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I have never understood the whole cholesterol-lowering thing.

I am willing to bet that their HDLs are very high e.g. my wifes total is 285 but her HDLs are 92

Mother lived to be 96 and her heart was still going strong

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My mom and aunt both have Cholesterol levels over 300 and are 88 and 91 respectively. My father-in-law had high cholesterol and died at 84 albeit from a heart attack. My cholesterol is 290, but my HDL is 60 which for a guy is out the roof. My younger sister has bought into the whole statin thing and has been on them for 5 years trying to get her cholesterol down. She refuses to consider the evidence of her mother and aunt versus her doctor’s orders.