Let me put it this way. If your father has high cholesterol, chances are very good you will, too. My cardiologist told me “You can stop smoking. You can start exercising. You can change your eating habits. But you can’t change who your daddy was.”
I take niacin and it helps some. I’ve taken every statin known to man with very little or no results. Lipitor put me in the hospital with liver problems. I decided the side effects weren’t worth it. And my cardiologist agrees.
High cholesterol levels may very well be genetic, but triglycerides absolutely respond dramatically to diet.
My cholesterol is normal.
Sorry—I meant my post above for mylife