Heart Guardian Complaint - Another Scam - Cholesterblock

Posted by NeveragainAmazon on 2005-04-27:

In no way do I mean this as insulting.....While on the medication did you alter your diet to low-fat, low-cholesterol and exercise?

Posted by LegalCollector on 2005-04-28:

Part of any cholesteral treatment is exercise. Slob!

Posted by danarae948 on 2005-11-01:

I tried Cholesterblock for 30 days with absolutely no positive results. I had a lab test completed by my personal doctor to see if this product had lowered my cholesterol and results showed no lowering whatsoever. Do not waste your time or money with this product.

Posted by meiling on 2006-03-29:

I have use Cholesterblock for 4 months. My Cholesterol went from 234 to 191. Try. went from209 to 103. LDL from 145 to 125. Ratio from 4.9 to 4.2. So I say it works! My Dr's mother in law takes it and doing the same for her.

Posted by southern girl on 2006-04-24:

I tryed Cholesterblock for 30 days, I did the cholesterblock test and it showed my cholesteral had gone down, so just to make sure I went to my doctor and she did a cholesteral test and it to showed it had gone down, and she highly recammended that I contentue taking cholesterblock my cholesteral was 233 and it is now 220 she was really happy to of seen my cholesteral drop that much in 30 days.I will alway contentue taking cholesterblock as long as it helps keep my cholesteral down.

Posted by pappawlorna@sbcglobal.net on 2006-08-23:

I wholeheartedly agree with your review. Why are these people still in business? I guess it is because of fools such as I. I hope people will research this company first or at least attempt to call them before they order. That line is always busy and unanswered. I am now aware of "free" scams.

Posted by roge05156 on 2007-06-25:

I used cholesterblock and took my first test 3/19/2007.I knew my last test done at a lab was over 300 mg/dl.The results from the free test was over 311.I took Cholesterblock for 3 months.On 6/25/2007 the test results dropped to 223.On 6/27/2007 I will go to the med lab and take a test after fasting to compare results.Niacin did not help.I was on Lipitor before and dropped level to 220.After retiring,I didn't have money to pay for Lipitor and my cholesteral went back to 311.

Posted by Skye on 2007-06-25:

Roge, can you ask your doctor for some samples of Lipitor??

Posted by Lidman on 2007-06-25:

Niacin works good and you can get it anywhere. I buy it at SAM club. 500 mg big bottle $6.00 but you also need another kind to go with it and as Skye said you should ask your Doctor.

Posted by mikelly321 on 2007-07-13:

I called just before the 2nd bottle arrived to cancel. they closed the account and didn't charge any further even though I never sent the second bottle (or cholesterol test) back. I was later glad I didn't when I realized that Cholesterblock contains 600 mg of beta-sitosterol which was the same major ingredient as in the Prost-8 formula for men and a whole lot cheaper than that product. So two potential benefits for the price of one: lowered cholesterol and prostate relief. I came across the Add your 3 cents site while googling their site to re-order and saw the complaints and decided maybe I should check them out first. After reading a few of the complaints, I felt obliged to add my "3 cents" to counter some of the negative comments. Perhaps at the time they were written, this company treated its customers poorly. Apparently (at least in my case) they've changed their evil ways. Try Omacor (prescription required) or lots of fish oil for added cholesterol (triglyceride) reduction.

Cheers,
Mike Kelly

Posted by mikelly321 on 2007-07-13:

Posted by mikelly321 on 2007-07-17:

cholest off's cheaper and closer to home when you get the 240 count at Osco, etc. only drawback: takes two tabs which equals 522 mg beta-sitosterol as opposed to 600 mg in one cholesterblock.

Posted by ncdave4life on 2007-08-30:

Lidman, please be VERY cautious using niacin!!

The theraputic dose of niacin is very close to the toxic dose. It should never be used for cholesterol improvement except under the close supervision of a physician. Otherwise, the risk-benefit ratio is very unfavorable.

The dangers of hyperlipidemia are not nearly as great as the dangers of ruining your liver with niacin. If you take more than about 500 mg/day of niacin, without close medical supervision, you are taking grave risks with your health. But if you take less than that, it will have little or no effect on your cholesterol numbers.

Statins and Zetia are expensive, but if you need to save money, or you are worried about side-effects of statins and Zetia, then simply divide the dose. With those medications, you lose only about 6% effectiveness with each halving of the dose.

(Note, too, that you can use Zetia in combination with a statin, for additive benefit.)

So even if you take just 1/8 or 1/16 of the normal dose of Lipitor or Pravachol or Zocor, perhaps with 1/8 or 1/16 of the normal dose of Zetia, you'll still get a good benefit. It will almost certainly give you a LOT more benefit than you would get with Cholesterblock, and it is a LOT safer than using niacin.

See also http://www.burtonsys.com/cholesterol.html

-Dave

Posted by Sue on 2012-07-27:

I used Cholesterblock for years and it worked very well for me. Not everything is going to work for everyone. Unfortunately, it's no longer available.