My cholesterol was similiar to yours and the doctor considered it too high. I had a choice of a perscription Statin (Lipitor) or prescription niacin. Picked the niacin (called Niaspan). It's a vitamin... Now that I don't have a drug plan, the Niaspan was ridiculously expensive, so I looked on the Internet to see what people were using as an alternative. I found this product called Enduracin. http://www-endur-com.netsolads.com/i...2&parentpage=0 Used it for a few months before getting my physical and blood test.

Cholesterol is one of the few things that you can actually test for. Well, this is also the year that I started cycling. Before I started to take the Niacin my cholesterol was about 225. With the Niaspan, it dropped to about 199 with high HDL. With the Enduracin (2 pills - 1000mg) and cycling, it was 157 and I have more HDL than LDL. I could hardly believe those were my results! I really don't think that just a few eggs here or there could make all that difference if the cholesterol issue is mainly inherited. Mine is. I have eaten a healthy diet with no red meat for over 30 years.

If you do decide to test the Eduracin, take one pill for a month. Get a test and see if that is enough. Then go to 2 pills and get another test. I think it's the exercise that did it for me, but you are probably already exercising plenty, and would probably have higher cholesterol if you did not.