At age 45, doctor said my cholesterol was a bit high. Since my father had just had his THIRD heart attack, I figured I better make some changes. At first, I thought I had to go all out on the low fat diet but the more I got to reading on the subject, it was clear that low-fat diets are a disaster and all the so-called "healthy choice" foods were not healthy at all.

And, it turns out that cholesterol by itself is not an indicator of heart disease. Since the rest of my blood work was good and my BP is excellent, I'm not going to worry about the cholesterol.