On 01/06/2016 09:35 AM, NANCY BACKUS -> MICHAEL LOO wrote:

 NB> I've heard that it isn't really the cholesterol one eats, but how one's
 NB> body produces/uses it, that makes the difference... Just because it gets
 NB> ingested doesn't mean it goes to the bloodstream...

That's certainly true with me.  Way back when my cholesterol was running in the
low 300 range, had a heart attack.  Started eating the "Heart Healthy" diet
(thought I was going to grow feathers).  Got it down to the high 200's. 
Started drugs*, fiddled around with them for several years, still watching my
diet.  I finally found one that works for me, and now it's down in the 130-140
range, came in at 120 once without even studying for the blood test.  I used to
tell people that I could eat twigs and gravel and have a cholesterol problem. 
Now I eat what I want and pay no attention to diet.

Got the cholesterol making gene from both sides of the family:  My fathers side
mostly died from heart attacks, my mothers side mostly from strokes.

*Better living through chemicals.

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