FWIW:
My high cholesterol was 210. I have since bought it down and sustained it at about 190. As others have posted I worked on my diet along with a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast during the week days. I heard somewhere that oatmeal is great at lowering cholesterol counts. My wife and I make the slowcooker recipe on the weekends with apples and cinimon. I think it tastes better than the instant.

Thanks,
John S.