my cholesterol was border line high (and some check-ups, just over the red line) and my Dr. wanted to prescribe a pill. I was BH able to lower it with diet / excercise, but the Dr. says that (as noted above) its probably going to outrun me and a pill is inevitable. And my diet is textbook clean, so it really is (in some cases) genetic.
Eli –
Tell your friend there are some painless changes that canbe made to an already good diet that may help:
Whole wheat instead of rye or white
Cereal or oatmeal for breakfast, instead of a bagel w/ butter
2% milk instead of the whole stuff (in BP that’s the blue cap instead of the red)
Lite mayo instead of the regular kind
I could go on, but the point I’m trying to make is, there are lots of ways to tailor your diet without having to starve yourself.
And of course, excercise is a MUST (it could even be walking, but something needs to be in the schedule)