I am taking zocor and
> niacin for a cholesterol problem and try to keep my fat in the form of
> olive oil, canola oil or flax oil.  I am having mental difficulties
working
> out how rendered fat will not destroy my blood levels.

Maybe you could eat lots of fish,at least to start with. Once you've lost
any weight and stabilised, you could think about beef. We always warn
against grain fed beef as it's over 20% fat whereas pasture fed is only
about 5 %.

Ben

>
> Thank you all very much,
>
> James (at Penn State)