Red cabbage microgreens (equivalent to 200 g vegetables/day/person) lowered circulating LDL cholesterol, liver cholesterol, and inflammatory cytokines in a rodent model of a high fat diet (Shehatou and Suddek, 2016)
Use cautiously if taking certain drugs, herbs, and supplements that are metabolized by the liver's cytochrome P450 enzyme system (cytochrome P450, 2B6 and 3A4.) Taking Astaxanthin with these drugs may cause the levels of these drugs to be decreased in the blood and may reduce the effects
However, in a much larger randomized controlled trial of simvastatin and an antioxidant combination of 600 mg of all - rac --tocopherol (297 mg of RRR --tocopherol), 250 mg of vitamin C, and 20 mg of -carotene daily) in more than 20,000 men and women with CHD or diabetes mellitus, the antioxidant combination did not adversely affect the cardioprotective effects of simvastatin therapy over a five-year period (131)
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