Red yeast rice is recorded in Bencao Gangmu, a representative book on Chinese medicine. Red yeast rice contains the compound monacolin K – the same active ingredient found in prescription cholesterol-lowering medications like lovastatin. Monacolins inhibit HMG CoA (3-hydroxy-3-methyl- glutaryl-coenzyme A) reductase, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis.
VitaHealth Red Yeast Rice 500mg is traditionally used for lowering total cholesterol and LDL plasma. It comes in vegetable capsules with no added animal derivatives and gelatin.



