Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, and Nuts. To lower your blood cholesterol level, choose only the leanest meats, poultry, fish and shellfish. Choose chicken and turkey without skin or remove skin before eating. Some fish, like cod, have less saturated fat than either chicken or meat.

It also contains small amounts of water and milk solids. Most of the fat in butter is saturated fat. Saturated fat has been linked to an increase in low-density lipoprotein (LDL). LDL cholesterol is sometimes called bad cholesterol, and can increase risk of heart disease and stroke.

And some contain plant sterols and stanols, which block the body from absorbing cholesterol like Oats, Barley and other whole grains, Beans, Eggplant and okra, Nuts, Vegetable oils, Apples, grapes, strawberries, citrus fruits.