I don't understand the US readings as ours is different in OZ, i am always between 4.4 to 4.6, which my doc says is good, i eat a small handfull of nuts everyday which suppose to help and mostly only eat porridge for breakfast, no fried foods, only use margarine that suppose to lower cholestrol absorbtion, i am no expert on this but i think the HDL is the good fat and LDL the bad, in ratio you need higher HDL than the LDL, someone correct me if i am wrong.

The triglycerides is what i am concerned about more so, i have read that most heart attack victims come in to hospital with what is considered as normal cholesterol readings, so it's confusing really

Brian