High Cholesterol: Tips to Protect Yourself

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Do You Know the Risks?

Think high cholesterol is no big deal? Think again. The price of untreated high cholesterol can be devastating.

Can you beat high cholesterol with diet and exercise alone? Find out.

What's risky -- and what's not? It's time to find out for sure.

Getting Results: Tips for Better High Cholesterol Treatments
Want the key to lower cholesterol? Start with the basics. Learn how exercise, diet, and medications work together, delivering the help you need.

Drug Therapy: From Statins to Fibrates—How Cholesterol Lowering Medicines Work
Some lower bad LDL cholesterol. Some boost good HDL cholesterol. Some even do both. But how do cholesterol drugs really work? Find out.

Eating Right: 9 Easy Hints for a Heart-Healthy, Lower Cholesterol Diet
Keys to a cholesterol-lowering diet: Less saturated fat. Lots of complex carbs. And delight? Learn why eating right -- and enjoying what you eat -- puts you on the road to diet success.

Exercise: Tips to Help You Stick With It -- And Stay Safe
Regular exercise: Get started, keep going, stay safe. These quick fitness tips show you how to start a heart-healthy workout -- today.

Alternative Therapies: 9 Herbal and Nutritional Supplements to Lower Cholesterol
Key supplements may help lower your cholesterol, but talk to your doctor first. Some supplements can interact with medications for ill effect.