Lipid Balance — furnishes synergistic nutrients that support the body in maintaining a healthier balance of cholesterol transporters.
Cholesterol is a sterol or type of lipid or fat that is made in the liver or supplied in food, and is essential to life. Its chemical formula is C27H46O (27 carbons, 46 hydrogens and 1 oxygen per molecule. Cholesterol is a necesary building block or tool for virtually all cells. The cholesterol transporters or lipoproteins HDL (High Density) and LDL (Low Density) have the purpose of shuttling cholesterol between the liver and cells of the body. If these transporters are not produced by the body in the balance needed they can cause significant disruptions to health.
LDL transports cholesterol, lipids, and lipophilic molecules from the liver where they are made to the cells of the body where they provide the lipid components needed by those cells. Later, HDL transports those same cholesterol, lipids, and lipophilic molecules back from the cells back to the liver for recycling or elimination through the bile and gastrointestinal system. When the level of HDL is too little, cholesterol, lipids, and lipophilc molecules build up in tissues, leading to chokepoints, clogging and interference, especially in the cardiovascular system and brain. This would be similar to lots of transportation going into a location, but no transportation back out of that location. Pretty soon, the location would be very overcrowded and problematic.
This is why Lipid Balance is so valuable. Its nutritive ingredients are tools that the body can use for helping the liver to make cholesterol transporters and lipids in a healthier in a healthier balance — enabling both higher quality and longer biological life.
Bottom line: with Lipid Balance, the body has a much easier time in maintaining a good ratio of HDL to LDL and thereby enabling correct amounts of cholesterol, lipids and lipophilc molecules in the tissues of the body, so that there is no "gumming up" of the body's systems.
- The function of lipoprotein lipids is to deliver essential-to-life, cholesterol compounds to and from cells and organs.
- Low density lipoprotein (LDL) transports fatty acids and cholesterol to target cells
- High density lipoprotein (HDL) transports fatty acids and cholesterol away from cells for recycling.
- Although LDL is often misnamed as a bad cholesterol and HDL as good cholesterol, neither in its truest sense is a cholesterol, but is a transport vehicle for cholesterol. Both of these lipoproteins are essential to life and health, but must be balanced. Out of balance lipoproteins create cardiovascular and other health problems.
- Lipid Balance was designed and perfected by Dr. Mitchell A Fleisher, M.D., D.Ht., D.A.B.F.M., Dc.A.B.C.T. after clinical outcome studies and reviews of Chinese and Aryuvedic medical traditions and research data to discover which natural ingredients made the most significant contributions in regard to helping the body to maintain lipids in healthy ranges.
- Lipid Balance provides several, optimized-for-assimilation ingredients from around the world known in their various cultures as being significant for their health optimizing natures.
- The amounts of the ingredients included in Lipid Balance are significant, as opposed to many health products that include many impressive sounding ingredients, but provide only little amounts of those ingredients with the result that they accomplish little good in actuality, IE, they have great labels, but give insignificant changes to health. Lipid Balance is different in that is creates a signifcant result.
- Our powerful lipid-balancing formulation includes red yeast rice, inositol hexanicotinate, curcumin bcm-95, and seanol ecklonia cava. Each of these ingredients would be helpful for the body to utilize in order to better balance blood lipids, but together they a powerful nutritional support tool.
- Very importantly, please note that the amounts included of each ingredient are very safe or comfortable amounts that are well tolerated by most people. The synergism of all ingredients together far surpasses the individual effects.
Here are the ingredients included in our Lipid Balance formulation:
Red yeast rice, also called Went Yeast, has been eaten for centuries in China. It is made by fermenting a type of yeast called Monascus purpureus over white rice — which gives it the red color. In traditional Chinese culture and medicine, red yeast rice is used to flavor dishes and has been found through their local traditions to help the body improve its blood circulation and improve digestion. Improved circulation helps every bodily function, including helping wounds to heal more quickly, and to improve memory.
Red Yeast Rice is traditionally recognized for the following potential benefits to human health:
(These are not scientifically validated benefit claims, but are only observations from Chinese who have used Red Yeast Rice for centuries, and from limited study data. Many more scientific studies are required to understand the mechanisms of action of Red Yeast Rice.)
- May Help the Body in Balancing Lipid Transporters
One of the primary benefits of red yeast rice appears to be the balancing of lipid transporters. Especially, it has been found to lower the amounts of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL), in the body.
- May Help the Body Process Sugar Better
This appears to occur indirectly because as blood lipids become optimized, lower blood sugar levels result. It is hypothesized that circulating blood lipids interfere with the action of insulin. Studies have shown that taking red yeast rice supplements, along with having a healthy diet, have helped to lower blood sugar in people who have type two diabetes.
