Eating to Beat Cholesterol
New research finds not all low-fat diets are equal: Try putting plants on your side.

July 2005

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Thanks to the arsenal of powerful medical weapons doctors now have at their disposal to fight high cholesterol, it’s easy to overlook the importance of diet in that battle. Even if you know to cut back on dietary fats, the other side of the coin—what foods to eat more of to combat high blood cholesterol—often gets short shrift.