Anybody here w/ hi cholestrol and taking Niacin?

[JoeM]

Thanks everyone and thanks anonymouse1 for all for that info.

I am also in the group known as Familial Hypercholestrolimia(sp?) meaning it is a genetic defect and has nothing to do with diet/exercise. When I eat food with little or no cholestrol/ bad fats my liver will just make more to compensate. My cholestrol was in the high 400s to 500 when I was in my 20's, at 150 lbs and spending 25+ hours a week seriously doing martial arts. My sister is very thin, about 100lbs and her #'s are over 600 without meds.

Years ago, back in the 70's Dr. Robert Hass, the famous sports nutritionist came up with a very hi tech, personalized, computer generated diet that he guaranteed would solve anyones cholestrol problems after blood analysis and weeks of super strict diet/ exercise.

It was quite expensive, and after following the program religiously for the perscribed amount of weeks they found that not only did my number not go down, they actually went up. They refunded all my money and acknowledged my condition was different than the usual lard *ss problem many Americans get themselves into.