Maureen Keane, Nutritionist My husband who has high cholesterol can even follow the diet. I started him on red yeast rice four weeks ago. Maureen Keane, Nutritionist You can purchase red yeast rice supplements at your local health food store. If you cannot find them there, my book contains a list of mail order and Internet sources, The brand of red yeast rice used in clinical studies is called Cholestin which is made by Pharmanex. There are also several other quality supplements available.
Some supplements are better than others.
Some brands don't work very well. If the supplement contains red yeast rice powder you need to take a total of 1.2 grams a day which is 9.4 mg of monacolins. Red yeast rice extracts vary in concentration so you should follow the directions on the bottle. Now we have a problem. I have seen some formulas that contain red yeast rice but in doses too low to be effective.