SATURDAY NOV 10, 2007 (Foodconsumer.org) -- Using bioflavonoids from citrus fruit and tocotrienols found in Sytrinol together lowers total cholesterol, according to a study published in the Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

The study showed using a combo of these two in a diet for about three months lowered total cholesterol by 30 percent.

For the study, a group of men and women age 19 to 65 from the Universities of Guelph and Western Ontario were recruited. All participants had a total cholesterol at 230 mg/dL or higher and LDL at 155 mg/dL or higher.

Participants were assigned a placebo or a combo of polymethoxyflavones (PMF) from citrus (270 mg/day) and tocotrienols (30 mg/day).

After the 12-week regimen, those in the intervention group had their total cholesterol reduced by 30 percent, LDL by 29 percent and triglycerides by 34 percent compared to the control group.

In addition, HDL levels increased by 4 percent in the study group and as a result, the ratio of LDL to HDL was improved by 29 percent.

The study was sponsored by KGK Synergize, an Ontario-based company that specializes in researching and manufacturing natural products used to treat common chronic diseases such as cancer, and diabetes and author James Roza is employed by SourceOne, a Chicago-based nutrition supplements company.

Source:

Effect Of Citrus Flavonoids And Tocotrienols On Serum Cholesterol Levels In Hypercholesterolemic Subjects

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Volume 13, number 6

James Roza, Zheng Xian-Liu, and Najla Guthrie