nice work on the blog. I found it quite interesting particularly as my own cholesterol is on the staggeringly high side too. The last time I had it checked it was 8.9 and I’m only 31 years of age!

The last test was taken after almost a full year of dieting and strictly watching my daily intake of various food stuffs and it actually increased. Nonetheless after almost two years of researching I have come to the conclusion that maybe perhaps in this day and age people tend to exaggerate the importance of cholesterol in the diet.

The very first option that I was given was to be prescribed a lifetime course of medication. For me it was Inegy. I politely declined as the side affects of these that I experienced as well as the long term effects far outweighed any benefit that they may bring.

In all there is no proven link between heart disease and elevated levels of cholesterol most pharma companies have based their findings on research conducted in the mid 1950’s and are still at a loss why in France and Japan for instance in the present day, average levels of cholesterol are increasing yet the number of diagnosis of heart disease has significantly decreased.

I think it is still a massive grey area as far as research in concerned and no doubt the massive profits that the cholesterol controlling medicine (which are the world’s most prescribed medications) bring a certain reluctance to further the research.

Once again, nice work on the blog and I really look forward to reading your future entries.