How do you manage high Cholesterol?

[Gramkabir]

[LazerBean]

Serapeptase, you can order it on Amazon. My father-in-law has family history of high cholesterol, and tried for years to manage his high cholesterol by lowering his red meat intake and by taking cholesterol medicine, even though every kind he tried gave him myopathy. Took this for a short while and got his first good reading in a long time. The doctor literally said "that cholesterol medicine is really working!". He hadn't taken it for months though. He told the doctor what he was doing differently, the doctor said he'd never heard of it but he guessed to keep doing what he was doing. Now dad and several of his friends swear by it.

[Jazzy54]

Changing your diet, exercising regularly and, depending on how high, taking medication. My LDL was on the high side a few years ago. I eliminated soda from my diet and my doctor was (pleasantly) surprised that it went down drastically simply because I did that. Anyway, check with your doctor and he or she will give you guidance. 😊

[MORPHEUS_12]

The thing is 99% of the crap you read online makes you think that it's diet related. However, genetics plays a huge roll.

[RoosterBreast]

So that's another time I'm seeing on this site, people trying to talk down on the importance of diet while proving it important.

If genetics play a huge role then it's still diet related, because none of your genes appeared out of nowhere. It means your ancestors had a different diet than you have today.

[Gramkabir]

@RoosterBreast Talking about ancestors, I don't know about my Grand parents but my father doesn't have cholesterol and still, he's healthy. I think my cholesterol has increased due to bad food habit and unhealthy life style.

[Levin]

Check out Dr Esselstyn's book, how to prevent and cure heart disease and also the China Study.

Holistic factors, I suspect. Plant based whole foods, exercise, lots of sleep, low stress, keeping a balance between the worldly and inner cultivation. If you find yourself drawn to certain foods ask yourself why.

[petitedollbabee]

Your doctor will be able to help with that. Potentially a dietitian aswell.

[GreatBigCircles]

Indeed. You shouldn't be turning to social media for help with serious health concerns.

[236color]

I take the statin medication prescribed by my doctor.

[virtualwasp]

easy, plan my funeral and enjoy life

[riverrat3]

Eat oatmeal