If your diet gave you high cholesterol, it can lower it, too

It’s easy to eat your way to an alarmingly high cholesterol level. The reverse is true, too — changing what you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream.

Doing this requires a two-pronged strategy: Add foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis. At the same time, cut back on foods that boost LDL. Without that step, you are engaging in a holding action instead of a steady — and tasty — victory.

Details of this article can be found through this link: http://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol?utm_source=delivra&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GB20160803-Cholesterol&utm_id=214939&mid=11052531&ml=214939