Guest guest Posted May 2, 2002 Report Share Posted May 2, 2002 Hi: At http://www.msnbc.com/news/746707.asp there is a story about an Indian tree sap, gogul, that has been found to lower cholesteral in studies using animals. The story starts out: " A tree resin used in Indian medicine for 2,000 years as a folk remedy for a variety of ailments works to lower cholesterol in lab animals,.... " Of interest to this list is from farther down in the story: " ....They found that cholesterol levels dropped in the livers of mice that had the FXR receptor, but not in the others, thus proving that guggulsterone worked by affecting the FXR receptor. FXR helps regulate cholesterol by affecting levels of bile acids, which are produced from cholesterol and released by the liver. “Bile acids are the only way that cholesterol has to get out of the body,†said. “We knew that FXR was a key regulator of cholesterol metabolism......†Also on down in the article: " Guggulsterone is commonly available in health food stores, but said he could not recommend people take it for cholesterol control because there is some evidence the compound affects the action of other drugs. More studies are needed to investigate this issue, said. " Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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