My cholesterol numbers are: Total 121, LDL 65, HDL 41. My father had a heart attack and died at age 56, my brother had a heart attack at age 39. My brother's cholesterol was 194, LDL 130.
I am a vegan, I don't eat any oil of any kind and I exercise 6 times per week. I am not overweight, i have normal BP (115/75).
Yet my doctor says that he wants me to get a VAP panel and if the LDL numbers aren't where they should be, he wants me on Zocor (Simvastin).