I will entirely disagree that diet isn't important with inherited familial coronary artery disease! I have been on a Mediterranean diet and EXERCISE my whole life and started testing cholesterol, triglycerides and whatever else I could get tested when I was 18! I missed the heart attacks and strokes that everyone in my family had in their 50s & 60s. There came a point where diet and exercise weren't enough (in my later 60s) but I had already laid the great ground work for keeping my lipid numbers low enough where they probably won't be the kind of issue they were for the rest of my family who inherited the disease. I have anxiety too - but I face it (I am not risk adverse). I go to all the doctors who will see me. I have an awesome cardiologist and he said to change to strength/resistance training now. I will do that. I dropped my triglycerides and cholesterol again by refining my diet. I acquired insulin resistence and asked for medicine. Now I am feeling much better and hope that now that my insulin is processing better it will help sustain what I need to keep my body mechanics in good shape. Statins did not work for me. My dad was on them for 25 years, 169 cholesterol and continued to have artery blockages all the way!