A recent case of hepatitis is bringing up concerns about the safety of using red yeast rice supplements
December 2008
A recent case of hepatitis is bringing up concerns about the safety of using red yeast rice supplements.
Patients often use red yeast rice to lower cholesterol.
It's no surprise that it sometimes works. Lovastatin and other statins are produced when rice is fermented with yeast.
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