This is an odd one. At 51 I was diagnosed with some pretty serious food intolerances. I had to give up wheat and "all the ferments". Ferments being anything with fungus or mold in it or fermented with fungus or mold. This puts a huge hole in your diet. However, I dropped 76 pounds and my cholesterol went from 280 to 122. My regular doctor (not my food doc) is totally amazed.
The odd part is that I can eat meat all I want. Go figure. bk