So it’s all about what you eat.

“Of course,” you say. “My favorite foods are just another thing I’m supposed to give up, right?”

Well, not necessarily.

You won’t have to give up all the foods you love to support a healthy, low-cholesterol diet. A wide range of choices are available which will do the trick. For instance, a few simple changes to the foods you select, and how you prepare them, can greatly reduce the amount of cholesterol present in your diet. And it follows of course, many doctors tell us a diet low in cholesterol leads to lower levels of cholesterol in your body.

It won’t always be easy. Unfortunately, significant changes aren’t going to happen overnight. Studies tell us you should expect to wait three to six months for diet efforts to register with lower cholesterol levels. Any real change in your cholesterol level is going to be a long-term goal.

But six months are going to pass along anyway, so in six months will you find yourself that much healthier or that much closer to developing heart disease?