Cholesterol Control Without Diet! Paperback – September 5, 2000

Dr. Parson's excellent book should be required reading for any physician who treats patients who have elevated cholesterol. Statins should never be considered first line treatments, as niacin has a 50 year history of being safe, effective AND inexpensive.The popular statin medications have enriched the drug companies beyond belief, and are largely ineffective in raising HDL despite their claims that they do. They also do nothing to lower dangerous levels of triglycerides.Buy this book. Read it. And if you have elevated blood lipids, and are either taking or considering taking a statin, give this book to your doctor. If he won't consider using niacin as part of your therapy, find a doctor who will. My Mayo Clinic physician recommended that I take Slo-Niacin, which I have been using for 6 months now. My HDL went from 42 to 60, and my triglycerides went from 147 to 52. Even Crestor, which I had been taking as monotherapy, was totally ineffective in dealing with either.I have had zero side effects, and my liver enzymes have actually dropped following a high dose regimen of 2000 mg of Slo-Niacin, 1000 mg in the morning, and 1000 when I retire at night.Truly a wonder drug IMHO!BUT DON'T TAKE HIGH DOSES OF ANY NIACIN PRODUCT (as Dr. Parsons emphasizes in his book) without the active supervision of a doctor who is good at niacin therapy. Even though Slo-Niacin can be obtained without a prescription, no one should take more than 500 mg a day unless such a physician is closely monitoring your blood lipids and liver enzymes.

I bought this book in 1999, when my doctor informed me I needed to take 3000 mg of Niacin a day. Worried about the long term impact of it, I read this book and after almost 20 years of taking these high doses my cholesterol has been under "control" just the way most doctors want it. A few words of caution: 1. Take niacin under the supervision of a physician, 2. cut if off about week or two before your blood tests - else your sugar level will be high and the physician will be too happy to put you on diabetes drugs and 3. strongly recommend Endurance Products Niacin which I have found most suitable to me since it has very minimal side effects.

I had this book a number of years ago and gave it to a friend. Glad to get a copy again!Also wish I had told another friend about this and warned him to NOT take Statins. He is suffering now with horrible side effects and he had been healthy with slightly high cholesterol.

About a year ago if I were reviewing this book I'd probably would have given it close to five stars simply because of all the seemly great information. At the time I had and ongoing problem with very elevated triglycerides at one time actually hitting 700. Previous to reading the book I had tried everything that had any connection of lowering triglycerides, you name it and including prescription meds. After reading this book I was "sure" I found the secret weapon to my problem. I took Niacin as described in the book and with the approval of my doctor. Then after a least several months I returned for the follow-up visit expecting great results. Imagine my dismay when my doctor showed me my results from the lab. My Triglycerides hit 385 and my Hdl was a measly 39.In a nut shell, "Cholesterol" has everything to do with diet, to say the least. And the most ironic thing is it's rather simple to fix. The real solution to my problem was to restrict the consumption of carbohydrates.After only three months on a low carb "diet" my triglycerides plunged to 75 and my Hdl rose to 53 without prescription meds or Niacin.Forget Niacin and the nuisance flushing associated with it. Now, you might appreciate why I rate this book as ONE star ....

No Statin for me Niacin works wonders

Well researched. The best book on the topic of niacin for lipid control. The only issue I have is that the author downplays niacin's role in increasing glucose levels.

I have been aware of the use of niacin to lower cholesterol since the sixties. This book tells you everything you need to know in simple terms. This not a fad. The author is a practicing Physician who used it in his practice for thirty years. I highly recommend it.

Yes! I have been taking niacin two months now. This book gave me some essential info on taking niacin and what it does for one. It does not give details on how it works in the body.

It's excellent. My husband is now off his statins, taking niacin, against his doctor's wishes, all cholesterol numbers are great except triglycerides , which he's working on by taking more excercise and eating healthier hoping to cut down on his blood pressure meds and diuretics, which may be raising his tri levels. Very early days but he is a new man. All pain gone from his legs and knee joints( a common complaint of statin / Crestor users) many of my friends are taking niacin now and cutting out statins. So far no probs. Ignore people / doctors who say niacin is dangerous. He's ten years younger😀I haven't managed to persuade his doctor to read the book, sadly, for it is well written and simple enough for lay people. We had to let the book be our doctor as we live in Egypt

Easy read. Controversial opinion based on his research/ experience.

Es un libro interesante y muy util para reducir el colesterol, se lo recomendaria a muchisima gente que puduera estar desorientada