re: I need to lower my cholesterol

A lot of great information here and direction to more research. I appreciate it. Just to be clear, I have worked out and run my entire life up until this year. I just had surgery on my ulnar nerve and am in a full arm brace for another month with 5 more months of physical therapy. I am also nursing a bum knee and foot that may or may not require surgery. So, excercise is not an option for me in the near term. Being this sedentary is obviously a big part of my cholesterol being shite, but without being able to excercise, it's going to be hard for me to lose weight.

A couple of questions:

1) Can you still eat quinoa on Keto/Paleo? I actually like it and was going to substitute most of my grains/carbs with it.

2) How do you consume red rice yeast? Is it a food?

3) Do green tea extract/garcinia cambogia supplements work for weight loss/appetite suppressant? I see it everywhere but wasn't sure if it was crap or not.

4) What acidity level does apple cider vinegar have to be? What doses are effective?

5) Are there benefits to coconut oil as a supplement? I know I have read somewhere where a tablespoon/day has some benefits.

6) What are the downsides of statins? Is it just making your liver work overtime? Because it would seem if you've got to take 10-15 supplements to have the same effect that would be more work for the liver as well.

7) I don't like oatmeal. Would a Kashi cereal(I like the toasted berry crisp) with Almond milk give the same result?