Originally Posted by patentcad

There's no heart disease in my family and everybody eats whatever the F they want. They all have cholesterol of 280-450, don't medicate it and live to be 90-95 years old. On both sides. Go figure. I take 40 mg of Lipitor daily, which takes my cholesterol from 275 down to 190 or so. The lowest I ever got it by riding and diet was 230 or so. But again, there's no evidence this high cholesterol contributes to premature mortality or morbidity in my family over several generations. I take the Lipitor mainly to keep my doctor off my friggin case. Do doctors fully understand the relationship between cholesterol and heart disease? Obviously not.

It's all genetics. That's a far more powerful factor than diet. That being said I want to get skinnier, so F the Yodels. I can eat them after I quit racing. I'll never be a sprinter, but I ride so much better when I'm gaunt it's depressing. I don't want to be gaunt. I want to be normal.

Stupid friggin sport.