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Rick Foerster's avatar

I have a lot of similarities... close to your age with high LDL (for years). My issue is high ApoB.

I tried 95% of the lifestyle changes I could make: diet (e.g. TLC diet), exercise, stress, sleep, etc. Tried all sorts of supplementation: e.g. fish oil, plant stanols & sterols, garlic extract (did not try Red Yeast Rice).

I too believed I could fight my genetics and avoid an Rx. I also believed, being still young, it was "not a problem for me yet."

But after good counsel, and understanding how early intervention solves massive problems 20+ years down the line, I decided to go forward with a statin. TBD results as it's still early.

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Dave Kang's avatar

Hey Michael, thanks for sharing your personal story, you told me last year that you were thinking about writing this so it's nice to see it finally arrive. Well researched and interesting beyond the typical "eat, sleep, and exercise better" advice we often get online. You mentioned sleep a couple times, but did not discuss how that helps with cardiovascular disease or your condition in particular, did you discover anything along those lines? I'm curious because I'm trying to improve my sleep but not doing a great job (avg 6-7 hrs, trying to get to solid 8).

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