YEST. DD E-MAILED ME TO ASK WHAT I KNEW ABOUT LOW CHOLESTEROL. DR. TOLD HER IT WAS LOW AND HEREIDITARY. E-MAILED BRO. AND FAM. AS NEVER KNEW TO HAVE LOW. MY TINY LITTLE MOTHER HAD IT FOR YEARS. AS FOR ME, NEVER BEENTOLD EITHER WAY, SO WILL HAVE MINE CHECKED, AS I AM OVERDUE.

THANKS FOR INPUT.

HUGS

HELEN

NOT HIDING AWAY IN LITTLETON. :thumbup: :)

This was interesting: http://www.ctds.info/low_cholesterol.html
and this can be scary:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=51040

Looks like low cholesterol can lead to its own illnesses. Better to be careful.

My mother's side of the family has hereditary high cholesterol, so my mom and I have been on Lipitor since it came out, just about. Diet has no effect...it's our bodies producing it from whatever...??? But our whole family is very long lived...many living into their 90's, including my greataunt, 2 of my uncles, another uncle in his early 80's, my mom now 86, and one greataunt lived to 102. Both grandmothers lived to 88.

High runs in my family, been on Lipitor for years, some ancestors lived to be kind of old, most died younger than I am now.

Our livers also make cholestrol, not just from meat.