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Dr Jacqueline Jacques is a Naturopathic Doctor with more than a decade of expertise in medical nutrition. Dr Jacques has spent much of her career in the dietary supplement industry as a formulator, speaker, writer and educator. Additionally acknowledged for her general expertise in natural medicine, Dr Jacques appears as a guest on radio and television, and regularly writes articles for journals and trade publications. She lectures both nationally and internationally to health professionals and the public alike. She has dedicated the vast majority of the past eight years of her life to the cause of obesity, teaching medical nutrition and advocating for standards in nutritional care. Her greatest love is empowering patients to better their own health. She is also the author of a clinical guidebook called Micronutrition for the Weight Loss Surgery Patient, available through Matrix Medical Communications. She additionally serves on the boards for the Obesity Action Coalition and the Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.

30 August 2009

CNN Review of Natural Cholesterol-lowering Substances

Often, natural products coverage in the mainstream media makes me want to cringe. They seem to go after or highlight the most sensational things they can find, which I believe contributes to consumer confusion about the safety and efficacy of natural products.

Sometimes, however, they do a good job, and I think these efforts should be encouraged and highlighted. There are a lot of people worried about their cholesterol - and with so many products from drugs to foods marketed at consumers, it can be hard to understand the choices.

While this article does not discuss all the options, it does highlight the currently available research on many of the more popular natural ingredients used in "heart health" products.

For those of you who are interested in this topic, here is the CNN article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/20/cholesterol.lowering.supplements/
Posted by Jacqueline Jacques, ND at 7:15 AM
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