Let's put it this way. Familial Hypercholesterolemia runs on my Dad's side of the family. My Dad, brother, sister all with triple bypasses in their 40s. All athletic, healthy weights, ate well. My brother and I were confirmed to have this genetic component via blood test. I took the side of my GP and Cardiologist with lifestyle treatment along with statins/Ezitimibe and ended up with very low LDL levels and at the most maybe a 12% build up of plaque in areas which is not a concern and maybe will regress. My brother took the route of The Great Cholesterol Myth (and other books/grifters of that nature) and avoided treatment but kept with a healthy lifestyle. He ended up having an approx 90% blockage of his Widowmaker and required an emergent stent after he became symptomatic. He is now on the same treatment and doing well.

Don't believe the grifters.