Erin Allman‑Updyke and Erin Welsh

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This Podcast Will Kill You · Ep 218 The Lowdown on Statins · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

Whether that's because these genes affect how we recycle cholesterol, whether they affect how much cholesterol we produce in our liver...

Or whether, like in familial hypercholesterolemia, they affect our LDL receptors and how good our cells are at taking that cholesterol out of our bloodstream.

Right.

So all of these things are going to play a role, as well as our dietary factors and our lifestyle factors.

And so that is usually the first thing that any physician is going to recommend if someone's cholesterol is elevated, is can we bring this down by reducing or stopping smoking if you smoke?

because that has a huge effect.

Lowering the amount of alcohol that you drink, which is going to help to lower your cholesterol levels.

Switching out saturated fats in your diet for unsaturated fats, right?

Switching out animal products for plant products.

These are the kinds of dietary changes that we have good data to say that not only do they reduce your cholesterol levels, but they also can actually prevent cardiovascular disease.

We have that data.

It exists.

But for many people, that isn't sufficient.

And so that is when it is recommended that medication is actually used, right?

Whether it's because somebody can't or doesn't want to change their diet or exercise or they can't increase physical activity or they are literally already doing the most and it's still not enough.

And that happens so, so, so often.

Right.

And I think it's like this is where I feel like it can feel like I have failed or I thought I was trying my best to do all these things and still it's not working.

And it's like that that's OK.

Like this is not your you're not a failure.

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