Glad to hear that your cholesterol is manageable. Best to avoid statins unless there is no alternative. Wishing you good health!

@callalloo Please note the test should be Creatine Kinase (CK) which is different to Creatnine. The CK test is to asses damage to muscles whereas Creatnine relates to waste from kidneys. In my case high dose of statins created elevated CK which cause muscle ache. While I am still on a very low dose of statins (5mg istead of the iitial 20 mgs prescribed after I had heart stents put in) my CK levels are in check and my cholesterol levels are better than normal according to my cardiologist. @kasb: This is primarly thorugh keeping to a low carb, high protein/fat diet . I prefer not to do full Keto so my diet is more of a Mediterranean diet with low carb. I eat a lot of fish, specially salmon and sardines, chicken, reasonable amout of beef, avocados, virgin olive oil. I limit my vegetables to brussells sprouts, cabbage and a small mixed salad of lettuce and tomatoes. Sadly I have to limit most fruit as they tun into sugar which is bad for you. But I do eat few blueberrie each day to satisfy my fruit cravings. kasb This is primarly thorugh keeping to a low carb, high protein/fat diet . I prefer not to do full Keto so my diet is more of a Mediterranean diet with low carb. I eat a lot of fish, specially salmon and sardines, chicken, reasonable amout of beef, avocados, virgin olive oil. I limit my vegetables to brussells sprouts, cabbage and a small mixed salad of lettuce and tomatoes. Sadly I have to limit most fruit as they tun into sugar which is bad for you. But I do eat few blueberrie each day to satisfy my fruit cravings.