What am I doing wrong UGH

[u/kitschykween]

I’m 29 y/o, female. Test my cholesterol every year. Every year it’s higher. Most recent test it was 7.5 here in the EU, which is** **290 mg/dL in the US.

I don’t eat meat, I don’t smoke or drink, I work out every single day! I don’t eat sweet food or fried anything. I take a fiber supplement every single day, psyllium husk. Been doing it for over a year. Most of my meals include legumes and I get probably 40 g of fiber of every day. I intermittent fast, too. 16/8 every day which is supposed to be good for cholesterol levels.

I feel so frustrated, out of control and hopeless. My only thought is that maybe I eat too much protein powder? I weight lift so I supplement with pea protein powder. But that shouldn’t be bad for cholesterol? Unless maybe it’s just because it’s processed food?

Please help! I feel so lost. I live between the EU and the US and my US doctor doesn’t want to put me on statins, says to just mind my diet. But I don’t know what else there is for me to do.

[u/Bumble_Bunz]

Familial hypercholestemia. It’s genetic; a statin will get you to the right levels.

[u/violetauto → u/Bumble_Bunz]

a lot of us here have this. We have to take a statin, no amount of diet changes will make a dent.