Great day to get this news - I have high cholesterol

[Warpy]

14. 265 is getting up there.

There are worse things than taking a pill a day, like stroking out, losing your ability to speak and walk.

I can say a lot of my friends are still alive and in their 70s whose parents died in their 30s and 40s from heart attacks and strokes. When the statin drugs came out, people in their ethnic groups started to live longer.

Diet won't do it. 90% of the stuff is made by your liver, not eaten as food.

You might have heard abitt red yeast ruce syookments. That;s stukk tajubg a ouk evert dat and likely isn't as good, here's the scoop on those: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-red-yeast-rice/art-20363074

The best udea us ti takj to your doctor about the danger level versus the "it might be a good idea" level and decide from there.