It’s not a cholesterol problem.
It’s an inflammation problem.
How do you stop the inflammation? I am genetically predisposed to very high cholesterol (my dad was too), so diet does absolutely nothing. I have near the entire of 2013 as proof (refractory nausea kept me from eating and I had to force water and 10 ER visits, 2 admitted, now on my second ENTERRA II gastric stimulator).
Cardiologist has me on ezitimide, can’t take stains. Crestor was horrible.
Absolutely no plaques in my arteries, very slight calcifications—like barely—after 61 years of eating a full range of foods because I’m Cajun. Echo very good ejection fraction. All I have is right bundle branch block that drives their ECGs crazy.
And COPD that’s rearing its ugly head a bit more often.
The best way I know to reduce inflammation is to get a good nights rest, drink a lot of water, keep physically busy, Advil when I need for pain or a lidocaine patch.
Thank Jesus every day for my gastric implant. Praise His Holy Name.