I'm in total agreement. That said, when medications are in the picture, the picture is already distorted. No doctor gets to put me on a med I don't like or want. IMO, statins are killers and there's no way I will take them. My DH is totally at the mercy of his doctors and no matter what I say, he allows them to medicate him. Well, it's not my body, it's his and he's the decider.

There is so much information about how important cholesterol now and very little, in fact nothing in the way of proof that its bad! It seems logical to me that the only reason high cholesterol is considered bad is that it keeps the pharmaceutical industry wealthy, so they just keep pushing the "everyone knows" rubbish - but where is the evidence?

Jo xxx

I don't want to hijack this thread, but just want to say this:
The body makes cholesterol and it's job is to keep us healthy.
When my friends were dying of AIDS in the 80s, they were starving for lack of cholesterol. Their bodies could no longer make it.
Cholesterol is not a devil, but an angel.

I had the same issue. I didn't get tested until I was on very low carb for well over a year and pretty close to goal. My LDL pretty much doubled. That happens to a very small percentage of people. I don't and won't take statins again so I have had to make some changes. I quit using coconut oil and bacon grease. Now I mostly use Olive oil and just a bit of butter for eggs. I still eat eggs, but not as much as I was. Cut back on beef and pork, eating more chicken and fish.

I will get retested in a couple of months and hope the changes I've made help.

I have read that what you eat doesn't affect your cholesterol...but that's not true for everyone, because some unlucky ones like me are affected by high fat eating.