How I Lowered My Cholesterol

Thank you very much for sharing your video.

I hope you are having a productive autumn.

I take plant sterols and fish oil to help my cholesterol levels. Good stuff!

I enjoyed your video and the life changing decisions you had to make to protect yourself. No more pepperoni pizzas and bags of potato chips! (amongst other things!) I went through a big change myself starting last summer. CT scan for another reason found "moderate calcification" on coronary artery. uh oh! big eye opener as I've always had good cholesterol levels, so I thought, under the 199 mark which is the upper limit they say. Started researching the topic and found amazing docs like Esselstyn who literally wrote book "prevent and reverse heart disease" and other docs like Klaper who for example in this amazing TED talk discuss what we are doing to ourselves with our "standard American diets". Happily on whole food/plant based diet, I've got my cholesterol down to 131 at last check. Dr. Klaper in the talk mentions how when he was an anesthesiologist he watched the surgeons cutting open people's chests and pulling the yellow gunk out of peoples arteries (atherosclerosis) and he said "I knew I didn't want to be lined up to be on the table himself". Diet changes are drastic, yes they are, being dead from a heart attack or stroke is more drastic, eh?

Hi Khash- I'm so glad that you're back here. I'm listening to this because we just returned from my husband's visit with his cardiologist and he needs to bring his cholesterol and triglycerides down. 

Good morning Khash - Kudos to you.  Heart disease is a killer.  My wife and I are on the Keto diet and we  both feel great.

Glad it works for you. I would have given up watching football live and watch reruns when you know the score.  Besides those snacks, it's better for the stress level.  But that's me, I watch tennis. 

I take Saw Palmetto and sort of forgot the reason too!

My mother had a triple bypass at age 59, and a quadruple bypass at 70. Not overweight just ate a rich diet. So, I haven't eaten meat or poultry for 35 years and exercise like a fiend. Luckily, this all works for me and it's not hard. 

My cholesterol is higher than I thought it would be despite everything I do. Doc says it's still low enough, but it's definitely in the genes. 

Also to your point about doctors handing out prescriptions like statins - I wish they were more invested in prescribing diet and exercise.