Consuming too much saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol increases your risk for coronary heart disease. Learn what trans fat is and how you can limit the amount of this fat in your diet.
Review Date: January 25, 2013
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Many people have questions for their doctors about tests, drug treatments, risk factors and lifestyle changes. These are examples of common questions.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
American Heart Association
Take this short quiz to learn how diet, physical activity, smoking and other factors impact the body's cholesterol levels.
Review Date: January 15, 2013
American Heart Association
You can't see high cholesterol. It doesn't have any symptoms, but it is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. You can tackle high cholesterol if you understand your risk. Start now by taking this short quiz.
Review Date: January 28, 2013
University of Maryland Medical Center
Record your cholesterol levels after each doctor's visit, along with your exercise and diet goals. Watch your progress and stick to your plan.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
American Heart Association
This site focuses on educating individuals with heart disease about the various aspects of coping with heart disease, including topics such as coping with depression, lifestyle changes, cholesterol and nutrition.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
Mended Hearts, Inc.
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-side style, the booklets present facts and dispel myths.
Review Date: January 28, 2013
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
The facts surrounding women and heart disease can be frightening to think about. Take this short, confidential survey about your health and lifestyle to receive tailored information on reducing your risk for cardiovascular disease.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
Office on Women's Health
Find out what your cholesterol numbers mean and what treatment your doctor may prescribe to help lower your cholesterol level. Includes a tool to estimate the risk for having a heart attack, and outlines ways to reduce risk through diet, exercise and drug treament.
Review Date: March 11, 2013
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
Learn how to keep your cholesterol level low or how to lower your cholesterol level if it is high through heart healthy lifestyle changes, therapeutic lifestyle changes, and cholesterol lowering medicines.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
Find multimedia presentations on a variety of topics, including physical activity, protecting your heart by lowering your cholesterol and triglyceride levels, hand washing, and more. Information is available in English,Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Hmong and Vietnamese.
Review Date: January 23, 2013
Healthy Roads Media
The lipid profile is a group of tests ordered together to determine your risk of coronary heart disease. These tests are good indicators of whether someone is likely to have a heart attack or stroke caused by blockage of blood vessels or hardening of the arteries (atherosclerois).
Review Date: November 01, 2012
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Lowering your cholesterol may slow, reduce, or even stop the buildup of plaque in your arteries. It also may reduce the risk of plaque rupturing and causing dangerous blood clots. Learn about high and low-density lipoproteins (HDL and LDL), atherosclerosis, and more.
Review Date: November 01, 2012
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
