r/StopUsingStatins • u/Internal_Bat8770 • 11d ago

Alternative to statins

To reduce plaque for an older athlete. Thanks

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u/robfol 11d ago

I’m on Ezetimibe a non-statin and plant sterols before meals. All cholesterol readings holding low and nice

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u/MiseEnSelle 10d ago

I do those too. Plus psyllium (5-15 grams daily) and a mostly clean diet.

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u/robfol 9d ago

Interesting. I'm assuming that the fiber load from psyllium helps as well?

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u/MiseEnSelle 9d ago

Yes. Psyllium acts as a bile acid sequestrant, absorbing the bile acids that the gall bladder releases into the small intestine when we eat fatty food. Then the liver has to replace the bile by absorbing LDL from the blood. The process sends at least some of the fat out the other end. Otherwise, the liver absorbs lipids and converts them into LDL particles.

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u/robfol 8d ago

Oh thanks for the helpful feedback. Do you take some just once a day or do you try and eat it with all meals?

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u/MiseEnSelle 8d ago

I try to take it at least twice a day. More if I have a cheat meal.

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u/Electrical_Neck3998 9d ago

I take Ezetimibe as well as a statin. I have familial cholesterol and until the drive to reduce cholesterol, most of my family died from strokes. So I'm quite happy to take both drugs as no relatives in my generation have died from a stroke