What Your Doctor Doesn’t Tell You About Cholesterol

Last Christmas, we once again had the pleasure of seeing friends and family and enjoying a different kind of holiday celebration by visiting a Chinese buffet.  This is our second year of doing something a little different from the usual holiday feast, and everyone agrees, it is a great way to get together without all the fuss.

Our small group consists of six friends and family and throughout our conversations that day two of the six people told me they were taking cholesterol lowering drugs, and a third was in the queue to start taking them as well.  Now I’m no mathematician, but that is three out of the six taking the same prescription drug.  Wow, fifty percent just in our small group is relying on a drug that diet alone could make a significant impact on whether they need that drug or not.  And what I found most unusual, was they said their cholesterol level wasn’t that high.  It was actually just a tad over what the experts advise it should be.