PLANT STEROLS . Use the margarine or butter that is enriched with plant sterols - about four to five level teaspoons per day is optimum. The sterols stop cholestrol being taken out the food and put into your blood, thereby reducing cholestrol levels.

Take about 9,000 mg

FISH OIL : about three 1,000 mg capsules thrice each day - the ones enriched with DHA ... - as fish oil has been found to help the brain and help with reducing cholestrol. Obviously, if you are allergic to fish oil, don't take it! Also, at this therapeutic dosage of fish oil, some people may experience side effects. Please discuss with doctor.

Cinnamon -a gram of cinnamon daily - one quarter of a teaspoon twice a day - reduced patients' blood sugar, triglycerides (fatty acids in the blood), bad cholestrol ldl level as well as total cholestrol

Evening Primrose - The gammalinolenic acid ( gla ) in evening primrose seed, which we take in the form evening primrose oil, a daily dosage of 4000 milligrams of evening primrose oil, after three months, on average you can expect to reduce cholestrol by a whopping 31.5% - reduce the risk of heart atack by about 63%. Evening primrose oil has also been found to reduce blood pressure and reduce the probability of the blood clots that cause most strokes.

Fenugreek - If you were to take 2 ounces a day for about six months, you would likely reduce cholestrol by 14%. The powder can be mixed with soup.

Ginseng - Ginseng has been little researched for it's ability to reduce cholestrol.

Milk Thistle - Milk thistle contains three known therapeutic compounds Silymarin has not been properly researched to see if they can reduce cholestrol, but some people believe it can. Psyllium - Psyllium is a rich source of fibre and can reduce cholestrol via it's high fibre content. To reduce cholestrol, the therapeutic dosage is one to two teaspoons, three times per day. Blood tests should show a cholestrol reduction in about eight weeks, of about 5%, with perhaps a better reduction at the 12 week mark.

Red Pepper - Red pepper may help to reduce cholestrol.

Scullcap - Scullcap as some research has suggested that it can increase the good cholestrol level hdl cholestrol level.

Silymarin - several milk thistle compounds. See above. Stinging Nettle - value to high cholestrol treatment unclear.

Tumeric - Tumeric has had little research for it's ability to lower cholestrol naturally. It's therapeutic ingredient is curcumin. A dosage of 500 milligrams of curcumin daily for ten days has been shown to be able to reduce cholestrol.

Vitamin c - Vitamin C may have little effect on hdl and ldl cholestrol, but it does lower another .This is also a bad cholestrol apparently. Vitamin C also helps to produce strong, thin artery walls and may be a cure for cardiovascular disease. High cholestrol treatment dosage is several 1000 milligrams per day.

Vitamin E - Vitamin E dilates the blood vessels ( opens them up more - the ldl bad cholestrol builds up on the blood vessel walls, narrowing the opening for blood to pass through ) and contains anti-thrombin, a blood clot preventative. It may not reduce your cholestrol, but it helps counteract some of the bad cholestrol effects. Not a high cholestrol treatment, but certainly an adjunct to it. It is suggested to start with 100 milligrams a day for two weeks, before upping to higher doses. Therapeutic dose is around 400 to 1,200 international units per day; at this level the hdl good cholestrol level is also significantly increased.

Niacin - Niacin is a good for raising the good cholestrol hdl level, as well as for lowering the ldl bad cholestrol level. One gram of niacin taken three times a day resulted in 27% fewer nonfatal heart attacks, 9 to 13% fewer deaths from all causes. After one month of this daily intake of niacin, the bad cholestrol was lowered by about 22% and triglycerides by about 52%.

Always CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR AND DIETICIAN first about lowering cholestrol