I ran a 12-week lean bulk through fall into the new year and did some damage to my lipids. I dropped my test back to TRT and pulled a lipid panel the same day. The following morning, once Quest released the results, I started the stack below.

Baseline labs
• Total cholesterol: 222
• LDL-C: 154
• HDL-C: 47
• Triglycerides: 97
• Non-HDL: 175
• Chol/HDL ratio: 4.7

AM
• Methylated multivitamin 1 cap
• CoQ10 200 mg
• Dihydroberberine 200 mg
• Fish oil 4 softgels

PM
• Red yeast rice + CoQ10 1,300 mg
• Citrus bergamot 1,200 mg
• Policosanol 25 mg
• Dihydroberberine 200 mg
• Fish oil 4 softgels

That’s it. No other changes beyond pulling test back to TRT and tightening diet to maintenance.

Follow-up labs from 16 days later
• Total cholesterol: 188 (-34)
• LDL-C: 113 (-41)
• HDL-C: 57 (+10)
• Triglycerides: 85 (-12)
• Non-HDL: 131 (-44)
• Chol/HDL ratio: 3.3 (-1.4)

I was genuinely surprised how fast this moved. In the past I would have expected two to three months for numbers like this to correct. This was my first time intentionally trying to manipulate lipids with supplements and the rebound was much faster than I expected.

I’ll keep this in place for another couple of weeks and pull lipids again to see where it settles.