Thanks for your question - really relevant to many people in Singapore. For mildly elevated cholesterol, I would suggest first trying dietary changes together with exercise, provided you don’t have any other significant cardiac risk factors such as high BP, diabetes or a family history.
You might benefit seeing a dietician, a sports physician or an exercise physiologist to help you. They can advise on diet and set up an exercise program for you based on broad principles.
After about 3-6 months of this, it would be worthwhile rechecking to see if things have improved. If not, then you might want to discuss other possibilities.
Bw
Dr Dinesh
