Cholesterol itself is actually a soft, waxy, white substance that is found in animal food products such as red meat , poultry, eggs and dairy products. There is good cholesterol as well as bad cholesterol. The good cholesterol in our body protects us from heart disease, helps to remove bad cholesterol in our body, but the bad cholesterol causes arterial blockages, heart attacks, vascular disease and strokes. It is usually due to our wrong choices of foods. It can be lowered especially by caring for our body through diet, exercise and natural supplements.
In cases of high cholesterol, medications may not be necessary but therapeutic lifestyle changes such as diet , physical activity and weight loss may just be the way out.
Other Help tips
1) Avoid the saturated fats, which are found in animal products. Food high in saturated fats includes most fast food selections such as , Hamburgers, fried chicken. Fried fish e.t.c
2)The diary products such as cheese, yogurt , whole milk, ice cream , butter and cream. Others such as cookies, cakes , pies, pastries , doughnuts, crackers and chocolate are typically high in saturated fat.
3) other sources of saturated fat includes red meat, sausauge, hot dogs, duck meat.

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