People naturally have higher cholesterol as they age, so it may not be that the statin is less effective, but simply that your body is trying harder to increase

People naturally have higher cholesterol as they age, so it may not be that the statin is less effective, but simply that your body is trying harder to increase its cholesterol. I agree with your take and advice. This year I received a cholesterol tests with about 200 LDL-C (97th percentile). I panicked and switched to a whole food plant based diet and after about 10 days on the plant based diet I payed to have a lab tests my cholesterol again. My LDL-C dropped about 50 points in 10 days on a plant based diet. I eliminated almost all saturated fat and continue to limit them to about 13 grams per day (AHA recommendation, which is especially strict), and my cholesterol has continued to improve over the months. I haven't started statins yet. My doctor doesn't want to start me on them with my current ~135 LDL-C. I'm going to see what more I can do with diet, exercise, weight loss, etc.