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@ohallk
I am not sure of anything about this matter, but my feeling is that genetics might tell you whether trying diet changes would likely affect your lab numbers.

I have so many blood relatives who have had strokes and heart problems and I have read that my tribe is prone to problems with LDLs and the doctors say that my problem is familial and that diet will have little or no effect on numbers. So personally, I wouldn’t take the risk of having a stroke while trying diet in place of medication. I am not you, obviously, but this is how I think. Maybe diet would work for you. Who knows?

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@tatiana987 your points are well made…in my case, if doc prescribes a statin, we need to find the one that is that right fit for me…And, have a healthy diet and some exercise as well.

@tatiana987 from my experience and research, unless your diet is dreadful (unlikely if you are here), then diet can lower cholesterol about 10%. I've tried multiple diets and currently on a plant-based one, but nothing changes more than my genes have given me.

As noted here, please be careful and balance the risk of meds, lifestyle, and your family history before you make major changes