Thursday, July 26, 2007

Don’t be a Sap: Use Tree Resin to Lower Cholesterol

Chances are that if you’re not from India or the Middle East, you’ve never heard of guggul. Guggul is a supplement widely used in India as a natural high cholesterol treatment. It is made of tree resin from the mukul myrrh tree that grows in India and the Middle East. In India, guggul is used to lower cholesterol in Ayurvedic medicine as well as in prescription medicine. India is where almost all the research on guggul for high cholesterol has been undertaken.


Guggul as High Cholesterol Treatment: The Evidence


Guggul has a long history of use as a natural treatment in India and other parts of Asia. What kinds of ailments has guggul been used to treat and prevent?


- arteriosclerosis and congestive heart failure


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