You may want to reconsider the statins. Yes, they will probably reduce your LDL cholesterol, but they have not been proven to have positive effects on health for people who have NOT had a previous heart attack. And there's a LOT of side effects that are not mentioned nearly enough, like muscle pain and wasting - family members of mine have experienced those.

Here's some statin article links. The first is more mainstream, just a little skeptical, then the rest are all very skeptical of statins. https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/should-we-stop-pushing-statins https://substack.com/home/post/p-146062962 https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/statins-are-pharma-trash-research https://fastwell.substack.com/p/statins-detrimental-to-health-you https://www.thincs.org/

Also I very highly recommend the book The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz. It's great for debunking a lot of the standard nutritional recommendations. There's a chapter in it about the cholesterol hypothesis of heart disease, how it's flawed, and some of the alternative explanations that are much more likely.

I really can't recommend The Big Fat Surprise enough. It's a MUST read if you have any interest in nutrition and health. I wrote a whole post on it This book is blowing my mind - The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz.

Any carnivore questions you have, please let me know! I'm for sure not an expert, but I've done this for more than 10 months with great success. Not without a few hiccups, but there's no way I would give it up now. It's been amazing for my health.