I’ve had high cholesterol since I was college age. Not as high as your number but higher than they say it should be.
They put me on a statin drug called Baycol, from the people who brought us Zyklon B. Then Baycol got withdrawn by the FDA for being toxic and I stopped taking anything. Then many years later I suffered a severe heart-related issue. Was code blue in the operating room. Now I take 80mg of Lipitor along with a handful of other meds, vitamins and minerals. The lipitor is a horse pill in size. My numbers did improve.
But the strangest thing, I decided I needed to shed a few pounds. I was never really very overweight but just didn’t like my ‘body image’. So I went on a strict Keto type diet (more Atkins than keto but they are the same). I was concerned that eating lots of protein and avoiding sugars and carbs would cause my numbers to slip back. To my suprise all my numbers improved. Lower BP. Lower total cholesterol. Better ratio of HDL/LDL. And though I was never close to diabetic range, my blood sugar levels also dropped 20 points. My cardiologist was intrigued. I also dropped 30 pounds in weight in just a few months.
“To my suprise all my numbers improved. Lower BP. Lower total cholesterol. Better ratio of HDL/LDL. And though I was never close to diabetic range, my blood sugar levels also dropped 20 points.”
That’s the normal effect for going Keto.
“And though I was never close to diabetic range, my blood sugar levels also dropped 20 points. My cardiologist was intrigued. “
And yet people put their full trust in what these doctors tell them to eat.
Good news.
Our big PPO apparently stopped testing those of us with an age of 80+ and over for high cholesterol.
No fanfare, just no lab results re cholesterol level tests for my past 2 years of annual lab tests.
So you saw the most dramatic changes via diet?
I am about 15-20 overweight for my age but decided to focus first on consistent movement-
1-2 mile daily alk (Big German Shep) Peleton & Pilates as my joints suck.
But truly I do not eat that much but when I do it might be half a burger, bacon/eggs, mexican food.
That is veeeery interesting....my husband had a stroke (actually 2 one in the eye) and had surgery to unclog him Carotid artery in Nov. The doctors put him on a statin just to cover the checklist but his CH readings were not bad at all.