste of fish and meat, and for its medicinal properties. |
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| Rhabdomyolysis | The destruction or degeneration of skeletal muscle tissue (as from traumatic injury, excessive exertion, or stroke) that is accompanied by the release of muscle cell contents (as myoglobin and potassium) into the bloodstream resulting in hypovolemia, hyperkalemia, and sometimes acute renal failure. |
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| saccromyces Boullardii | A non pathogenic Friendly Yeast (Probiotic) widely prescribed in a lyophilized form, used in adults and children as a biotherapeutic agent. Controlled clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of Saccromyces Boullardii for preventing or treating several intestinal disorders including AAD (Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea), recurrent Clostridium Difficile Disease, acute diarrhea in children and adults, travelers’ diarrhea, diarrhea in tube fed patients, AIDS related diarrhea and relapses of Chrones Disease and Ulcerative Cholitis. |
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| short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFA) | Compounds produced by beneficial bacteria as a result of consuming fibers like FOS. SCFAs are responsible for many of the desirable effects of FOS, including reduction in future putrfactive substances and cholesterol lowering. Promotes growth of ephithelial cells that line the colon. It acts like glue on the intestinal lining to prevent pathological bacteria from adhering to the surface walls. |
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| SHR | Albino rats bred from a male with mild hypertension, mated with a female with high blood pressure. Brother X, sister mating with continued selection for high blood pressure. |
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| statins (Statin) | A class of drugs that lower cholesterol. |
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| sterol | Any of the solid steroid alcohols (as cholesterol) widely distributed in animal and plant lipids. |
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| sterols and Stanols | sterols and Stanols represent a group of compounds that are an essential constituent of cell membranes in animals and plants. Cholesterol is actually a sterol of human cells, whereas phytosterols are produced by plants (also called phytosterols and phytostanols). The most common plant sterols are sitosterol, campesterol, and stigmasterol. Plant sterols, although structurally similar to cholesterol, are not synthesized by the human body and are very poorly absorbed. The specific plant sterols that are currently incorporated into foods and supplements are extracted from soybean oil. The plant sterols, currently incorporated into foods, are esterified to unsaturated fatty acids (creating sterol esters) to increase lipid solubility, thus allowing maximal incorporation into a limited amount of fat. Some plant sterols currently available are saturated, to form the stanol derivatives, which are also effective at lowering cholesterol. |
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| stevia | Is an herb with incredible sweetening power. Its ability to sweeten is rated between 70 to 400 times that of white sugar. It is completely natural in its biochemical profile. Unlike other natural sweetening agents, it is completely calorie free, never initiates a rise in blood sugar, does not provide food for microorganisms like bacteria and yeast, and has been shown to lower blood pressure. |
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| symbiosis | A type of organism-organism interaction where one organism lives in intimate association with another. |
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