I’ve got high cholesterol, first caught when I was 28. Exercise and diet weren’t enough. Although I applaud this medical breakthrough I am concerned about any solution that will, to some effect, encourage people to exercise even less than they do now.
For another viewpoint on treating heart disease, read Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling’s essay on the subject.
Try Niacin, it has dropped my LDL cholesterol 25 points the first month, taking 1000 mg/day.
My doctor now wants me to take 2000-2500 mg /day and come back in three months. Try Natures Bounty or Lifefitness flush free 500 mg tablets.
Exercise and watching what I eat would not reduce my cholesteral enough.
Also, taking fish/flax Omega 3/6/9 capsules made my HDL go up about 7 %.
“He also notes that a pill would not be “a magic bullet.” People still need to make the right lifestyle choices by exercising and eating properly, he says.”
Why didn’t they just put this at the beginning and skip the rest?
BTW, for many people it isn’t fat that is the problem. It’s carbs.
Why bother? Cholesterol has never killed anyone.
My cholesterol is low. I think there’s is a protective affect from thyroid supplementation but the mechanism is yet to be understood.