 [ Symptoms ] i have edema would a moderate to high level of fitness – decrease or eliminate the leg swelling [ Disease ] i had the identical problem many years ago i found that i either had to take statin drugs or supplements to make sure my ldl was low and hdl was higheri also had an hdl count of about 20 i totally changed my diet after having my internal doctor test my blood every 90 days for a year i had to stop eating all saturated foods red meat whole milk eggs chickenturkey skin etc and also any foods that have a lot of cholesterolshrimp eggs etc but my cholesterol did not change much it was that way in spite of exercising like crazy90 minutes of moderate aerobics twice a week walking long distance fast once a week and strengthening my muscles oncetwice a week my hdl was still between 20 25 the ldl was about 130 and my triglycerides were over 100 i researched supplements and found that the following would probably help me and they worked perfectly policosanol red yeast rice sloniacin and fish oil my hdl is now and has been for several years 40 47 my ldl and triglycerides are below 100 and are around 80 90 my internal doctor always says to just continue what i am doing and that i do not need statin drugs