- May Improve Blood Circulation
Improved blood circulation is one of the traditionally reported results of eating red yeast rice. Studies have confirmed this observation. Red yeast rice has been shown to help improve circulation, allowing wounds to heal more quickly. Even those who don’t have plaque buildup in their blood vessels can benefit from better circulation, since the muscles and organs get more oxygen when blood is flowing well.
What is Inositol Hexanicotinate
Inositol hexanicotinate is a slow-release Niacin compound made by chemically combining Niacin (Vitamin B3) and Inositol (Vitamin B8). The latter is a sugar alcohol that promotes endothelial cell growth and that is normally abundant in the brain and other mammalian tissues, Inositol mediates cell signal responses to a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, and growth factors and helps mediates fluid pressures).
Inositol Hexanicotinate consists of six molecules of niacin (Vitamin B3) chemically bonded to and surrounding a molecule of inositol.
After being consumed, Inositol Hexanicotinate is hydrolyzed (broken down) in the intestines where it has a 70% absorption rate into the bloodstream. Consuming inositol, therefore, is a fantastic way to get both inositol and niacin, both of which are valuable for helping regulate lipid balance, as well as providing numerous other health benefits.
Potential Benefits of Inositol Hexanicotinate
- May Promote Healthy Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels
Consumption of inositol hexanicotinate appears to help maintain healthy cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Numerous studies show that it does do this. More studies will help validate this preliminary study data.
- May Promote Better Blood Circulation
Inositol hexanicotinate has been shown in many cases to be a helpful tool for the body in terms of endothelium vasodilation (widening of blood vessels). It has been shown to reduce pain in fingers and toes during period of cold weather.
- May Support Carbohydrate and Protein Metabolism
Consumption of inositol hexanicotinate may support carbohydrate and protein metabolism — at least, the lack of inositol in the body has been associated with impaired protein and carbohydrate metabolism. The inositol molecule in Inositol Hexanicotinate is believed by many researchers to help improve carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- May Support Higher Energy Levels
Consuming inositol hexanicotinate supports energy production — because Inositol is known to aid in food conversion into energy.
- May Help Reduce Anxious Feelings
The consumption of inositol hexanicotinate may help with reducing feelings of anxiousness — some studies have revealed that Inositol in Inositol Hexanicotinate helps stimulate the production of serotonin. This neurotransmitter is useful in improving overall mood and cheerfulness and having feelings of being able to handle challenges.
- May Promote Weight Loss and Healthy Sleep
The consumption of inositol hexanicotinate may also help promote weight loss and healthy sleep — both of these benefits have been reported by some users, who feel that more effective management of energy resulting from consuming inositol hexanicotinate was the reason they experienced these benefits.
- Provides Steady Niacin levels without flushing
Consumption of inositol hexanicotinate provides steady niacin levels without flushing — niacin flushing is so uncomfortable that many people choose to forego niacin supplementation to avoid that discomfort. Having steady levels of niacin is wonderful because niacin to life, acting as a catalyst in numerous biological functions.
What we know absolutely is that when taken orally, inositol hexanicotinate provides a steady increase in the level of free nicotinic acid in blood and plasma. It appears to be metabolized slowly, with serum levels of nicotinic acid peaking roughly 6-10 hours after ingestion, compared to the intake of free nicotinic acid which creates peak plasma levels within half an hour (niacin flush).
- Free nicotinic acid and extended-release nicotinic have consistently been shown to lower serum lipid levels.
- Additionally, inositol hexanicotinate consumption has a proven beneficial effect on endothelium-dependent vasodilation (widening of blood vessels). Thus it improves blood flow in conditions where it is compromised. In Europe it is often prescribed for impaired blood flow.
Niacin (aka Vitamin B3)
Niacin is known in the medical world as the only natural, well-studied, lipid-modifying agent that significantly affects lipoprotein levels, with quite a few studies showing reductions of 20% to 38%.
Niacin is being studied for its nutrient support in achieving the following potential health benefits:
- May help with improving blood lipid levels, including helping to optimize HDL and LDL.
- May help with reducing blood pressure, by releasing prostaglandins that the body can use to widen blood vessels.
- May help in protecting insulin producing cells in the pancreas organ.
- May help boost brain energy by being turned into NAD and NADP.
- May help protect the skin from some types of sun radiation damage.
Please note that the Niacin in Lipid Balance is released slowly and is known as "no flush niacin".
