Cheryl Strachan

If you need to lower LDL cholesterol, the most important change you can make is to cut back on saturated fat, particularly from foods like processed and red meat and butter, and switch to more unsaturated fat instead.

Keep in mind that these studies are a relatively weak form of evidence, because they’re based on observational data. This type of study can’t prove that the eggs caused the heart problems, because something else about the big egg eaters might be at w...

Cholesterol levels are largely driven by the genes you inherit, but your eating habits can affect them as well. For example, more saturated and trans fats cause the liver, in effect, to produce more LDL cholesterol. But does eating more cholesterol c...