I have found many new beers that are low carb and low alcohol and yet taste good. Soft drinks and fruit juices are the worst and I have never cared for them so no pain to avoid.
The problem with statins is that your body needs cholesterol to function and the body will actuall produce it for that reason. The statin medications reduce ALL cholesterol production and that is a sledge hammer approach to health care. But it produces billions each year in profits for the drug industry and that is all that matters. People on statins live on average 3-5 days longer than those who do not take statins and that is what should count.
The primary factors with heart disease are ones related to inflamation. A diet high in animal protein is going to be highly inflammatory.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/stayi...t-inflammation
The downside is that a healthy diet requires one to do their own shopping and meal preparation. Nothing that comes from a box or can is going to be healthy (compounded by the plastic food containers and cans line with plastics.