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Add my 2 cents.
For 2-3 years, my doc said my Cholesterol was climbing, and threatened to put me on Lipitor.
I watched my diet and all, I suppose it wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst.
My wife has very good results with Cholesterol, it's kinda weird, cause she can eat worse than me and still have a low reading (around 4)
Mine was creeping from a 5 to a 6.8 to 7
I changed my diet in to 3 levels, in other words, I ate healthier then healthier again, for a while and it just kept skyrocketing up...WTH
I was eating porridge with 2% or less fat Milk, and fruit during this time.
Doc "never" believed me that I was eating healthier.
So I changed my diet again and was put on lipitor. Small dose. Then a few months after another test, came back higher, so she kept me on Lipitor and upp'd the dose to 80mg (by memory?)
I was WTH and the Doc still never believed me I was eating healthier, the wife had to come and give evidence to prove I was eating different stuff. Crazy I tell you.
I read what Lipitor can do to you and I went off it. (My preference)
Anyway, I got the ****s. And said not doing testing for a while, I'll prove it to the doc.
After a year, I got sick bad enough for a visit to the Doc. I was told, no test for a long time, naughty boy, said I got the poops with your "non-believer" attitude.
So I did the test, results came back down to 5.5..... Lol and my diet hadn't changed since the last test. And no Lipitor pills either.
She asked me what I changed, and I said nothing major, maybe minor things, but had this diet for 2 odd years. She was gobsmaked to say the least.
The biggest thing I changed, was my milk. From normal milk to the 1-2% fat stuff. Normal Milk carries 4% fats, so I halved my intake of milk fats and vola.
My butter/margarine has been "olive grove classic" for over 3 years. I did used to have butter (oooohhh that western star stuff), but hadn't had real butter in many years.
After a while, the doc believed me and started to realise that I may have a hereditary cholesterol, which I do know of some high readings in the family. Only took 2-3 years for the Doc to realise, that I was obeying her orders.
So, before you go hammer and tongs on Lipitor, read about it. Blood tests need to be done after starting Lipitor, to check for damage or the medicine to affect the liver (something about the enzyimes).
And start using the less than 2% milk for a long time. It will take about 6 months for things to change.
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