Jarrow FormulasCitrus Bergamot 500 mg - 120 Servings (Veggie Caps) - Antioxidant Support for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health - Dietary Supplement - Gluten Free - Use with Jarrow Formulas QH-absorb

This product is well dosed and Jarrows is a trusted brand so the quality is always top notch. Citrus Bergamot has been shown to increase HDL and help keep the body healthy. The price has increased and it isn’t cheap but it’s definitely high quality. You get what you pay for.

September 2022 : Total Cholesterol: 259, HDL 42, LDL 177. Jan 2023 after 3 months taking 1 cap for the first two months, then 2 caps for the last month (December) -> Total Cholesterol went down a bit but not into normal range as 243, HDL 44, LDL 171. Total cholesterol down by just 16 mg/dl (6%) lower, HDL a little higher. Sep 2022: Triglycerides 235, Jan 2023: 142. Lower by 40%, 93 mg/dl, into normal range. Very happy about that as well as my A1C on September 2022 was 6 then my A1C on January 2023 went down to 5.6 into normal range. I take 2 caps of fish oil daily, together with a very healthy balance diet, no sweets, no drinking, no refined carbs. I Walk 30 minutes or more a day, and also do Yoga. My weight in September was 148 pounds, my current weight is 138 pounds. I am 5'.5", on my fifties. My doctor recommended to keep going with my healthy eating plan and exercising every day then I will have a follow up again in 4 months. At this point due to the positive changes on my blood work, and after my doctor evaluate my individual risk, no statins are prescribed. I am happy about that. He recommended to stop taking this supplement, but I will continue taking one cap a day until my next blood work in 4 months. Cholesterol levels did not get as low as I was expecting, nevertheless, I see improvement, but A1C and triglycerides are back to normal range. Note: genetic Cholesterol runs in my family, and it seems that I produce Cholesterol. I am just posting my own experience taking this supplement. Not submitting any recommendation to anyone else. This is just my personal review.

I had high cholesterol, particularly triglycerides for several years. Was on meds for that. Didn't want to be on drugs, so lost the weight (20 lbs), started exercising better and cleaned up my diet. Lowered it enough to get off the meds, but still was high-normal. Started taking bergamot (1 per day, w/evening meal). Even though I gained back 8 lbs during the winter when I couldn't get outside and exercise as much (and had a nerve issue/injury that kept my exercising to a minimum for a couple months, and slacked off a bit on diet (not too bad, but lots of visits with family during that time), my most cholesterol check was great! Better than it ever has been. Triglycerides and bad cholesterol were great. (Good cholesterol was also great.) There is no magic "cure" for high cholesterol. If you want off drugs, you have to do your part. Lose the weight, do the exercise, fix the diet and take safe supplements like bergamot! If you do some research, you will find that bergamot is prescribed by doctors in Europe for cholesterol. There have been lots of studies even here in the USA that agree. However, due to the corrupt system here, we will probably never see this used as a "modern" medical treatment for cholesterol in the USA. Doesn't make $ for the pharma industry or medical industry.

When I had my annual physical, my cholesterol level was up to 222. My doctor recommended Citrus Bergamot, so I purchased Jarrow Formulas from Amazon. Three months later my cholesterol was down to 180. That is why I highly recommend Bergamot to lower cholesterol. By the way I did not change my eating habits at all.However, I don't know why the product went up in price through Amazon. I contacted Jarrow and asked them why the price increased. They said they did NOT raise the price, Amazon did. I would like to know why since I, and probably many others, use this product to lower their cholesterol. Medicare will not cover this even though it works better than a statin, with no risk of side affects.Many of the people who purchase this are on a fixed income (retired), which places a greater strain on their budget. Why the price increase, Amazon?

My wife takes this and has for years, likes the natural ingredients and the value. Size is easy to swallow.

I was diagnosed with CVD and had to aggressively get my cholesterol levels in check. So for 2 months, I was taking Jarrow Citrus Bergamot 1000 mg /day along with doing the Pauling Therapy (Megasose Vitamin C & Lysine). I was also on the Nutritarian diet and regular exercise during this time. After two months, my LDL Particle Number which was above the 95th percentile dropped more than half. It's now in the 20-49th percentile. As a bonus, I'm no longer insulin resistant. My doctor was so impressed he told me to disregard his prescription of statin/niacin and to keep on doing what I was doing.I have not experienced any bad side effects while on this therapy. I did lose weight and gained much more energy though. I'm very happy that this is working for me and I hope it will work for others.I'll update after 6 months of this treatment combination.Update after 1 yr:I discontinued use of citrus bergamot just to see if my numbers change. I still continued, however, the Pauling therapy and exercise regimen and nutritarian diet. My blood results from October 2016 came back and my LDL particle number rose 5%, my HDL dipped 20%, and LDL/Trig went up 25%. My lipids numbers are still in good range but no longer great. So I think the citrus bergamot does help me out. I will go on 1000mg/day again and update.