| Intervention | Alt. name | Dosage | Link to Buy | Risks | Blood pressure | cholesterol | LDL | HDL | triglycerides | A1C (blood sugar) | diabetes | weight loss | Blood thinning | lowers cardiac risk | All cause mortality | oxalate in dose (mg) | Other Studies | Notes |
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| Weight loss | 2-4kg loss --> -3 to -8mm blood pressure | -15% | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4368053/#:~:text=A%20total%20of%20264%20deaths,)%3B%20I2%20%3D%200). This ridiculous URL doesn't format correctly in here | |||||||||||||||
| hydration | make sure urine clear once daily, min. 2L | do not drink excessively | ||||||||||||||||
| low-dose aspirin | acetylsalicylic acid | 81mg | bleeds: stomach and brain | yes | ||||||||||||||
| rosuvastatin | Crestor | 5-40mg | -46 to -55% | "+7%" | -9% | |||||||||||||
| atorvastatin | Lipitor | 10-80mg | -37.1 to -51.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Ginger | 1000mg x 3 | Anthony's Goods | -6.6mm | claim | -13 | claim | claim | complicated | 3.9 | claim | ||||||||
| Nigella Sativa | Black Cumin | 1 tsp ground | -15.6 | -14.1 | -20.6 | |||||||||||||
| Cumin | 3000mg | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turmeric | 1/4 tsp (1.5g) | no direct link | very effective | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Curcumin | Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric. Dr. Greger notes the "inactive" parts of turmeric work as well and turmeric whole works better than isolated curcumin | |||||||||||||||||
| Matcha Tea | 3g | 18.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hibiscus Tea | 3 cups | -6 | claim | low | ||||||||||||||
| Partial Potassium Salt | Morton - Walmart | Clear reduction of cardiovascular risk; however hard to quantify without large studies | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Nuts | 4 per month | -20mg | "20mg" | |||||||||||||||
| Phytosterols | Carlyle | -5 to -14% | not shown | |||||||||||||||
| Amla Powder | Indian Gooseberry | 500mg | Organic Amla Powder | -25 | -25 | 15 | worked as well as drug | 0.75*aspirin | Amla2 | Potential problem taking this alongside aspirin because of bleeding risk. Unclear. | ||||||||
| Flax Seed | 2 tbsp/day | -7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chia Seed | 1 tbsp/day | High fiber but no effect other than blood pressure. Flax seed is superior. Chia seed has oxalates. Certainly healthy food. Consider dosage alongside flax seed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Sterols+soy+viscous fiber | -60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Combo statin + exercise | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reduce Sodium | yes | |||||||||||||||||
| Raw Garlic and Onion | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nutritional Yeast | Crohn's Disease | |||||||||||||||||
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