Trying my best to avoid statins but diet alone doesnt seem to be working.

[fendertele]

First off my Diabetes is great, low carb has no doubt been pivotal to getting my levels back in the normal and stay there. But my GP is concerned about my lipid results which have been off for a long time despite my best efforts to try and improve.

My Triglycerides are very high and my LDL/Cholesterol Ratio is 11.1 to try and combat this I have cut back on red meat meals and omega 6 type oils, increased fatty fish, berries etc... and whilst it has came down slightly it's nowhere near enough that i dont get the constant reminder I should be getting on these Statins. They said my likelihood of a stroke or heart attack based on some calculator they use is around 28 percent likely to happen in the next 10 years.

I'll be honest i feel great, I'm quite lean and muscular, blood pressure is good , gave up smoking about 2 months ago,

 

[There is no Spoon]

They said my likelihood of a stroke or heart attack based on some calculator they use is around 28 percent likely to happen in the next 10 years.

Hi @fendertele,
Have you seen "The Cholesterol Code" on Amazon yet. A documentary that endeavours to prove, specifically for people on a low carb high fat diet with increased cholesterol as a result, that high cholesterol is not connected to heart attacks.

You might find it interesting.

 

[fendertele]

Hi @fendertele,
Have you seen "The Cholesterol Code" on Amazon yet. An documentary that endeavours to prove, specifically for people on a how carb high fat diet with increased cholesterol as a result, that high cholesterol is not connected to heart attacks.

You might find it interesting.

Wow the timing is fantastic for this to drop, will grab this for a watch tomorrow night cheers.

 

[KennyA]

First off my Diabetes is great, low carb has no doubt been pivotal to getting my levels back in the normal and stay there. But my GP is concerned about my lipid results which have been off for a long time despite my best efforts to try and improve.

My Triglycerides are very high and my LDL/Cholesterol Ratio is 11.1 to try and combat this I have cut back on red meat meals and omega 6 type oils, increased fatty fish, berries etc... and whilst it has came down slightly it's nowhere near enough that i dont get the constant reminder I should be getting on these Statins. They said my likelihood of a stroke or heart attack based on some calculator they use is around 28 percent likely to happen in the next 10 years.

I'll be honest i feel great, I'm quite lean and muscular, blood pressure is good , gave up smoking about 2 months ago,

To help with your decision you need to factor in that most cholesterol is produced by your own body - the usual figure quoted is around 80%. Dietary cholesterol has little if any impact. What statins do is affect the ability of your liver to make cholesterol - they don't affect cholesterol in the diet, but that doesn't affect your natural level of cholesterol anyway. There's also a commonly-noted statin side-effect which is that blood glucose levels often rise. Info from Bilous and Donnelly.

You might also want to take a look at some recent research on cholesterol levels and risk, couple of examples attached:

Enigma of the cholesterol paradox in acute myocardial infarction: lessons from an 8-year follow-up of all-cause mortality in an age-matched and sex-matched case-control study with controls from the patients' recruitment area - PubMed

In patients with AMI, lower TC and LDL-C levels independently predict higher ACM. In their controls, LDL-C levels above the median independently predict higher ACM. This study adds to the body of evidence supporting the existence of a cholesterol paradox.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien...tm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-arrow-188

Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort study among 12.8 million adults - Scientific Reports