Cholesterol, statin drugs and saturated fat

I have a long story about my cholesterol battle but I'll try to keep it as short as possible. There has been a big misunderstanding about cholesterol and saturated fat, so I hope my info and own study will help others believe that fat especially saturated fat is not the enemy.

Lab work 10/1/2008 shows I had really high cholesterol:
Total 254
Triglycerides 227
LDL 173
HDL 36
Small LDL 2945

I also got a heart calcium score of 0.3

After the lab work, my Dr put me on Vytorin 10/40 and 4g of Lovaza. I also started working out 5-6 days/week. 3 days weights and 2-3 days cardio in order to lose some weight.

Under 1 month later I redid my lab work (10/23/2008). This is while on statin drugs and working out:
Total 133
Tri 113
LDL 61
HDL 49
CHOL/HDL ratio 2.7

I continued this path for about 2 years. I lost 30 lbs the first 6 months and continued on to lose 15 lbs more. I was just under 200lbs and went down to 150lbs. Feeling good about everything, I went back to do my heart calcium score. Since my cholesterol been so low, I expected to either stay the same or lower. My calcium score was 1.92. For over 30 years, the plaque in heart built up to 0.3. In two years of taking statin drugs, it went up to 1.92.

Confused and frustrated I decided to get off the statin drugs.

Lab work right before I got off statin drugs 12/3/2010:
Total 139
Tri 48
LDL 73
HDL 56
CHOL/HDL ratio 2.48

After 5 months of working out and no drugs (5/6/2011):
Total 286
Tri 98
LDL 211
HDL 56
Small LDL 1244

After seeing the results, my Dr wanted to put me on Crestor 20mg + 500mg Niaspan. He said studies show that this combination reduces and reverse plaque build up.

At this point, I concluded that statin drugs is just a scam to make the pharm company rich. It gives you pretty numbers but does nothing for you health. I tried to take Crestor + Niaspan just once. My energy level dropped way down. I had no energy to workout. I stopped taking Crestor.

After pondering a few days, I decided that I take a different approach. Instead of trying to lower my LDL, I'll boost my HDL to incredible levels. Did some research and found out that to get high HDL I needed to eat more saturated fat especially coconut oil. I started eating more fat and saturated fat and reduce my man made carb intake. My macro is roughly 25/25/50 for protein/carb/fat. Research shows that niacin also raises HDL, so I continued to take the prescribed 500mg Niaspan.

About 3 months later (8/3/2011):
Total 223
Tri 67
LDL 146
HDL 64
CHOL/HDL ratio 3.48

This was not what I expected but still very good. I thought my HDL would be higher with little effect on LDL. My LDL actually dropped 65 points from eating all that fat (saturated fat). I'm happy with the results. Every Sat and Sun, I eat 3 eggs + 3 sausage cooked in 2 tbl spoon of coconut oil. I also pour the left over oil over my eggs when I'm done cooking. During the weekdays I put 1-1.5 tbl spoon of coconut oil to whatever I eat during lunch which is usually rotisserie leg and thigh with all the skin.

What I plan to do next is try to keep increasing my HDL:
* Last week I switched to 2000mg instant release niacin. I've read this is the point where it is effective.
* Increase my coconut oil intake. I'm not too fond of the natural flavor but I'll gut it out this time.

Will post again in 2-3 months of the results.