11.   Depression, in his study, carried as grave a risk of heart disease as elevated levels of blood cholesterol.

12.   Eating avocados helps neutralize highly destructive fats in foods, while lowering and improving blood cholesterol.

13.   For some reason, however, the same diet did not affect the blood cholesterol of women in the study.

14.   Foods enhanced with plant-based substances such as psyllium, phytosterol and stanolesterol, known for their ability to lower blood cholesterol.

15.   If the diet were stricter, Luepker said, it probably would result in a greater reduction in blood cholesterol.

16.   In women, estrogen lowers blood cholesterol, as well as increasing blood flow.

17.   Interest has been sharpened by new studies clearly demonstrating that disorders ranging from elevated blood cholesterol to asthma respond far better when patients take medications as prescribed.

18.   Now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that too much dietary fat raises blood cholesterol.

19.   Obesity leads to high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes, which lead to heart attack and stroke.

20.   Other research suggests these flavonoids may help fight heart disease by keeping blood cholesterol in a less-damaging form.