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Food You Should Eat To Lower Cholesterol

Reduce fat in your diet
Buy the leanest cuts of meat you can find.  Regularly substitute poultry (without the skin) and fish for red meat.  Both are lower in saturated fat.  Switch to low fat cottage cheese and yogurt, reduced fat hard cheeses and skim or 1 percent milk.

Eliminate fried foods
Buying low fat is just the beginning.  You need to institute low fat cooking methods to keep the cholesterol from sneaking back in to your diet.

More Healthy Cholesterol Tips:
Remove fatty skin from chicken and turkey.
Don’t fry foods.  Roast, bake, broil, grill or poach them instead.
Use fat free marinades or basting with liquids like wine, tomato or lemon juice.
Use olive or canola oils for sautéing or baking.  Both are very low in saturated fat.
Use diet, tub or squeeze margarines instead of regular.  Watch for the term “hydrogenated,” which means some of the fat is saturated.
Eat vegetables and complex carbohydrates
Lowest fat foods of all are vegetables, fruits, grains (rice, barley and pasta), beans and legumes.  Try substituting some of these for meat and high fat dairy products.
Don’t douse your pasta with butter or your potato with sour cream. 
Use tomato base sauces instead of cream base.
Use lemon juice, low sodium soy sauce or herbs to season vegetables. 
Make chili with extra beans and seasonings while leaving out the meat.