I'm curious if any other regular drinkers have noticed their LDL levels rise with heavy consumption of Kava? My theory is that a regularly used hepatoxin like kava might interfere with the liver's regulation of cholesterol. My ldl cholesterol is high even though I excercise regularly, eat a largly vegetarian diet with zero junk food and have minimal body fat.
I was off kava for 3 years living in central america and only restarted a couple of years back and since then I've been trying to get my cholesterol back down with little luck. Of course I also got a desk job and put on thirty pounds, but even after losing the spare tire the cholesterol won't drop.
Anyone else? Is it possible that the extra taxation on the liver keeps it from doing its job?
I was off kava for 3 years living in central america and only restarted a couple of years back and since then I've been trying to get my cholesterol back down with little luck. Of course I also got a desk job and put on thirty pounds, but even after losing the spare tire the cholesterol won't drop.
Anyone else? Is it possible that the extra taxation on the liver keeps it from doing its job?
