Organika Red Yeast Rice Plus - Helps with lowering total blood cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, both of which are risk factors towards heart disease and stroke. Red Yeast Rice is believed to mimic statin activity through Monocolin K activity and helps to safely reduce LDL cholesterol, known to cause arterial buildup. Red Yeast Rice stops the enzymatic action which helps make cholesterol while Plant Sterols decrease blood cholesterol by blocking the absorption of dietary cholesterol in the intestines.