Exercise is of course very important but there are other things you can do to to bring your cholesterol to reasonable levels. Read food labels and buy foods low in saturated fat and low in cholesterol. To help you know what to look for when grocery shopping, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) offers a partial shopping list for you:
Breads such as whole wheat, rye, pumpernickel, or white
Soft tortillas, corn or whole wheat
Hot and cold cereals except granola or muesli
Rice (white, brown, wild, basmati, or jasmine)
Grains (bulgur, cous cous, quinoa, barley, hominy, millet)
Fruits: Any fresh, canned, dried, or frozen without added sugar
Vegetables: Any fresh, frozen, or (low salt) canned without cream or cheese sauce
Fresh or frozen juices, without added sugar
Fat-free or one percent milk
Cheese (with three grams of fat or less per serving)
Low fat or nonfat yogurt
Lean cuts of meat (eye of round beef, top round, sirloin, pork tenderloin)
Lean or extra lean ground beef
Chicken or turkey, white or light meat (remove skin)
Fish (most white meat fish is very low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol)
Tuna, light meat canned in water
Peanut butter, reduced fat
Eggs, egg whites, egg substitutes
Low-fat cookies or angel food cake
Lowfat frozen yogurt, sorbet, sherbet
Popcorn without butter or oil, pretzels, baked tortilla chips
Margarine (soft, diet, tub, trans fat free, or liquid)
Vegetable oil (canola, olive, corn, peanut, sunflower)
Non-stick cooking spray
Sparkling water, tea, lemonade
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