Having said that, I used to take this stuff called Cholestoff. All natural. Dropped my Cholesterol by 30 points.
Then I tried taking Lipitor. It dropped my Cholesterol by 70-80 points. I stopped taking it about a week before my medical and it was well under 200.
I would stop all shellfish. It raises your cholesterol immensely ! I knew this Chinese guy he was 175cm ad about 65 kgs. He had a cholesterol of over 600 ! His only diet was fish and seafood. Needless to say he had to do a recheck every medical.