No wonder your cholesterol went up! Who suggested eggs to you for reducing it? An egg marketing board?
"pharmacuetal ads lead me to believe that diet wasn't going to make much difference"
Really, what did you expect?!
"HDL 81 71 93 33 Ch/H 3.11 3.92 3.13 4.82"
Based on that, I'll lay off beans.
Diet worked properly for me - LDL down, HDL steady (see http://sankey.ws/cholesterol.html). My doctor said that it often didn't make enough difference to be worth the bother for most people, but that since I don't like popping pills I should give it a try.
