Policosanol Ingredients - Vital Life Nutritionals

Gene Millen, Author 5/2/15

The Policosanol ingredients in the Vital Life Nutritionals formula include a derivative of pure sugar cane.

In clinical studies policosanol has been found to have the same mechanism of action as statin drugs without the side effects which accompany Lipitor and other statin drugs.

Policosanol is a natural supplement derived from sugar, cane and is a mixture of eight higher primary aliphatic alcohols isolated and purified from sugar cane wax.

Warning! All Policosanol Ingredients are Not Created Equal!

Cheap versions of policosanol that contain mostly octacosanol have flooded the American marketplace. If one expects to derive the benefits shown in the published studies, the other alcohols that make up the pharmaceutical-approved policosanol product should be present.

Octacosanol, the primary policosanol ingredient, works as a powerful antioxidant to help maintain healthy arteries. It has been found to lower LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream and increase HDL cholesterol.

The other aliphatic alcohols included in policosanol ingredients are also extremely important policosanol ingredients in the support of cardiovascular health.

Summary of the Benefits of Policosanol Ingredients

• Policosanol does not affect CoQ10 levels as statin drugs do.

• Few known side effects or prescription-drug interactions

• Once daily 20mg vegetarian capsule, preferably taken the evening.

• In one German study, 10-20 mg of policosanol showed 21-29% lower LDL and 8-15% higher HDL cholesterol

• Ingredients are comparable to those used in research studies which showed reduction in LDL cholesterol equal to statin drugs and increase in HDL cholesterol, which Lipitor and other statin drugs do not.

Policosanol Benefits Your Heart in Many Ways  

• Lowers damaging LDL cholesterol, which can cling to the artery
  walls when oxidized. At a daily dosage of 20 mg, LDL cholesterol levels typically drop by 25-30% during the first 8-12 weeks.

• Increases protective HDL cholesterol levels. Most statin drugs do NOT improve HDLs. HDL cholesterol levels typically increase by 15 to 25% after only two months of policosanol use.

• Scientific studies also show that people with the highest levels of HDL cholesterol have the greatest longevity.

• Policosanol inhibits the oxidation of dangerous LDL-cholesterol. New studies show that oxidation and inflammation are more important contributors to artery clogging than high LDLs alone.

• Doesn't interfere with sex life as statins often do.

• Lowers Lp(a) cholesterol. Many researchers say this is the form of cholesterol which when oxidized and or inflammed causes it clog the arteries.

• Reduces platelet aggregation (stickiness) which lowers risk of arterial blood clots.

• Improves intermittent claudication (pain in the leg muscles due to inadequate blood supply).

• May prevent and even reverse atherosclerotic lesions and thrombosis (clotting).

• Policosanol is exceptionally safe. Numerous clinical trails show that elderly persons, diabetics and those with liver damage can safely take Policosanol.

• Studies show that Policosanol DOES NOT affect blood thinning and there is no interaction between Policosanol and blood-thinning medication such as warfarin.

• In short and long-term clinical studies, policosanol has shown no adverse interactions with calcium antagonists, beta-blockers, diuretics, NASAIDs, anti-depressants, digoxin, warfarin, thyroid hormones or anti-ulcer drugs.