In order to maintain or reduce your cholesterol levels, it is important to follow a low cholesterol diet. Besides adding cholesterol-lowering foods to your diet, you should also increase the amount of soluble fiber and eat only enough calories to maintain a healthy weight. Cholesterol is only found in animal products; there is no cholesterol in plant-based foods. Therefore, a low cholesterol diet should focus on eating more plant-based products, cutting back on foods from animals, and decreasing saturated fat and trans fat.
(For tips on maintaining a low cholesterol diet and a list of important foods to eat, click Low Cholesterol Diet. You can also click on the various links in the box to the right to access specific topics on cholesterol.)