I refused to take Lipitor prescribed by doctors for decades as they advised me to avoid certain foods.  When I removed eggs from my diet my cholesterol levels worsened, then I was told to reduce consumption of fat with the same effect.  Meat was the last thing they told me to avoid as I was warned I was in the red zone and ripe for a heart or stroke problem at any time.  I exercised plenty and ran many miles with limited benefit...
 
THEN... I came across very revealing information about SUGAR and how bad it was and where it was hidden in my diet including fruit juices.  Problem solved.
 
BUT there remained the unintended consequences from lack of protein and fat in my diet, namely low iron and slow thyroid thanks to the bad advice of my doctors.  These problems are now improving but I hope there was no other long term damage...
 
I wish a doctor had told me about sugar and how it should be limited.  Luckily I didn't drink a lot of booze because it's the same as sugar this way.