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Creating a Cholesterol Diet
 Maria M Professional Writer
Whether you are trying to reduce your cholesterol levels or prevent them from getting high, you can help do both with your diet. What you eat can play a vital role in helping you control your cholesterol levels. The more you know about food and how it plays a role in your cholesterol levels, the better the choices you will make.
When it comes to creating a cholesterol diet, there are many foods you should add-to, and discard from your menu. To help lower your bad cholesterol levels and help raise your good cholesterol levels, remove these foods from your diet:
Refined sugars; such as sugars found in sweets and non-diet colas
Butter/Trans fat margarines and oils
High fat meats; such as red meats and processed meats
Sour cream
White breads
Foods to add to your menu to reduce cholesterol are:
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Bran and oats
Whole grain breads and pastas
Dry beans
Low fat oils; such as canola or olive oil
Natural spices
A cholesterol diet should also include an exercise routine. You should get at least 30 minutes a day of exercise. This should preferably be an exercise routine such as fast-paced walking, or another exercise that keeps your heart rate up during the 1/2 hour. Swimming, aerobics, biking, these are all exercises that increase your heart rate.
Some people think that because they are on a cholesterol diet, they can never have something sweet or something with fat. For some, that may be the case, for others it is possible to have something once in a while, and in small amounts. The key is to stick to the cholesterol-free menu as much as possible. It is important to make a cholesterol-free diet the main source of food, and the food to eat on a regular basis.
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