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I have high cholesterol, i don't want to take drugs. heard with diet plant sterols can help, like cholestoff by nature made. are they safe?
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LDL: Please go to framingham risk calculator (http://cvdrisk.nhlbi.nih.gov) and calculate risk for having heart disease within next ten years. If risk is greater than 7.5% American expert panels recommend considering a statin medication. European experts do not consider statins until your risk is much higher - 20%. The other agents you are discussing do not have the same benefit as statins.
Answered 9/20/2018
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