I’m happy to hear your liver enzymes are back to normal. Our livers can be remarkably resilient. My cholesterol stayed in the ‘oops zone’ even with steep measures to drop it naturally. My liver had taken a hit during many months of chemo and even though it’s back to normal it’s felt that this may have something to do with my elevated cholesterol.

Two modifications I made in my diet that dropped my cholesterol and triglycerides was to watch my intake of saturated fats and also, decrease my unnecessary carb/sugar intake. I’d always been mindful of my diet which is basically the Mediterranean diet. But I took extra steps with watching sat fats. Now, I try to keep intake at no more than 5 gms per day. Not the 15-20 gm in the recommended daily allowance. That saw cholesterol numbers plummet. But still not where they need to be. So I did end up on a very low dose statin which is helping to keep levels in the happy zone.

But sometimes no matter what we try, genetics win. Did your parents have high cholesterol?