You've already heard my favorite recommendations from two of my favorite recommenders.

On the subject of statins, I'm pretty well brainwashed against them. But when my DH's doc wanted to prescribe a statin for him (for no better reason than the fact that he's over 70--the DH not the doc), I went for the Big Guns. I like The Great Cholesterol Myth by Jonny Bowden, Stephen Sonatra, and colleagues.

Best wishes.