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In my experience its not the dietary fat that’s the problem, it’s the carbs.

My cholesterol was 230 when I went low carb. After six months on it it dropped to 156 - NO MEDS.
And that was eating 2 eggs a day, normal amounts of meat, fish, chicken, cheese, lots of vegetables. Just no starch, no sugar, and a modest amount of fruit.

Excess carbs, if your body can’t handle them (as many can’t) causes excess insulin release which causes weight gain and inflammation.
Cholesterol is “body spackle” - its produced in response to injury and inflammation to help patch things up.

If you have a body chemistry like mine and address the root cause of why the cholesterol is being produced, the blood levels drop like a rock.

My asthma and arthritis also got markedly better- a sign of reduced inflammation.

I wouldn’t touch statins with a 10 foot pole, after what I saw happen to my own body. And that goes for the low-fat diets too (which are carb-heavy and shoot insulin levels through the roof).

In my experience its not the dietary fat that’s the problem, it’s the carbs.

I agree. There are essential vitamins, minerals, fats and protein. There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Look around at the success of the "gaia" diet. Epidemic Metabolic Syndrome and pre-type II diabetes. Thank you Jimmy Carter, George McGovern and Harvard. A complete revamping of the American diet without a single pier review or scientific basis. Just another great leftist experiment forcing their irrational beliefs on everyone.

Now to fix this great Fubar of government intervention we are pumping statins into everyone. You are correct about Cholesterol. Cholesterol is an indication of underlying inflammation from Glycation, resulting from the recommended high carbohydrate diets. Giving Statins to lower Cholesterol is like sending the fire department out to put out the smoke. What fire?

I had my bloodwork done January of this year. In April, after reading Gary Taubes' book, How We Get Fat, my husband and I went back to an Atkins style diet. Eggs, meat, fish, cheese, non-starchy vegetables. No flour or sugar. I have lost 26 pounds.

Two weeks ago, I went to have my blood work done again and my LDL number had dropped by 30 points. All of my numbers had dropped. I am healthier, and I actually feel a lot better. My stomach problems have reduced tremendously.

I had tried Atkins before, and had lost a lot of weight. But, when I tried bringing back the foods like rice or potatoes, I ended up gaining all the weight back, and then some. Taubes' book helped me understand how my body works and it explained a lot about how my body reacts to certain foods (or, really, over-reacts). I believe that this may be the way I have to eat for the rest of my life.

I don't think doctors or researchers really take into account the fact that people are different. For some, one diet may work, for others, another type of diet may be better.

In that connection, regular flossing and good oral hygiene help too.

Chronic infection below or at the gumline results in inflammation just as with any other injury.

For example see here.

Cheers!