One other thing, make sure your doctor orders a liver function blood test

regulation of cholesterol homeostasis by liver x receptors
https://www.google.com/search?q=regu...utf-8&oe=utf-8

After reading this post I bought another book that is a very interesting approach.

Not saying that what this Cardiologist says is gospel but I found collaborating evidence of his assertions that the supplemental use of these energy-supplying nutrients is supplemental to deficiencies that Statins and Beta blockers cause in their natural production.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supp...g/hrb-20059019
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supple... tName=RIBOSE
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supple...me=L-CARNITINE

L-carnitine is of particular interest ...

These are supplements and not replacements for accepted prescriptions like Lipitor but some of these supplements lower blood sugar, are thought to lower cholesterol levels, aid in circulation and heart diastolic function, etc. .

The Sinatra Solution
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JZXGQW/...8080_TE_M1T1DP
Kindle Edition

$9.34

I cut it down to ONE sausage -- more veggies(fill :winkwink:). One Italian sausage is 15% of your daily allowance of cholesterol -- adds up fast.

If your body (liver function) does not regulate dietary cholesterol to optimum levels, some people can regulate dietary cholesterol, you need to cut dietary cholesterol maybe to 70% of the allowed daily levels.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newswe...holesterol.htm

Your body can produce cholesterol from many low-cholesterol foods, and if your body's cholesterol production is out of wack, that is where Statins like Lipitor (and in lower doses Zocor (simvastatin)) come in.

There is only one problem: Brain chemistry.

Our brains want food to have taste and texture. So, you would have to reprogram your brain to believe that crap tastes like food ... In essence, "soylent" is a flavored chemical soup -- yum, yum ... Bon Appétit!

Maybe in 100,000 years after we exhaust the food resources on the planet.

Meantime they are selling this crap for $100.00 a case HAHA, good luck ...

Aside: I had real food for lunch
BLT made with:
Turkey bacon
(3 slices 75 calories 12% daily cholesterol).
2 slices of 15 Grain Brownberry whole wheat toast
(200 calories 0% daily cholesterol 0 grams Sugars Dietary Fiber 8 grams or 32% of the daily recommendation.
(Fiber that increases you HDL "good" cholesterol levels as compared to LDL -- "bad" cholesterol that clots your arteries, HDL Cholesterol actually reverses the plaque deposits caused by LDL cholesterol.)
And I cheated with 2 tsp of real Mayo,
some lettuce and tomato.



So, 500 +- Calories (more than normal but I will work on the lawn and gardens here later this afternoon -- not sit and work at my desk all day) 14% of the daily cholesterol limit, A BLT that still tastes good in my mouth 15 minutes later instead of consuming some chemical slop ... Fuck evolution -- they sell that soya chemical slop and the customer gives up in 2 weeks after losing 10 pounds, then goes back to eating jelly doughnuts made with lards :1orglaugh

• Use egg substitute "egg beaters" or equivalent, or egg whites only. I have a little turkey bacon a few times a week.
• Lean cooked ham that is no or low sugar is OK.
• All meat has saturated fats and cholesterol. But beef has more cholesterol than chicken or lean pork (like pork loin).
• Avoid dark meat poultry -- Legs, thighs, whole chickens.
• Forget lobster, shrimp, crab, kidney, liver, or other organ meats.
• Low fat 2% cheese in moderation -- 1 or 2 ounces in a day
• Mozzarella skim milk cheese, Low fat or no fat cottage cheese. No fat Greek yoghurt with some chopped fresh fruit added.
• Stir-fry with 4 - 6 ounces of pork loin or chicken breast -- that's one pork cutlet or one skinless chicken breast!
• Lot of legumes or beans ... Whole grain products ... Parsnips, carrots, pears -- fibrous fruits and vegetables. Reduced fat or baked woven wheat cracker (trisquit) with home made hummus -- chick peas (AKA: garbanzo beans) are loaded with fiber
• Sweet potato, raw - baked - no added butter or margarine: 16% of your daily dietary fiber.

His liver functions at regulating cholesterol are out of whack ...
Statins can help but they can affect liver functions negatively sometimes -- at 70 if he has had no health problems he may be the exception to the rule.

Also a lot depends on the ratio and sum of the LDL and HDL Cholesterol. If the Total Cholesterol is real high like

Your Total Cholesterol of 293 is HIGH RISK
Your LDL of 110 is NEAR OPTIMAL
Your HDL of 160 is OPTIMAL
Your Triglyceride level of 115 is NORMAL
RATIOS:
Your Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio is: 1.72 - (preferably under 5.0, ideally under 3.5) IDEAL
Your HDL/LDL ratio is: 1.455 - (preferably over 0.3, ideally over 0.4) IDEAL
Your triglycerides/HDL ratio is: 0.156 - (preferably under 4, ideally under 2)
http://www.hughcalc.org/chol.php

I am assuming that Vegan means no animal products -- fish, eggs or milk.