re: 37yr old with high cholesterol. How to manage properly?

Red yeast rice contains the same chemical as lovastatin, so you are in fact still taking a statin.

The meat isn’t the problem. Try intermittent fasting, eat in a 6 or 8 hour window. I’m carnivore and did this recently to drop last pounds. My total cholesterol dropped like 50 points.

Things like flax seed and almonds and some other stuff you can look up can lower cholesterol. And eating these things won’t make you gain weight.

You could snack on some almonds and I just add ground flax seed with blueberries to some yogurt.


Also it generally says in the chart that it raises your risk of a heart attack in 10 years. Not that you will necessarily die tomorrow or next month.

Your ldl is really high though, so try lowering it on your own but you will prob need meds if you can’t.


My overall cholesterol is high but my ldl is in the optimal range.

If you have a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol, the food intake likely will not make much difference. Been there, done that.

Quick story
I was trending high on the cholesterol and doc was wanting me to take statin. Wife kept sending me clips about diet: red rice yeast, cut sugar, lower carbs, intermittent fasting etc… and I did that. Numbers got a bit better and I avoided statins. Doctor kept prescribing. I wouldn’t take them. Eventually I switched doctors (wife advice). New doctor was supposed to be more holistic. New doc prescribed statins too but did a full work up before. Wanted to see if I had blockages.
Got results and yep- I had some blockage…. Not good.

I now take low dose statin.

Moral of story- lots of arm chair advisors. Lots of click bait online and social media. Some of the advice is fine but it’s overkill and they don’t know your whole story.

I think changes to diet is always good idea when it cuts out the harmful stuff. Sugar and processed food are bad.

Just be careful with the advice. It can drive you crazy

I did a stress test and an echocardiogram. I did well on both. I’m not going to let a higher calcium score and a slightly higher overall cholesterol number dictate my life. I’m also not going to take a statin that affected my quality of life. Especially with the risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc. I eat a mostly dirty carnivore diet because the diet the cardiologist has a lot of seed oils and processed carbs. I guess I’ll die early with a smile on my face

221 isn’t terrible.

Avoid high, sugary processed foods. Stick with fruits and vegetables for your carbs.

My dad has high cholesterol but his diet sucks and he’s been a smoker for decades.

My numbers are always sub 150 but my HDL levels always lag below the recommended range no matter what I do.

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You’d swear my wife found a stash of fentanyl in my house when my nicotine pouches were delivered last week.

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One of my coworkers has his delivered to my house because his wife freaks out every time he gets 4 or 5 rolls in the mail

What were your triglycerides?

Lipid panel issues can be a genetic disposition also. I know people who have to take statins and they train 5 days a week, eat healthy and not over weight. Crazy how it works.

On a side note , my lipid panel is basically average/ok except my triglycerides are high. He put me on atorvastatin and my body did NOT react well to it. To much bloating/swelling and heartburn(I never get heart burn). The minute I quit the statin, I went back to normal. I'm presently eating right(hunter/gatherers diet with lean meat and greens only)and getting 4 days a week at gym. Drinking alot of water too. Ive lost 3 lbs last week and down to 200lbs at 6ft 1'. Shooting for 195lbs.

Eliminate processed foods
Eliminate alot of sugar
Don't drink alcohol
Take omega 3


Watch it drop.

Also to it could be like you said hereditary. I know people in shape and eat clean and their triglycerides are high. If you ever have to take cholesterol meds watch the side effects of them and switch around till one doesnt cause weight gain, bloating and other sides effects like heartburn etc. I know 2 nurses and both told me that cholesterol meds are hit or miss and don't really help much, maybe 15% tops. They both say to clean up the diet. Take omega 3....