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Red Yeast Rice and Supplements for cholesterol & lipids

Each entry’s own grades, side by side. A grade says how strong the evidence is for one outcome — it does not rank one entry over the other.

Compound or practice

Red Yeast Rice

A supplement that lowers LDL because it literally contains a statin — same benefits, same risks, minus the dose control.

Grade B2 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026

A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.

Goal guide

Supplements for cholesterol & lipids

15 compounds relevant to cholesterol & lipids, ranked by overall evidence grade.

Grade B15 graded outcomesrevised Jul 10, 2026

Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.

Swap the two

Graded in both

Outcomes are matched by name. Two entries can describe the same outcome in different words, so one listed further down may still be graded in the other.

No outcome has the same name in both entries. They may still overlap under different wording — read the two lists below.

Graded only in Red Yeast Rice

  • LDL cholesterol Moderate effectEvidence grade A
  • Cardiovascular events Moderate effectEvidence grade B

Graded only in Supplements for cholesterol & lipids

  • Niacin (B3) Unclear effectEvidence grade B
  • Garlic Unclear effectEvidence grade B
  • Berberine Unclear effectEvidence grade B
  • Red Yeast Rice Unclear effectEvidence grade B
  • Pantethine Unclear effectEvidence grade B
  • Bergamot (Citrus Bergamia) Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Artichoke Leaf Extract Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Pantothenic Acid (B5) Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Spirulina Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Chlorella Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Tocotrienols Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Black Seed Oil (Nigella sativa) Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Royal Jelly Unclear effectEvidence grade C
  • Guggul Unclear effectEvidence grade D
  • Policosanol Unclear effectEvidence grade D

What each entry says about the other

  • Supplements for cholesterol & lipids’s entry · Goes with: Grade B

Both columns are read from the entries as they stand in this library. A comparison is not advice to take either one, and it is no substitute for a clinician who knows the person.