Oh dear.. I am bothered that people such as jeanie99 are cutting out important nutritious foods such as meat, eggs, liver and cheese in order to try to reduce their cholesterol levels. There is so much out-dated thinking about cholesterol. "High" cholesterol levels (i.e. above 5, which seems to be the NHS advice) doesn't mean you are going to drop dead from a stroke or heart attack. There have been much more recent studies showing that we've been very misinformed about cholesterol, and about statin safety too. Dr. Aseem Malhotra is one of the most influential cardiologists in the UK, and is trying to redress the balance in our knowledge of the role of cholesterol, and the (over)use of statins. The human body is very clever at tightly regulating the production of cholesterol - it is an essential part of controlling inflammation, and we mess with it at our peril. He feels that sugar (and therefore carbohydrates), rather than healthy fat is the culprit, and many people (as evidenced by diabetics on the Diabetes.co.uk forum) who have gone down the low-carb eating route, have found that their cholesterol levels have actually improved - in that the "bad" LDL small particle cholesterol has reduced. Many of our GPs don't have the extensive knowledge on cholesterol, so continue to prescribe as per NHS advice. More enlightened GPs realise that statins aren't the answer, and should only be prescribed if the patient is at risk of a cardiac event. One day, hopefully, advice will be modified to reflect the truth about cholesterol.
Disclaimer -I'm not medically qualified, but have read extensively on the subject.
articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/05/03/cholesterol-myth-busted.aspx
