If your HDL (GOOD cholesterol) is too LOW, you can get, over the counter SLO-Niacin (a strong dose of a B vitamin that releases slowly into your system). One glass of red wine before bedtime is also a good thing. These are big helps to raise the good cholesterol level.
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Just do not wash down the niacin pill with the wine as I did once before switching to statins. The pain was such that I believed I had a burst appendix which in Moscow at that time was a death sentence, and I literally almost said vidui until I realized what caused the problem.