First a disclaimer...I'm not a doctor...just someone who has been where you are...unfortunately I took the Lipitor and suffered for it. So obviously I will caution you to NOT take it. Below I will post some links for you to read up on statin drugs and their side effects. Side effects that are, in my opinion, worse than the problem statins are supposed to be fixing. Second, if heart disease is a concern then you want to have your homocysteine levels checked as elevated inflammation of your vessels is the cause for heart attacks not cholesterol.



Glucose: 87
Cholesterol: 218
Triglycerides: 121
HDL: 49
LDL: 145


I am assuming these are fasting levels. As far as your numbers are concerned, according to the latest parameters that most doctors use (which in my opinion are far to low and have been lowered to allow more people to fall into the category for need and there by increase the sales of these drugs) they are not that bad. I am also assuming that you have no other risk factors such as diabetes when I quote what I do below. If you do have other risk factors than the parameters change somewhat.

Based on that your glucose is fine, it should be between 70 -100. Your total cholesterol is slightly high, 200 is optimal. Your HDL is good as it should be 40 and above. Your Triglycerides are getting high, should be 150 or lower. You can lower that through exercise. Your LDL is also high, should be 100 or lower. You can lower that by not eating processed foods, refined sugars, & exercise. There are also supplements that you can take to help with these if your interested in that sort of thing. Overall though your numbers are not that bad and can be taken care of through diet and exercise.

http://www.westonaprice.org/moderndiseases/statin.html
http://www.statinalert.org/mainpage.html
http://www.thincs.org/links.htm
http://www.theomnivore.com/