I do know of a person who had a heart attack, and is on a high dose of statin-AND he eats literally no fat......his cholesterols are as low as yours......and boy, he looks ill, he is always moaning about being ill-he is grey and so thin and gaunt.....he was NOT told to go on a NO fat diet-he was told to go on a lower fat diet-and has taken it to so much of an extreme you would not believe. He is permanently going to hospitals for investigations for stomach, head and back problems....he just will not recognise that perhaps (and only perhaps) his diet is contributing to his illness, memory, concentration, headaches, pains......I have twice tried to tell HCP's of his no fat diet, but they didn't listen, after 3 years of trying to tell him... he has now spoken to me about finding out if Radon Gas is leaking through his bungalow.......his diet is fruit, steamed veg, salad and white meat and that is it-nothing processed at all, no cheese, no milk, no bread, no potatoes-absolutely nothing with an ounce of fat in it-he never has choclate-when he wants somthing sweet-he sucks on a dried apricot.....all trying to get his cholesterol as low as possible to live as long as possible...and yet I believe he is doing himself worse damage by not having any fat......but I am not a HCP.....seeing what he is going through with very low cholesterol, and being on a no fat diet makes me want to keep my levels at 4-5. No less......but that is just my opinion on seeing somebody personally with very low cholesterol, and what I consider to be a dangerous no fat diet....
