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<blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2041567" data-attributes="member: 480869"><p>Well done on th reduction. It’s a good start to your journey. </p><p></p><p>It’s your choice to take the statin or not. The dr can only make recommendations. There is a whole,world of controversy about statins and cholesterol and their links to CVD. There are a number of threads on here you can search, particularly the one started by [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] which more recently has acted as a reservoir of information. It is not anywhere near as simple as the overall number. Ratios, particle size and quite frankly if there is much relevance at all are all questions to be asked. May I suggest you do some reading befor e making your choices. And whatever you decide you can always change your mind later and stop/start taking them at that point. </p><p></p><p>For what it’s worth my total on diagnosis was much higher than yours and I have chosen not to take statins. I’ve also refused to be retested til now as I was actively losing weight which can temporarily raise numbers (no matter how you do it not just lchf) as lipids are released from the body into the blood. I’ve now agreed to be retested at the next blood draw as weight has stabilised. I very much doubt that I’ll agree to statins after the results as I just don’t believe they mean what they claim they do, but I expect a noticeable improvement as most who make the changes I have done get better figures.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSSS, post: 2041567, member: 480869"] Well done on th reduction. It’s a good start to your journey. It’s your choice to take the statin or not. The dr can only make recommendations. There is a whole,world of controversy about statins and cholesterol and their links to CVD. There are a number of threads on here you can search, particularly the one started by [USER=219467]@bulkbiker[/USER] which more recently has acted as a reservoir of information. It is not anywhere near as simple as the overall number. Ratios, particle size and quite frankly if there is much relevance at all are all questions to be asked. May I suggest you do some reading befor e making your choices. And whatever you decide you can always change your mind later and stop/start taking them at that point. For what it’s worth my total on diagnosis was much higher than yours and I have chosen not to take statins. I’ve also refused to be retested til now as I was actively losing weight which can temporarily raise numbers (no matter how you do it not just lchf) as lipids are released from the body into the blood. I’ve now agreed to be retested at the next blood draw as weight has stabilised. I very much doubt that I’ll agree to statins after the results as I just don’t believe they mean what they claim they do, but I expect a noticeable improvement as most who make the changes I have done get better figures. [/QUOTE]
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