Lowering LDL to help bones

If you drink French Press coffee, changing to filtered coffee could bring down your cholesterol by about 10 points. Eliminating or vastly limiting simple carbohydrates (pasta, white rice, anything made with flour) and replacing those with complex carbohydrates (vegetables and fruits) will also be helpful. Increasing fiber content through added veggies and fruits as well as whole grains, nuts and seeds and something like psyllium fiber may also contribute to bringing down cholesterol.

Loriesco, what is Levqio?

Anyone think prolia is worth taking for bone health

I’ve shared here before - been vegetarian over 30 years and vegan for six years, runner, hiker, off and on weight training, etc. all the right things. Cholesterol runs high in my family. Chose to start taking statins a few years ago. Got a horrible result on the CT calcium score and my AliptoproteinB (another cholesterol test) is high. Oh, well. Glad there are meds and glad I chose to do a cardio workup on my 70th. Good luck!

Family inherited cholesterol will not normally be controlled by diet alone. I have tried it. The cardiologist uses leqvio on me.one shot, three months later second shot thenevery six months. My first shot brought my cholesterol down quit a bit.

@palmisland47 I took one dose of Prolia, heard and read horror stories and decided not to continue. Apparently Prolia does not strengthen bones, it builds layers (possibly a layer per injection? 🤷🏼‍♀️) of “bone” and if or when one stops taking it one can fracture the bones - especially vertebral - like delicate china! Also, there are a lot of side effects. I just didn’t feel well generally, after taking my first dose, but when I read those stories I decided not to continue!

Having said that, each body is different and reacts different to all medications so the decision should be yours, one way or another.

@palmisland47 I too have decided to take my chances - at not going on Prolia or other statins. So far my cholesterol is not alarmingly high and I did read an article that we need some cholesterol in our body. Of course, you can’t believe everything you read on other sites, either. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@willow5 that’s true - cholesterol build up is hereditary and one’s body can create more that someone else’s body so all one can do is try and stay ahead of the build up with diet and exercise but often that alone isn’t enough.

I have stopped taking statins and have tried to keep it down with supplements like Lecithin gelcaps, fish oil, etc. My cholesterol levels are always on the border line or just over, but not totally out of control as they had been. I have heard red rice yeast is a natural statin but it is too expensive for me to take and because I take other prescription medications I don’t want to try it in case it affects them.

In Canada the government does not support or regulate naturopathic medicine (I suspect the government and pharmaceutical companies are hand in glove) or natural supplements and doctors too favour allopathic medication so will not encourage use of naturopathic medicine.

I’m glad it is working for you! That’s really great.

I don’t like taking medication at all - but am going to stick with the statins, and keep up my working out and healthy vegan diet. It is wonderful we all have choices!