Hmmm. Metabolic Gold. I had a look at the ingredients and think it's a pile of meta-bollocks.
Artichoke is "good" for the liver, as is milk thistle. Nothing in that supplement will make you lose weight. You can add baobab powder (it's fairly high fibre) to your meals and that might help you "go" but you can buy the powder for just over a tenner for 500g. The bergamot is high in flavonoids but you can buy cheaper flavonoids from various places. Flavonoids are known as Vitamin P and are found in tea, berries and wine.
My sister has just found out she's genetically pre-disposed to having high cholesterol so we're all supposed to get tested. Of course, the rest of my family have handed in the letter to their GPs and been tested. I handed in mine (it's a generic letter telling the surgery that relatives of the named person need testing), but my surgery are refusing as it's addressed to my sister not me. Duh.
Anyway, my sister has tried statins and not got on with them at all. She's now having the new jab but has been advised to eat foods that bind to fats like porridge, Benecol instead of butter or spread and drink the Benecol drinks. She also has diverticulitis and has had success calming it by adding inulin to drinks and taking psyllium husk capsules with meals.
It's not lowered her cholesterol by a lot but it is helping. She's also having the happy side effect of fewer troubled toilet times and noticed she sleeps better if she puts the inulin in her evening drinks. Peak Supps sells inulin and baobab powder as well as many other supplements at very reasonable prices. They're on eBay, Amazon and sell direct. They also sell citrus bergamot capsules starting at £9.49 for 30.
I sound like a walking ad for them but it's just my experience buying from them. Good prices and good service.
