If you have weight loss and are clearing lipids from adipose stores, then this could elevate your blood lipids and your cholesterol test might be a snapshot of that. Although, I don't think losing 5 pounds in 3 months is such a dramatic change.....but who knows?

Some of the PhDs in this area are of the opinion if you have a stable metabolism and weight for 3 to 6 months, then take the test results should be more stable.

Wowza, now that is pretty crazy.

It isn't a very dramatic change, especially not compared to past swings. Grasping at straws coupled with the knowledge while I won't be devoid of fat soon, we are bottoming out here.

I am guessing next test likely bears out lower than this, higher than I'd like. My paternal Grandfather lived into his mid 80s and often statins are credited for that. So I take that as high cholesterol has a place in my genetics.

I just have no urge to get on a cholesterol lowering med.

I forgot to have the results forwarded to home- remembered the neuro, though- but my cholesterol was down well within the range that is acceptable by current standards. My calcium was not.

So, I am seeing an endo, further testing, perhaps explanations as to some of the deeper pain and fatigue that has been going on.

Not ideal, but currently ranking higher than dealing with shingles again.

Jon

Maybe now your doctors will leave you alone about statins so you don't have to go to war about it when you see them. For "What it's worth" I'm listening t Buffalo Springfield right now.

My husband and I watched a great documentary on the sugar industry just yesterday (this is what we do for fun!). Turns out they funded much of the research on the so-called deleterious effects of dietary fat to draw attention away from the toxicity of sugar when that first becamee publicized by independent researchers in the 1970's. (Yes, these researchers call sugar "toxic," and liken the suppression of data showing this to that of tobacco in the 1960's.)

The hype about cholesterol, as stated, also prompted drug corporations to create a huge market for statins, which, as many of us know here, can be neurotoxic.

We just have to keep reading, and also be aware of research funding (the pro-sugar data in the '70's were the work of the head of Harvard's Medical school, who was on the take big time from the sugar industry, and, by the way, he also worked for the tobacco industry)!

I didn't read through all the posts so this might be already discussed.
Your cholesterol is really not that high.

An option if your doctor is open to it:

Cholestyramine is much safer than a statin, it just tastes gross. It is a cholesterol lowering powder drink that binds to the bile and removes some cholesterol. It is inconvenient and must be mixed with a lot of water. It phased out when little statin pills came along.

Also, do you eat a lot of grains?