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I've been on Cholestyramine powder for years. Mix a 4 oz packet with OJ before bed. It binds fat (oil, cholesterol, grease) in your small bowel and turns it into a nice turd rather than allowing it to get reabsorbed into your blood stream. Cholesterol has always been sub 200...a bit high on the HDL and low on the LDL (that's a good thing). And I pretty much eat whatever tastes good. Age is 52. Only side effect is a satisfying dump every morning.
Actually got on it after my gall bladder came out. Had, uh...challenges, with bouts of diahrrea because of bile upsetting my gizzard. Took care of that problem and maintains cholesterol also (that's what it's made for). Another name for it is Questran. May be worth looking into...it is NOT a statin.
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Mike
“I wouldn’t want to live under the conditions a person could get used to”. -My paternal grandmother having immigrated to America shortly before WWll.
Last edited by Chocaholic; 01-26-2012 at 04:51 PM..
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