A Chicken Melt Please and a Side Order of HTN

Unsafe Sodium Levels at Denny’s Prompt Class Action Lawsuit ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI

A full meal at Denny’s consisting of a bowl of clam chowder, a Spicy Buffalo Chicken Melt, and a side of seasoned fries contains an alarmingly high 6,700 mg of sodium. It’s a big meal, to be sure, with about 1,700 calories. But that’s more sodium than what 70 percent of Americans should consume in four and a half days.

You gotta read this article.

Red Yeast Rice – Some Promising News

Red Yeast Rice to Treat Cholesterol Problems in Patients Who Cannot Tolerate Statin Therapy Because of Muscle Pain — 150 (12): I-28 — Annals of Internal Medicine

This is a very small study involving just 62 patients with elevated cholesterol levels.  The results however, are promising with an average decrease in LDL levels of 35mg/dl versus patients receiving a placebo.

Click here to read the Mayo Clinic article explaining Red Yeast Rice.