- What is Niacin
Niacin is one of the eight B vitamins, and it’s also called vitamin B3. Niacin is found in foods as well as being concentrated into supplements. The key role of niacin in the body is to synthesize the co-enzymes nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), which are involved in over 400 biochemical reactions in your body — mainly related to obtaining energy from the food you eat. In addition to a proven ability to optimize lipoprotein levels, Niacin has other health promoting properties. It is a very beneficial nutrient tool to give your body.
Curcumin BCM-95 is a specialized combination of pure curcumin and turmeric oils. This combination offers greater deliver-ability of curcumin into cells. Via this combination, Curcumin is 700% better absorbed than a standard turmeric 95% extract. Also, following oral ingestion, curcumunoid levels remain elevated and able to help the body for up to eight hours instead of less than two hours as occurs with curcumin alone.
Meta-analysis of Curcumin study data indicates that consumption of curcumin both safe and beneficial in many ways including optimizing LDL blood lipids.
- Greatly Improved Blood Flow: Since Ecklonia Cava is fat-soluble, it has the capability to cross the blood-brain barrier and has been shown to considerably improve blood flow to the brain. Increased blood flow to the brain can naturally help improve memory in persons with decreased blood flow. One study group found that Ecklonia Cava increased the rate of blood flow in the carotid artery (the main artery to the brain) from an average of 36.68 cm/ sec. to 40.09 cm/sec., while the placebo had no improvement.
- Helps increase Acetylcholine in the brain: Memory is related to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh). In an animal study, Ecklonia Cava Extract increased rodent acetylcholine by 140% in the brain regions responsible for learning and memory in just 7 days. Memory augmentation increased by 100-200% at a dose as low as 0.2-1mg/kg. Ecklonia Cava research data suggest that Ecklonia Cava Extract's nutrients help the body with a reduction of acetylcholine breakdown, increasing the availability and utilization of acetylcholine.
- Alertness: Another study establish that Ecklonia Cava compounds prevented sleepiness in bus drivers and in high school students for the duration of daytime activities. It is conjectured that this is due to increased blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain.
Studies have shown that black pepper was up able to optimize blood lipids in vivo and inhibit cholesterol uptake in vitro.
You Are What You Eat — Which is Why We Recommend Lipid Balance
Rishi Ternes, owner of New Earth Super Foods, left the study of medicine in Germany, came to the U.S. and turned his life over to the pursuit of nutrient dense food and seeking to understand the ability of food to transform health. He believes that “we are what we eat” and that “food should be our medicine”. Rishi owns a Super Food Cafe and Health Transformation Center in Arroyo Grande, California. He continues to search the world for foods that enable to the body to repair itself. As Rishi says, “the nutrients that your body needs are in the foods you aren’t eating.”Rishi seeks out farmers and food suppliers that are progressive, meaning they are adding minerals and trace minerals to their soils, farming organically and harvesting their foods at the peak of ripeness. Rishi then ensures that those foods are juiced and freeze dried immediately before nutrient loss.
Food is the way of health not vitamins!
Lipid Balance fits with the “first rule of health” which is that food should be our medicine. Lipid Balance also fits with our second rule of health, which is that food engenders health, not vitamins. The United States has among the worst health statistics of all industrialized nations, yet the people of the United States consume more vitamins that the rest of the world combined. That means that you will eventually find, as so many others have already found, that your health will never really start to improve until you give up on vitamins and turn to food. It's time to turn to food!
- Vitamins, IE nutrient isolates (often made in a laboratory), may look powerful and awesome on the label, but they don’t work as well in the human body as one would hope because they lack the many needed co-factors. Food comes with many needed co-factors nutrients.
- The lack of co-factors is the basic problem of vitamin supplements. Without those co-factors, they're NOT as useful to our cells. For instance, Vitamin C is not just ascorbic acid but rather it is: ascorbic acid and numerous co-factors that work in the cells like catalysts or tag teams to make chemical reactions occur. The many co-factors are present in foods, but are not in vitamin isolates. The result, therefore, of taking vitamins is that the body has to scavenge body tissues to obtain the needed co-factors, or wait until they are available or the body may simply discard the nutrients for which co-factors are not available. This is extra work and/or a waste of nutrients, and therefore, vitamin isolates, do far less to improve health than does food.
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Lipid Balance
How to Use
Three vegetable capsules twice daily or 2 capsules three times daily with meals, or as directed by a wellness professional.
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Lipid Balance - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Big Deal About Lipid Balance?
