Sometimes, it is difficult to lower a cholesterol level by dietary means alone (although shifting to a "fishatarian" diet provides more omega-3 fatty acids, and less saturated fats ... and both of these factors do help in the goal of lowering serum cholesterol levels).
It is not so difficult to lower cholesterol levels with drugs, whether using a statin, niacin, bile acid sequestrants, and/or fibrates.
Mackeral is a good source of "good" cholesterol. It will help you bring down your triglyceride level. 2 meals of mussels, tuna, salmon or mackeral will do your cholesterol numbers good.
A diet rich in fruit and vegetables would be the key to bringing down your cholesterol levels. There are even certain fruits, like pomegranate I think that are believed to bring down cholesterol levels.
If your cholesterol level has been an issue for some time, it may be time to begin thinking about doing something about it. One of the most common ways to bring a cholesterol level down to a more reasonable level is through increasing your fiber intake. You can do this through eating foods that are high in fiber, such as beans, or you can even take a more manageable route by taking fiber pills every morning.
keep down your intake of cholesterol and monitor your levels of it by a physician to determine if you need medication to bring it down.
By losing weight, stopping smoking, exercising more and reducing the amount of fat and cholesterol in the diet, many people can bring their cholesterol levels down to acceptable levels.
There is no food that can keep your cholesterol down, when buying food look on how it is made and it would tell you how much cholesterol is in it.
A lot of times if you know you have high cholesterol and your doctor has not prescribed you any medicines to take for it then it probably isn't at complete critical level yet and you can make lifestyle changes to get it back down to normal to learn about the different things you can do to lower it without medications to to http://www.zimbio.com/Cholesterol/articles/Aoo4QVv5_fz/Normal+Cholesterol+Level+Effective+Home+Remedies Otherwise if you are wanting to take medications and not make the changes then go to www.webmd.com to find out what to take.
No bananas do not contain cholesterol in them :) x
It is important to note that you should not determine your cholesterol levels just by your total cholesterol level. This needs to be further broken down into LDL, HDL , and triglycerides in order to give you some insight into the types of cholesterol that are in your blood.
Lecithin is an ingredient found in numerous foods that is believed to be good for people with high cholesterol and multiple sclerosis. Although there is no scientific proof for it's curative abilities, patients with high cholesterol tend to swear by it's ability to bring down their levels.
Eat Cherrios every morning for breakfast and change your diet. Also try to reduce your stress level.
Bile comes from your liver and is used to break down fats in the intestine. They make chylomicrons to deliver fat from the intesintes to the liver, low density lipoproteins (LDL, a type of cholesterol) to deliver it to tissues, and high density lipoproteins (HDL, a type of cholesterol) to bring it back to the liver.