A Vogel Cynara scolymus 50 ml

Bioforce Review of Cynara and Reduction of High Cholesterol, 6th Oct 2008

Reviewer: Julie Goodwin

The Benefits of Globe Artichoke
A trial published in Phytomedicine describes the effects of Artichoke leaf extract on healthy adults with high cholesterol. In the randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial, 131 otherwise healthy adults were given Artichoke capsules for 12 weeks. They saw their cholesterol levels come down by an average of 4.2% from 7.16 to 6.86. In the same time-frame, the control group saw their cholesterol rise by 1.9%.

This trial reflects our clinical experience with Cynara tincture, although we have found the results to be slightly better with tincture as opposed to capsules.

Reference: Bundy R et al. Phytomedicine 15 (2008), 668-675.

Helping Heart Health, 8th Oct 2008

Reviewer: Julie Goodwin

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is urging GPs to prescribe more statins to patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. An extra 1.5 million people are going to be identified as potentially benefitting from these drugs. The fact that the potential benefits are hugely outweighed by the potential side effects is barely mentioned.
Apart from age and sex, smoking, raised blood pressure and raised cholesterol are the factors which contribute the most to the risk of cardiovascular disease, and out of these blood cholesterol has been identified as the 'key modifiable risk factor'. Why does smoking seem to have dropped off the end of the scale there as vastly more modifiable?
A combination of harmless Cynara and a dairy-free diet has a truly wonderful effect on cholesterol levels, without any danger of the sort of side effects associated with statins.

Helping Heart Health, 8th Oct 2008

Reviewer: Julie Goodwin

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is urging GPs to prescribe more statins to patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. An extra 1.5 million people are going to be identified as potentially benefitting from these drugs. The fact that the potential benefits are hugely outweighed by the potential side effects is barely mentioned.
Apart from age and sex, smoking, raised blood pressure and raised cholesterol are the factors which contribute the most to the risk of cardiovascular disease, and out of these blood cholesterol has been identified as the 'key modifiable risk factor'. Why does smoking seem to have dropped off the end of the scale there as vastly more modifiable?
A combination of harmless Cynara and a dairy-free diet has a truly wonderful effect on cholesterol levels, without any danger of the sort of side effects associated with statins.