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Flax seed oil, eh? Thanks Marie, I will do some research on it.

What did it do- lower the LDL? Is the effect temporary, or is ongoing dosage necessary? We're there other dietary changes that took place at the same time?

You all might also look into this:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2001/june2001_cover_policosanol.html

I know that blood pressure was restored to normal in both of them within one week and dropped a little lower in the week after that. (My husband went from 145/90 to 125/60 and my friend went from 175/145 - on blood pressure medication - to 128/72 with no medication in two weeks) My husbands bad cholesterol was borderline high (I'm not sure of the numbers) and it's now low/normal. My friend was a walking heart attack and she was normal when the dr checked her again a month later. They both took one to two 1000 mg flax seed oil a day.

My friend found out about it while visiting her dr for her high bp. While in the waiting room, she started chatting with another woman was waiting with her husband. The lady told my friend about the oil and my friend confirmed the story with their doctor. He told her to try it, that it couldn't hurt. He had only seen this one patient who tried it, so he wasn't completly convinced that the oil worked. Now, after my friend's trial, he getting cautiously optimistic.

There were NO other lifestyle changes for either of them. Now my hubby is nagging his mother to just TRY the oil and he NEVER nags. If it's going to work for you, you'll know it within a month. If not, it won't hurt you at all. (Unless you're alergic to flax!) ;-)