This is just my sense, bobby ... that changes in diet so extreme as to eliminate foods like eggs and cheeses (milk byproducts) are actions that could have made a difference in the accumulation of blood cholesterol onto arteries if started at an early age and maintained. Doing this now is less effective - sure, it is better than sustaining what might have been an awful lifestyle component - recall some eat three eggs for breakfast with bacon, biscuits, jam, butter, then a fast food burger and fries for lunch, then fried pork chops and mac and cheese for dinner!

Again, not a medical pro, but a sustainable balance in food choices is likely the key factor. Balance, to me, means nearly eliminate fast food (I'm about once per month and then the small burger with lettuce and tomato), undoctored fries). Basic foods almost all the time. Generally no pork - this one is easy to eliminate entirely. Almost no beef eating out - fish. As many salads as possible when others are eating steaks. Ya know - NOT eating much of the bad - and not very often!