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  • From: italian64irish
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  • 6/17/08
My cholesterol has not been able to be controlled by medication because I cannot take any of the statin medications, I react to all them. I take fish oil, policosanol, use benacol, canola oil, pure virgin oil, eat low fat diet, eat oatmeal and all the heart cereals, use fat free milk and everything I am supposed to do. My age is 63 and I still cannot get my cholesterol down. Do you have any suggestions? 
  • From: Rockette01
  •   To: italian64irish
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  • 6/18/08
I don't know if you've tried Heart to Heart cereal, but it lowered my cholesterol from 174 to 165 in six months.   The change in cereal was the only dietary adjustment that I made during that time.  Worth a shot! 
  • From: _ABCNewsMedUnit_
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  • 6/18/08

*****FROM ABC NEWS MEDICAL UNIT*****

 

Hi italian64irish and thank you for your question.

 

We think you'll get the answers to your question in parts of our OnCall+ Heart Disease site:

 

I Cut Out Almost All Cholesterol From My Diet, Yet My Cholesterol Is Still High. How Can This Be?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseRisks/story?id=4277750

 

What are the roles of diet and exercise in determining cholesterol levels?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseRisks/story?id=4222179

 

What are the various categories of cholesterol-lowering medications and which ones work best?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseLivingWith/story?id=4217632

 

Are there medications to increase good cholesterol?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseLivingWith/story?id=4224192

 

Also, you may also find some help in our Risk Factors & Prevention section of our site under Cholesterol & Other Bad Fats (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseRisks/) as well as the Living With Heart Disease - Cholesterol section (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseLivingWith/).

 

If you have any other questions, please post again on the message board and we'll work to get them answered.

 

*****FROM ABC NEWS MEDICAL UNIT*****
 
 
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