Understanding Cholesterol: Making Positive Changes

A low–fat vegan diet is the best way to lower your cholesterol level. Coupled with exercise, smoking cessation, and stress reduction, this kind of diet can even reverse heart disease for many people.⁸ But making only modest changes yields only modest results.

Healthy eating is easier than you may think. If you're ready to get started on a low–fat vegetarian diet, you'll find tips, recipes, meal plans, and many other useful resources in our Make Over Your Diet section.