How can cholesterol be decreased ?

Depends on levels: Always, diet, exercise and fruit/grain fibers. Avoid all fried , greasy and fatty foods. Get a fasting lipid profile: You want to see see totoal cholesterol less than 200, LDL- less than 150, and HDL greater than 45 . The ratio of TC to HDL: 35-65-men and 35-80-women. If your total cholesterol is high, you have twice the risk for heart disease as a person with normal total cholesterol.

High cholesterol can be the result of 2 separate processes. A person can be either an overproducer (the body's own production of cholesterol) or an overabsorber (from food). The treatment is different for each one. There are now more advanced tests available to answer this question and to guide the treatment approach. Ask your doctor about them.