Step 1: Get a cholesterol level test <br />Get a cholesterol level test from a medical professional to learn if your "bad" and "good" cholesterol levels are balanced at medically acceptable levels. <br /> <br />Step 2: Eat food with soluble fiber <br />Eat food containing soluble fiber such as whole grain bread and pasta, beans, and soy products. Soluble fiber helps move cholesterol through the intestines. <br /> <br />Step 3: Eat mostly unsaturated fats <br />Eat mostly "good" or unsaturated fats found in nuts and avocados -- or cook with vegetable oils like olive, canola, and corn oil. <br /> <br />Step 4: Avoid saturated fats <br />Avoid saturated fats. Most ingested cholesterol comes from animal and dairy products. Select lean meat with minimal visible fat. Drink nonfat milk. <br /> <br />Tip <br />Consider going vegan, which means giving up all animals products, including meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Many people have seen their cholesterol levels drop after going vegan. <br /> <br />Step 5: Get food recommendations <br />Get specific cholesterol-lowering food recommendations from authoritative resources like the Mayo Clinic and the American Heart Association. <br /> <br />Did You Know? <br />In 1963, ventriloquist Paul Winchell patented an artificial heart considered a prototype for Jarvik-7, the first successfully implanted artificial heart.
