Test your knowledge about high blood cholesterol with the following questions. 1 High blood cholesterol is one of the risk factors for heart disease that you can do something about. To lower your blood cholesterol level you must stop eating meat altogether. To lower your blood cholesterol level you should eat less saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol, and lose weight if you are overweight. Saturated fats raise your blood cholesterol level more than anything else in your diet.
All vegetable oils help lower blood cholesterol levels.
Lowering blood cholesterol levels can help people who have already had a heart attack. All children need to have their blood cholesterol levels checked. Women don't need to worry about high blood cholesterol and heart disease. Reading food labels can help you eat the heart healthy way.