What are the allegedly health advantages of crimson bacteria rice?  ,
Red yeast rice is frequently used in wellbeing products that claim to lower cholesterol.
According to Professor Eric Chan, a pharmaceutical scientist at the National University of Singapore’s ( NUS) Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, red yeast rice contains a compound called monacolin K, which is chemically identical to lovastatin.
Lovastatin belongs to a group of statin drugs. Statins lower the amount of “bad cholesterol” and fat in the blood as well as increase the amount of” good cholesterol”.
According to Singapore’s HealthHub site, great “bad cholesterol” levels can cause blood vessels to fill up and lead to stomach pain, heart attack or stroke.  ,
According to Prof. Chan, previous research has shown that red yeast products ‘ levels of monacolin K can vary, but such products often disclose the levels of the substances they contain.  ,
As a result, it is possible that the success and side effects of such products may get “unpredictable”, he added.  ,
What are some of the issues with crimson bacteria rice?  ,
There have been reports of people in Europe and the United States having negative results after consuming dark bacteria corn, according to a 2018 review by the European Food Safety Authority. These included body pain, kidney injury and digestive disorders.
While red bacteria rice’s monacolin K helps lower cholesterol, it also has side effects that are comparable to those of lipitor, according to Prof. Chan.
Statins may trigger muscle wound, with signs of increasing intensity, such as weakness, tenderness and cramps, he said. In some cases, it can lead to liver deterioration.
According to him,” statins are only prescribed by dosage, with recommendations to program safety tests regularly.”  ,
However, for side effects are “uncommon” for people taking statin drugs, said , Dr Yeo Khung Keong, a mature expert physician. He added that between 3 and 5 percent of his people experience body problems and aches.
Unlike lipitor treatment, over- the- counter health supplements for as , those containing dark yeast rice undergo , “less demanding”  , regulation controls, said Dr Yeo.
A certain degree of scrutiny is put forth when it comes to medication, making sure that its active ingredients are replicated in every pill.
What active ingredient in the drug must be made known. And whether this active ingredient is in a particular dose that is known can be replicated”, Dr Yeo explained. It can be reliably established that a pill that says 20 mg of statin always contains 20 mg of the drug, within a certain margin of error.
Red yeast rice products have some guidelines.
According to HSA’s regulatory guidance, supplements with red yeast rice are required to contain less than 1 per cent of lovastatin.
Additionally, the HSA places strict restrictions on toxic heavy metals and forbids the addition of substances like steroids to health supplements.  ,
Dealers have an obligation to ensure that their products are not harmful or unsafe, and that they conform with HSA’s guidelines, said the authority.
What went wrong with the three Kobayashi products?
Dr Yeo pointed out that in the case of , Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s recalled products, the side effects might have been caused by a contaminant, rather than the active ingredient.  ,
The Japanese pharmaceutical company has reported that its Osaka factory located what appeared to be potentially toxic puberulic acid. It could have been made by the penicillium from the red yeast rice produced at the factory between last April and October.
According to nutritionist Ms. Jeffy, under certain circumstances in the fermentation process, the mold used to make red yeast rice can also produce citrinin, a toxin that has been linked to various negative health effects like liver damage and kidney failure.
” As much as possible, manufacturers would attempt to control the citrinin levels in their products but, nevertheless, ( they ) cannot control a lot of environmental factors which could result in the inconsistent level of these toxins”, she added.