Sure, if your goal is to increase your risk of grave side effects while taking ineffective medications. Action Alert! Here we go again: another flawed study taking aim at supplements. A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology concludes that statins are more effective than fish oil, cinnamon, garlic, turmeric, plant sterols, and red yeast rice at lowering LDL cholesterol over a four-week period. Is this the nail in the coffin of supplements for heart health? NO! These and other similar stories we’ve reported on over the years are a disservice to public health because they add to the mistaken perception that supplements are “useless” when the truth is anything but. Read more.