What does that accomplish?
"So if I’m still at risk of heart disease, then low cholesterol levels have nothing to do with that risk?"
They got this completely wrong decades ago and are unwilling to correct it now. We'll have to wait for the old generation of experts to die off before that happens.
But no, your total cholesterol level has nothing to do with it. Not even LDL does. The best predictor of a heart attack is low levels of HDL, but that's because it correlates with other negative things as well. Cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease. The build up of plaques is a symptom, not a cause.
Honest question - plaque build up is a symptom of what?
I am trying to stay off of statins, but my cholesterol is sky high, regardless of significant dietary and lifestyle changes.
Thanks in advance,
Tatt