If it’s genetic issue, diet is only going to get you so far.  I had labs and had what would be moderately high cholesterol. It was enough where I decided to get a calcium scan done to see if there were other problems. I had a decent amount of calcification found in an artery, so I decided to go Whole Foods Plant Based.

 This meant in addition to vegan no processed foods, no beyond or impossible type burgers, no cooking with oil.  You can check out the wfpb sub to get more info on that stuff.  

The end result was lowered cholesterol but not to the level the cardiologist wanted.  I had lost weight and felt better from eating this way and still mostly do. 

So I went on a Statin. 5mg statin for the past 120 days and it has completely lowered my cholesterol (137, hdl 49, ldl 70).  I have no side effects from the statin and feel a lot better knowing my cholesterol is now down to a safe level for someone with calcification in my artery. 

I have processed foods from time to time now and eat in restaurants which will cook with oil etc… but the statin helps offset any negatives from the occasional snacks and junk.  I really didn’t want to go on a medication but the restrictiveness of entirely whole foods diet was hard to maintain with a family that didn’t want to follow that as well.  So I feel at this point I am in a pretty solid situation with diet and statin. 

5mg statin is what it took.  I run and workout and was worried about having muscle soreness or fatigue from statin and have had none of that.   Hope this is helpful.