Dietary interventions don't work well.

This is because your liver will pick up the slack and make MORE when you eat LESS.

Most people have higher cholesterol as they age.
In fact this is important. If you search statin on PN and Medications I have links that will amaze you!

Statin treatment does not really reduce heart disease, and lowering it can lead to some types of stroke.
http://www.newsmax.com/health/drugs_.../13/56703.html

Egg yolks are very high in choline which your brain needs to make acetylcholine.

In fact the Brits are ahead of us on this subject:
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/2008...144statin.html

This is a sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SSCNaaDcE

This link has more, including
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ghlight=statin

If you have elevated triglycerides, however, these are far more dangerous than cholesterol. You can lower these with fish oil and some dietary changes. Eating less high glycemic carbs and following a diabetic diet like the ZONE will help.
CoffeeMate is very bad for triglycerides.

We are just beginning to see the real truth behind the manufactured Cholesterol Myths. The drug industry created this to sell megabuck drugs and taylored their studies to convince doctors. However, many doctors now see the truth, and are becoming vocal about it. In fact the FDA just denied 3 approvals for new drugs to lower cholesterol.

Please read the links I have gathered and you will understand it better.

Soluble fiber will help lower cholesterol a bit, but no dietary intervention works in a big way.

If your thyroid is hypo....it will create an elevated cholesterol situation. So checking thyroid is important. Doctors never did this with males in the past since females had the majority of thyroid issues. But certain pollutants in our environment, now are affecting males. (fire retardants). So men are now showing up hypo in numbers never before seen.

Some drugs increase cholesterol, and lipids. Beta Blockers are one example.