My gyn always tells me I should, but I've had sort of "whatever' opinions from pcp doctors. My gyn is an obsessive tri-athlete who I really like, but there is no way I would try anything other than dietary changes at this point.
I've heard the same thing about the meat/HDL connection. Mine is also a little less lower and I wonder if it's because I've been consciously eating less to get the total down and to maintain wieght. At one point, my HDL was 81.