Hi - completely new to this forum - diagnosed Type 2 last October - you could have knocked me down with a feather. HBa1C first time - 58. Cholesterol 8. I asked to manage it with diet and exercise, and then managed to lose half a stone by cutting out obvious sugar etc. Managed to bring my HBa1C down to 54 and my cholesterol down to 6; however my good cholesterol went down to 0.8 and my bad sky high to I don't know what! The doctor suggested I go on statins but I don't really want to do that as they cause other problems. Obviously there must be something in what I've cut out that brought my good cholesterol down so low. Any ideas? Last tested in February.... Many thanks for any advice please