Many of my patients ask me whether they should take red yeast rice to lower their cholesterol.  This week’s issue of The Medical Letter has a very handy review of red yeast rice which I summarize below. Red yeast rice is a food that is produced by fermenting rice with a specific species of yeast.  It has been used in Chinese cooking and medicine for centuries.  It contains many molecules that are similar to statins, the family of medicines including Liptor, Zocor and Crestor.  In fact one of it...