My mother believe in proper diet reduces fried food and add alternatives to her diet. She also 3-4 pieces cloves of raw garlic that reduced her cholstrerol. But many can tolerate. Garlic breath.
All I know is if one name brand med like Lipitor is substituted for Atorvastin, she people get bad side effects like chest pain, back pain, and Difficulty breathing, you might want pick up a weeks supply of Atorvastin to see the side effect will happen.