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If you don't want the side effects of statins (muscle cramps, etc.), and all the suggestions above don't help, consider Cholestyramine (Questran). Its a powder you mix with orange juice once or twice a day. It's completely innert (does not get absorbed into your blood stream). Rather, it absorbs fats and oils in your intestine before they reach your blood stream....and you simply pass the bad stuff as part of a nice healthy dump each day.
I started taking it shortly after gall bladder removal as I had problems with the runs due to all that bile (oil) running directly in to the small intestine. Doc put me on one pack a day and that did the trick. Although moderately active, my cholesterol stays well under 200 (good HDL, LDL and Tri numbers) regardless of diet.
Ask your doc. Not sure why more people don't use the stuff. My 2 cents.
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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.
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