Cholesterol is found in meat, chicken, fish, diary products and eggs.
Plants do not contain cholesterol, they contain stanols. Having a high cholesterol increases your chances of developing a heart attack. Stanols taken from plants prevent a third of the cholesterol that you eat from being absorbed, so they help lower cholesterol by 10 to 20 percent to help prevent heart attacks. To be palatable, stanols have to be dissolved in fat, so they are sold in margarines or salad dressings. To lower cholesterol, you need at least two servings a day, which is so expensive that you could save a lot of money by eating a prudent diet of fruits, vegetables whole grains, beans, seeds and nuts and reduce your intake of cholesterol in meat, chicken, dairy products and eggs.