Red yeast rice is a supplement made through the fermentation of mold on white rice that’s primarily used to lower heart disease risk factors. Studies show that red yeast rice may support health ...

Health supplements produced in Japan containing a red yeast rice ingredient has been linked to deaths and hospitalisations. It has prompted product recalls in Japan and overseas. The ministry ...

Yiwu Danxi Wine is a local specialty with medicinal properties, such as improving digestion and boosting immunity. The ...

s dietary supplements using “benikoji” red yeast rice. A newly formed group of 17 lawyers working on consumer affairs plans to solicit consultations from victims nationwide and negotiate ...

Kobayashi Pharma is a major drug maker and has recalled the red yeast rice pills A major Japanese ... which were advertised as cholesterol-lowering supplements. Kobayashi said it suspected that ...

Beni kōji is rice fermented with monascus purpureus, a species of reddish-purple mould. While advertised as a health supplement for ... relationship" of its Red Yeast Cholesterol Help product ...

s dietary supplements that led to widespread health ... be mixed in during the cultivation process of “benikoji” red yeast rice. According to the Japanese Society of Nephrology, many people ...

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that 15.6 million U.S. adults consumed herbal products in the past month that ...

Red yeast rice is considered a food or dietary supplement, but because it contains lovastatin, the US FDA has taken action against several of the products. Some of these products have been ...