High cholesterol

It is usually just the one yearly check up. I was told mine was 5.8. I refused tablets as I wanted to reduce with diet changes. I eat a lot of citrus fruit cut down on cheese and bread. Don’t have a lot of fried foods and it reduced to 5.0 so I hope it continues until the next test due in July. I am not pre diabetic but my husband was for about 8 yrs which he controlled through diet. But then was talked into statins I personally think the Dr gives tablets out too easily.

If you're serious about reducing cholesterol, you might need to consider cutting down on red meat.

Pre-diabetes is a different issue, although both can lead to blood vessel problems, and you need to lose weight and cut down on carbs. Replace the carbs with limited amounts of healthy fat.

I have heard of people getting good results with lowering cholesterol when they follow a low carb diet. Also, I understand you need to consider the three figures not just the one and make sure you’ve fasted before the test otherwise the figures are artificially high.