Dietary cholesterol

They are really into low cholesterol levels here and I even got told off when mine was 4.5 because there was too much ‘bad’ cholesterol. Large doses of statins give me backache so I take a low dose that I can cope with, against doc’s advice. Quality of life is important and I can’t stand having chronic backache. They don’t seem to get this.

In the sense that if we eat the right foods, no diet doesn’t really affect cholesterol levels. Of course, overloading with carbs, alcohol, fatty foods, etc., naturally affects us.
Also the 5.0 cholesterol level is a number plucked out of th3 air - apparently up to 7.0 is normal!

I don't think it's true that what we eat doesn't affect our cholesterol levels at all. Fatty foods and too much alcohol can cause high cholesterol and a high carbohydrate diet can cause high triglycerides. However, he seems to be right about dietary cholesterol. The advice for quite a long time has been that it's OK to eat eggs.