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Cholesterol Diet Directory
For most with high cholesterol, a diet improvement can greatly help to lower cholesterol. Your doctor can help you set up an ideal low-cholesterol diet for you. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about how foods affect cholesterol, what food choices are better for helping lower cholesterol, and much more.
Medical Reference
The Basics of Cholesterol
Learn about cholesterol, including ways to lower it.
Delicious Foods That Are Heart-Healthy
Learn how to lower your risk of heart problems with a heart-healthy -- and delicious -- diet.
Your Heart-Healthy Grocery Shopping List
This heart-healthy kitchen essentials guide may help you lower your cholesterol.
Healthy Choices When Eating Out
WebMD tells you more about making heart-healthy choices when eating out.
Features
Portfolio Diet: Recipe for Lower Cholesterol
For lower cholesterol, fit four cholesterol-fighting foods into your diet portfolio.
Not-So-Healthy 'Health' Foods
Some foods you think are good for you may not be all they seem.
Eggs: Dietary Friend or Foe?
Nutritionists are taking a fresh look at the health benefits of eggs.
Cholesterol-Lowering Foods
We all know that butter, ice cream and fatty meats raise cholesterol, but do you know which foods can actually lower it?
Video
HDL Affects Your Cholesterol Risk
Jonathan Sackner Bernstein, MD, explains how HDL cholesterol affects your risk of disease.
Heart Healthy Diet
Diet is important, but alone will not lower cholesterol. It has to be combined with weight loss and exercise.
Saturated Fats
Let’s have a chat about saturated fats
Slideshows & Images
Naughty Foods to Spice Up Your Holidays
‘Tis the season of temptation. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid the holiday food trap. While Santa makes his list and checks it twice, you can study. WebMD’s list of foods that are naughty and nice.
20 Foods That Can Save Your Heart
The top foods for heart health go beyond cholesterol busters to edamame, nuts, salmon, even coffee. Cooking tips and pictures show how to work new foods into your diet.
Healthy Eating at Restaurants
Restaurant food can be full of hidden fat and calories. See how to recognize the dangers and stay on your healthy diet.
Slideshow: Healthy Eating at Restaurants
Quizzes
Quiz: Test Your Cholesterol Smarts
Take this cholesterol quiz to find out more about LDL, HDL, fats, and statins and how they affect your good and bad cholesterol.
Cholesterol Fact or Fiction?
Can watching your cholesterol keep your mind sharp or improve your sex life? Test your knowledge and learn a few tips on how to protect your heart.
Can Supplements Help Your Cholesterol?
Can you improve your cholesterol numbers naturally with supplements? Learn more in our quiz.