"Bob Newman" wrote in message
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The rest of my "specs" on the diet & test results have been very good at
this point, so far I am leaning towards that 20% fat that you mentioned.

Blood cholesterol is only loosely related to dietary cholesterol. If your
metabolism is in good shape and you have no genetic tendency, you can eat
high amounts of cholesterol without upping your blood cholesterol. Diabete
is sometimes related to cholesterol problems, though it seems it's more a
consequence of high BG (ie., cholesterol goes lower when you lower BG) than
of diabete itself (the genetic/metabolic condition). If you never had
cholesterol problems, it's unlikely to be affected much by your dietary
intake.
Did you have HDL cholesterol tested as well? It's possible to have normal
total cholesterol and an unbalance. That's where what kind of fat you eat is
as important as the total amount you eat. It's pretty weird of your doctor
to ask you to go low fat if your lipids are good to start with. Unless it's
something very specific related to your heart surgery, and I'm afraid noone
is an expert on this one here. Maybe that's something to check out on the
cardiology newsgroups.