Intermittent fasting is never “skip lunch”. You can skip breakfast or late breakfast and early dinner. Just so its in at least an eight hour window. The true believers get the window down to four hours or less. High protein is only good for people who do a lot of exercise.
And never take cholesterol drugs. They are just there to help you be fat and diabetic while not dying of a heart attack. You will hate life. Just cut the carbs. You will be in good health and also live a long time. Fewer aches, better joints, healthier liver, and better life.
I hear you. I was resistant to cholesterol meds for a very long time. But my numbers were way out of balance. I am sure they would improve some with more exercise but they were so upside down the cardiologist really convinced me. High but not ridiculous (I know people with total cholesterol over 400) but the ratio was way off too. Lipitor fixed that. Now it is well within normal. I do take CoQ-10 in the hopes it will counter-balance the negative effects of Lipitor.
More or less I’ve had a good diet. Almost never eat fast food except El Pollo Loco if you count that - I don’t because it’s just grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, and cole slaw. My wife is an excellent cook and generally we eat very balanced meals and not lots of carbs or sugars. I did find that cutting total carbs down to under 25g per day - and unlimited protein - worked to shed a lot of weight very quickly. If I am hungry, I can eat a couple of chicken legs or eggs or crudité with oil and vinegar. I am not perfect obviously, room for improvement.
Fair enough. I was mainly referencing “intermittent fasting” as it relates to the keto/atkins diet. They probably use the term differently since they basically advocate all the protein you want, but very low carbs to get your body into ketosis. Then, add fasting on top of that.