Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on controlling your cholesterol.

Avoid: Avoid snacking on high calorie/high fat snacks.

Can: Can decrease flushing associated with Niacin by taking Aspirin 30 minutes before taking niacin.

Cut: Cut back on your carbs to lower your triglycerides.

Decrease: Decrease fat in your diet by putting oil in a "mister" to spray your pans.

Eat: Eat 6 equal meals, express gratitude for 3 mins, and move for 15 mins every 3 hours while awake.

Red: Red oats are a natural way to decrease your cholesterol.

Exercise: Exercise regularly to help raise your HDL (good cholesterol).

Nuts: Nuts are heart-healthy, but they're also high in calories, so practice portion control.

Add: Add chia seeds to your food for extra omega-3 without the fish taste.

Don't: Don't eat too much fat; medications can help too; get some exercise.

Over: Over the counter approaches can include niacin, cholestoff, and high fiber diet.

Fatty: Fatty food tastes good; and loves your blood vessels; slim them down a bit.

When: When flaxseed oil is used to control cholesterol it should be cold- pressed (never heat pressed).

Find: Find a fish that you like and fix it at least twice a week, it contains healthy fats.

Keep: Keep the blood from being oil, add fish or you will bubble and boil.

No: No glitzy answer--where diet can help lower cholesterol, eat low fat foods and exercise more please.

Cholesterol: Cholesterol per se is not what counts, it is the ratio of bad cholesterol (ldl) to good cholesterol (hdl)!

Don't: Don't smoke. Smoking lowers your HDL (good) cholesterol, thereby increasing the chol/hdl!

Diet: Diet control alone can achieve remarkable results, but must be very aggressive.

If: If cholesterol levels get too low, there are risks of intracranial bleeding, so need a middle range.

High: High cholesterol; not main cause of heart disease; reduce inflammation!

Exercise;: Exercise; exercise every day; exercise every day before you eat.

Nothing: Nothing you can do is anywhere near as effective as even the least effective statin medication.

Applesauce: Applesauce can substitute for oil in some recipes.

Coenzyme: Coenzyme q10 can help reduce the nagging muscle aches that some people get with statins like lipitor (atorvastatin).

Two: Two tablespoons a day of plant stanol margarine like benecol can lower bad LDL cholesterol by 5-10%.

If: If you are not on a statin, but worried about cholesterol, try adding red yeast rice to your diet!