A friend on mine from Colombia started using eggplant juice after the doc confirmed her high BP and Cholesterol. She said that many older women in Colombia drink it, that her mom has for years. The change in her numbers were frankly, unbelieveable and occurred over a few daysmaking it even more unbelievable. Her doc confirmed the Ch change. But since I have High ch, and a physical coming up, I'm starting a 30 trial with the blood test at the end. Her recipe was slightly different than the others I've read here: Boil the eggplant with the peel of an orange, maybe 20 - 30 minutes. Discard the pulp. Refrigerate and drink no special amount. I made about a gallon and will drink it over 4 days, then make a new batch. Flavor is fine, looks like green tea. Will let you know what happens.