The big deal is that the nutrients in Lipid Balance help the body to optimize blood lipid composition so that both types of cholesterol are sent to and from the cells of the body. Improved delivery of both types of cholesterol transporters helps in nearly every function of the body because they help in nutrient delivery and toxin removal. These functions are at the center of life function, just as a city works better with efficient delivery of food, water, electricity and effective garbage removal.
How this works:
Cholesterol travels through the blood on the backs of lipid molecules (transporters) called “lipoproteins.” Two types of lipoproteins carry cholesterol throughout the body, either LDL or HDL. Inasmuch as these transporters are always filled with cholesterol they are normally referred to as LDL cholesterol or HDL cholesterol.
- LDL (low-density lipoprotein), sometimes called “bad” cholesterol, makes up most of your body’s lipoprotein transport molecules. High levels of LDL raise your risk for heart disease and stroke.
- HDL (high-density lipoprotein), often called “good” cholesterol, absorbs cholesterol and carries it back to the liver. The liver then flushes it from the body. Higher levels of HDL cholesterol are known to lower one's risk for heart disease and stroke.
When your body has too much LDL, it means that too much cholesterol is being delivered to the cardiovascular system and other cells of the body and cholesterol can build up on the walls of your blood vessels. This buildup is called “plaque.” As your blood vessels build up plaque over time, the insides of the vessels narrow. This narrowing blocks blood flow to and from your heart and other organs. When blood flow to the heart is blocked, it can cause angina (chest pain) or a heart attack.
Lipid Balance is valuable because its nutritive components help in a significant way. The leading cause of death in the world is cardiovascular disease caused in large part by a buildup of cholesterol in blood vessels. Lipid Balance helps the body with this significant challenge by helping the body to be better able to maintain lipoproteins in a healthy range. In other words, Lipid Balance provides nutrients that the body can utilize to function better in energy creation, maintaining optimized lipid levels and in general metabolism. The body can do amazingly well when given nutrients it can use to accomplish its functioning.
What studies have been done to show that the ingredients in Lipid Balance are associated with optimization of Lipid levels in the body?
All studies and study titles are the work of others. We disclaim them as product claims and include this data only to spur thinking and further studies and for their educational and entertainment value.
- The Lipid-Lowering Properties of Red Yeast Rice
A study with physicians and their spouses showed 22% less LDL cholesterol and a lower cardiovascular risk profile after consuming red yeast rice for eight weeks.
- A Review and Update of Red Yeast Rice
Red yeast rice has been shown in multiple clinical studies to be an efficacious option in decreasing serum lipid levels in patients with dyslipidemia, with the greatest effect being on LDL cholesterol. Also, it seems to be a safe, viable option in patients unable to tolerate statins because of myalgias and/or other statin-related side effects. Currently, red yeast rice is the only supplement that has been proven to reduce the occurrence of adverse cardiac events in a comparable degree to statins. Recent research has been conducted that points to increase in the potential use of red yeast rice in other disease states. These studies have amplified its clinical applicability and role as a dietary supplement. Despite these favorable effects, a limitation to using red yeast rice is the lack of consistency in ingredients between different manufacturers and the inability to determine appropriate dosing.
Inositol Hexanicotinate
- The effects of inositol supplementation on lipid profiles
Meta analysis of 14 studies of inositol supplementation showed that inositol supplementation significantly decreased triglycerides, total- and LDL-cholesterol levels, but did not affect HDL-cholesterol levels among patients with metabolic diseases.
- Inositol Hexa Nicotinate is a Safe and Effective Alternative of Niacin for Treatment of Dyslipidemia
IHN is a safe and effective alternative of niacin for correcting dyslipidemia especially low HDL-C levels without causing intolerable side effects.
- Efficacy and safety of IHN ( Inositol hexanicotinate) in healthy volunteers with isolated low HDL
With 7 subjects in the study, the highest increase in HDL was 76%, followed by 29%. Two patients had 11% increases. At the end 5 out of 6 had increase of more than 10% HDL from baseline.
Ecklonia Cava
- Effects of 12-week oral supplementation of Ecklonia cava polyphenols on anthropometric and blood lipid parameters in overweight Korean individuals: a double-blind randomized clinical trial
Groups taking Ecklonia Cava showed significant decreases in BMI, body fat ratio, waist circumference, waist/hip ratio, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and atherogenic index (AI) after 12 weeks, as compared with the placebo group
Black Pepper (Piperine)
- Black pepper and piperine reduce cholesterol uptake and enhance translocation of cholesterol transporter proteins
Piperine or black pepper extract (containing the same amount of piperine) dose-dependently reduced cholesterol uptake.
