I love this forum! Thanks for the reply. So I have these annual health checks with my employer in the summer. Traditionally, my cholesterol would be considered high, but then I'd get tested on my own and I'd be just fine. So for the past few years, I haven't bothered getting tested. The past two years I've been at 190. My HDL is good, but LDL is bad. I'm wondering about the habanero having an effect. Could it be the capsaicin that does the trick? For the past few months, I've been taking red rice yeast with CoQ10. The night before I was retested in December, my wife wanted to have fast food. I had the fish sandwich, but really it doesn't matter what it is since it's all crap. Mind you, we rarely ever have fast food and usually when we go out to eat, we have sushi at our daughter's insistence. I haven't used red rice yeast since I lived in the USA over 10 years ago, but it did lower my cholesterol level at the time. It's also important to note that statins are a scam. My doctor at the clinic wanted to put me on statins to lower my cholesterol, and I refused.
I just did a search and found this. Apparently it is the capsaicin:
I love this forum! Thanks for the reply. So I have these annual health checks with my employer in the summer. Traditionally, my cholesterol would be considered high, but then I'd get tested on my own and I'd be just fine. So for the past few years, I haven't bothered getting tested. The past two years I've been at 190. My HDL is good, but LDL is bad. I'm wondering about the habanero having an effect. Could it be the capsaicin that does the trick? For the past few months, I've been taking red rice yeast with CoQ10. The night before I was retested in December, my wife wanted to have fast food. I had the fish sandwich, but really it doesn't matter what it is since it's all crap. Mind you, we rarely ever have fast food and usually when we go out to eat, we have sushi at our daughter's insistence. I haven't used red rice yeast since I lived in the USA over 10 years ago, but it did lower my cholesterol level at the time. It's also important to note that statins are a scam. My doctor at the clinic wanted to put me on statins to lower my cholesterol, and I refused.
I just did a search and found this. Apparently it is the capsaicin:
https://drhealthbenefits.com/herbal/herbal-spices/health-benefits-of-eating-habanero-pepper