@leeosteo Sounds great to me! You didn't mention meats. Are you vegan? I ate chicken, LEAN pork, Fish and when I switched out to fish more my cholesterol dropped like an anvil weight. I did it twice so there was no doubt what dropped it. your calcium score is great. Have you had a 3d pix taken of your arteries yet? I presume that is where the calcium score came from which is great. What is your cholesterol? Your LPa does sound high but if your 3D pix looks good then you can relax. I have between 66 -88 and my calcium is always exactly the same. My arteries are clear in 3 and 1 is 1/3 blocked. My cardio doc said that my LPa is okay because it also protects against cancer. He said that if I was going to die of a heart attack/stroke he'd see more evidence by now. There is a ratio of numbers used to determine whether you are at risk. I fell in the average for my age bracket. So they never set me up with a cardio doc. They just used a consultant to run the numbers. So I asked to go to a cardio doc because of the LPa and my dads CAD history/heart attacks, and strokes. It was super informative and I asked a million questions and he answered them all. You didn't say if you are at a cardio doc. and if your cholesterol can be lowered by diet I'd skip the statins. Let. me know the cholesterol, the LDL and the HDL. By the way, you made a good switch with the dairy. The hard cheeses are not a good match for someone with cholesterol issues. But watch the dairy fats anyway. I switched to mostly sheep/goat products because I am lactose intolerant and intolerant of casein. I was raised with Feta and Romano and the fermented hard cheeses so I like them anyway! mostly everything I eat now is fermented (sourdough, cabbage, cheeses, tamari) fermented gets rid of gluten and lactose. Try getting rid of "white" things - white potatoes for red, brown rice pastas and rices, that will help too.