@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.