[snowman]

My doc is upset because my ldl is 105!! He wants to see 95 or lower, like 90. My hdl is 25 or so. He wants me to add red rice yeast to get the ldl lower. To bad I can't use any Statins, I wish I could. Red rice yeast seems to be a problem as well, so I guess sometimes you are just SOL.

If you can use statins USE THEM for crying out loud. Who cares if you need them, its the results that count. I wish I could have statins in my future. Strict diets? Who the F needs them. They are no fun and do not do as good as a statin without all the pain.

As to trans fats, WTF does that have to do with your cholesterol? Almost NOTHING. Sodium, NOTHING, your diet, not much, your genes, everything, but you can't change that. Your CARB intake is much more important than your fat intake. You make your own cholesterol, from the carbs. CUT DOWN ON CARBS!!! Fat is important, but not as much as CARBS!! Try to keep carbs to 50 or less per meal.

Why Carbs? Would you eat raw sugar? Do you eat bread? Its the exact same thing as raw sugar, pure carbs. There is no such thing as good carbs and bad carbs. Carbs are well, carbs. Some are good, in fact necessary, but they are just like fat. Some are good, more are bad. Learn about carbs from the diabetes association. Atkins was on the right track in avoiding carbs, but to the excess.

Do nothing in excess. Thats the bottom line.