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How You Can Lower Your Cholesterol Levels

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What are the steps you can take to reduce your high blood cholesterol?

Follow the TLC (therapeutic lifestyle changes) Diet (low saturated fat, low cholesterol).

Be more physically active.

Lose weight if you are overweight.

Take your cholesterol-lowering medication if prescribed.

All of the above.
Which food does not have a lot of saturated fat?

Coconut oil

Whole milk

Chicken, with skin

Butter

Whole wheat bread
Which food does not have a lot of cholesterol?

Steak

Banana

Shrimp

Butter

Egg
Which of the following is a desirable total cholesterol level?

Less than 200 mg/dL

Less than 230 mg/dL

Less than 240 mg/dL

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on September 25, 2008

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SOURCE: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, of The National Institutes of Health.

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