@Mulloch94 I will investigate! Thanks for the tip.

@CO3 no, i was on store bought gelatin powder

@JulofEnoch Any updates from along the way? I am a month into policosanol 20mg/day and believe I am experiencing positive effects.

Experimenting on myself before I try to get my dad off statins and onto policosanol as an alternative.

I ran out of gelatin (of which I had been faithfully eating 2-4 Tbls a day) and found my persistent issues with bloating and brain fog cleared up hugely.
I think that some endotoxin issues were in play, but that the high levels of arginine in gelatin were contributing to excess Nitric Oxide and crowding out uptake of Leucine.
When it stops being 100*F I might experiment with making gelatin from scratch again and see if it is any better. I sure did love my gelatin.