high cholesterol - help

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Hello,

I've been a member of this group for many years and used to read a lot but have

been on no mail for quite a while, just because it's hard to handle the volume

of e-mail.

Anyway, I've got a question about high cholesterol concerning my husband. I'll

try to make this short as I can.

A bit of history. He's 43, maybe about 20 lbs. overweight but doesn't look heavy

because he's tall.

He does have family history of heart disease from both parents.

He initially had high cholesterol reading a few years ago.

Basic numbers were Total-246, Triglyceride-194, HDL-49, LDL-165, Chol/HDL Ratio

5.0

They told him he needs to take Crestor, so he did. (against my wishes) May 06

2 months (July 06) later another blood test showed:

Total-134, Triclyceride-74, HDL-50, LDL-72, Chol/HDL ratio 2.7

Great response, they said. Keep taking the Crestor.

Also, his dad is a MD and regularly supplies him with Crestor for FREE (what a

deal :-/)

Side effects he experienced were not being able to think or concentrate as well.

He is a programmer and needs to think clearly for his job. He said he noticed

feeling kind of like he's in a fog.

He stopped taking Crestor about 4 months ago to experiment.

We tried changing his diet, limiting carbs, cutting out vegetable oil/trans fat.

Read all kind of books (NT, Sharwtzbein, No-Grain-Mercola, other low-carb

books).

We drink raw milk, use butter and coconut oil mostly for cooking/eating. I try

and make good, whole food for him. Problem is, he cheats at restaurants, more

than he thinks, and seems to always reach for food that isn't the best for him.

He has a lot of weaknesses and has trouble giving up food that he knows isn't

healthy, although doesn't eat a lot of that stuff.

He also drinks MonaVie every day (high antioxidant juice) to hopefully help with

high cholesterol.

He got another blood test yesterday. Here are the new numbers:

Total - 205, Triglyceride-189, HDL-27, LDL-140, Chol/HDL Ratio 7.5

The nurse said he's at great risk for a heart attack.

I also read a small bit in the Mercola book which basically said that with

numbers like my husband has, he has an imminent cardiovascular problem. Dr.

Mercola also mentions something about familial hypercholesterolemia, and if you

have this, diet alone may not help cholesterol problems. (I'm not sure if my

husband has this condition, though)

I'm about ready to give in and tell him to start taking Crestor again. I don't

want him to take that stuff but what else can he do?

Can anyone offer any suggestions? He doesn't take any other supplements right

now besides MonaVie.

Please point us in the right direction.

thanks,

Karin