Question 1

can you suggest foods that have huge amount of policosanol?

Accepted Answer

Policosanol: Policosanol is a combination of alcohols which haven't been shown to do anything positive. Couldn't find any foods containing it.

Question 2

what are policosanol supplements uses?

Accepted Answer

Policosanol: Companies selling policosanol claim it can help lower cholesterol.  It's a product made from sugar cane.  Many of the positive studies come from cuba, which grows the cane used to make the product.  Studies outside cuba (south africa, germany, canada, etc) didn't show effectiveness.  So, it seems more needs to be learned or shown about this one.

Question 3

can you take policosanol while also taking lescol (fluvastatin)?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Policosanol is an Insulin sensitizing agent, used for Insulin resistance syndrome, or pre-diabetes, and raises the HDL or good cholesterol, while lowering LDL bad cholesterol.  The only interaction seems to be with levodopa, used for treating parkinson's disease.

Question 4

is it safe to take policosanol when taking lescol (fluvastatin)?

Accepted Answer

Should be: Policosanol is a herbal medicine allegedly helpful
in treating cholesterol related problems, just as Lescol (fluvastatin) is;i am not aware of any problems associa ted with the combination;but then policosanol has
not been that well studied in this country, so the
answer is uncertain;it could, conceivably potentiate statin side effects, such as heoatotoxicity as well as mypathies so caution is
recommended.

Question 5

is it safe to take klonopin (clonazepam) with the following supplements: policosanol, ala, decaf green tea extract, & aged garlic root extract?

Accepted Answer

Meds: should not be an issue.  You can check with your pharmacist and doctor too regarding your specific case.  There was a book that was PDR of herbs and alternative medications called the German Commission E book, as Europe much more pro herb/supplement than we are in the States.

Question 6

can i take polycosonol while i am on zetia (ezetimibe)?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Yes, you can use the two together. You should know that neither drug has outcome data that support their use.

Question 7

what foods contain phosphorus?

Accepted Answer

Food and phosphorous: A list of food that contain phosphorous (p) can be found at this link: 
http://www.Health.Qld.Gov.Au/nutrition/resources/renal_phosph_table.Pdf

some foods rich in p are nuts, cheese, pumpkin seeds and soy beans.

Question 8

which food contains more fibre?

Accepted Answer

Unprocessed ones: Vegetables, fruits, whole oats, whole wheat, nuts.

Question 9

what types of food containers contain melamine?

Accepted Answer

Heres the list: Biscuits, cakes and confectionery (0.6–945.86 mg/kg); liquid milk and yoghurt
products (0.5–648 mg/kg); frozen desserts (39–60.8 mg/kg); powdered milk and cereal
products (0.38–1143 mg/kg); processed foodstuff (0.6–41 mg/kg); food-processing
ingredients (1.5–6694 mg/kg); and animal feed (116.2–410 mg/kg).

Question 10

what foods contain lactose?

Accepted Answer

Milk products: Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar in milk.  So all milk products (including cheese, butter, ice cream and  yogurt) contain lactose. Many baked products use milk as an ingredient, so these too have lactose in addition many medicines contain lactose as well used as a "filler".  Read labels looking for milk as an ingredient.

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