Red yeast rice is native to China, found that the application has been more than 1,000 years, as early as in the Song Dynasty on the record, the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty red yeast "blood circulation, stasis, stomach and spleen" and other efficacy, modern medical research has proved that the red yeast contains a strong antioxidant to enhance the function of the liver and the effectiveness of cancer prevention, and on the blood pressure, cholesterol, blood fat and other health effects, its efficacy is included in the "Chinese medicine efficacy dictionary", now containing red yeast rice health care products abound. The recent medical research has proved that red yeast contains powerful antioxidant to enhance liver function and prevent cancer, and it has the health care effect of lowering blood pressure, cholesterol and blood lipids, etc. Its therapeutic effect is listed in the "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine Effectiveness", and the health care products containing red yeast rice abound in the world. 90's foreign countries have found that the red yeast contains a small amount of oryzanamycin, and it is debated that the use of red yeast is caused by it, but the whole world hasn't found any individual case caused by the consumption of red yeast, and it is not that all of them contain oryzanamycin. At present, a large number of Aspergillus erythropolis strains that do not produce oryzanamycin have been cultivated in China and have been put into use. At present, the domestic medical profession does not think that the red currant contains a small amount of oryzanamycin can produce big side effects on people, just like people eat vegetables every day, no one can guarantee that the vegetables do not contain a little pesticide residue, but it means that people eat vegetables on the toxicity of the reason is the same, so red currant rice powder as a food additives small amount of food, it is safe

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