Originally Posted by
Aicila2491
Hello guys, I apologize if this come up as not that serious for some but I do not have anyone else besides a couple of teachers from whom I could get an experienced opinion.
Firstly, if you've never had cholesterol testing previously, I would suggest repeating the test, ensuring to follow the advised fasting protocol.
Second, if your cholesterol is genuinely as high as you've shown, a test of thyroid function is ordinarily medically indicated. If your thyroid is genuinely low-functioning, treating this ordinarily will improve your cholesterol numbers somewhat. Also, statin use with low thyroid is a big no-no.
Thirdly, you are consuming a diet that was historically only known to kings, where kings were prone do developing oddball diseases. Most humans traditionally couldn't afford so much meat, cheese. Consider that you're performing an experiment of sorts with your diet that might be complicating your aviation aspirations.
Next, there are two important reasons to ensure that your activity/exertion level is routinely on the higher side. Increased exercise improves cholesterol numbers and most people know this. What most people don't know is that your vascular system will, if you consistently stress your musculoskeletal system with exertion, attempt to enhance "collateral" circulation. In other words, if you're routinely asking a lot of your main arteries, your smaller arteries are biologically encouraged to help deliver blood to tissues crying for more oxygen. This latter point is something that you have to earn by years of regular exercise.
If you ultimately go on a statin, and you don't want to take pills ever day, you can speak with your physician about every-other-day dosing (particularly with newer statins like rosuvastatin or atorvastatin).
Overall I'd encourage normalizing your diet while ensuring to remain in good shape with alternating forms of enjoyable exercise (an example described in post #2) if you wish to make a career out of flying.