What are foods can you eat to lower your cholesterol?

Healthy: Increasing the dietary intake of oat products, legumes and other high-fiber foods can play a significant role in decreasing "bad cholesterol" (ldl) levels. Oatmeal, oat bran, beans, barley, and prunes and apples are great. Wild salmon, sardines and anchovies are all rich sources of omega-3 fatty acids hich lower ldl. Olive oil and soy products help too.

Vegetables: Reducing your intake of red meat and increasing your diet with vegetables, cereals, olive oil, nuts and fish should help. Adding exercise will bring additional benefit.

Cholesterol: Every food has some amount of cholesterol . We have to choose foods which have less of saturated fat . These websites can guide us about the options. https://heartuk.org.uk/cholesterol-and-diet/low-cholesterol-diets-and-foods http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/articles/2010/september/take-control-of-your-cholesterol

Take your choice: Try nutritional approaches. Consider eating oatmeal, bran, apples, oranges, pears, bananas, grapefruit, hazelnuts, avocado, brewer's yeast, royal jelly, saffron, tumeric, honey (buckwheat), alfalfa sprouts, celery, beets, eggplant, garlic, onion, chili peppers, legumes, dandelion root & jerusalem artichoke. Avoid deep fried foods & whole eggs.

Fiber and Stanols: 1. Plant stanol margarines (take control or benechol) can lower bad cholesterol by up to 15% if 2-3 tablespoons are eaten each day. There are low fat versions. 2. Soluble fiber products that contain psyllium (metamucil) can lower cholesterol by 5-10% if you take 10 grams or more per day of psyllium. 3. Some soy products like tofu and soy nuts and milk may slightly lower cholesterol.