Cholesterol

Foods from animal sources such as eggs, milk, cheese, and meat contain cholesterol, but the human body makes its own supply as well. While cholesterol in our diets was once thought to be a major contributor to high cholesterol levels, we now know that foods rich in saturated fat raise unhealthy LDL cholesterol in our blood streams more substantially than cholesterol from other food. Plant compounds like phytosterols in wheat germ, peanuts, and almonds and beta-glucan from oats have been shown to lower cholesterol.