Family history in combination with poor lifestyle choices resulted in MI in 2008 and 2012. After the last one I have been borderline fanatic about reading food labels and eliminating trans fats and hydrogenated oils from my diet. Rule of thumb, commercially baked cakes and pies (yes, pie) are sources of excessive hydrogenated oils.

Loosing weight, following a "Mediterranean diet" has resulted in my statin dose being cut in half. The tough one was getting my HDL above 40, and it still is borderline. Chalk that one off to genetics.