Five high-cholesterol foods that are safe to eat - and three to avoid

Thankfully, having high cholesterol doesn’t necessarily mean you should avoid all cholesterol-rich foods. Recent research has found that specific cholesterol-rich foods, such as full-fat milk, yoghurt and aged cheese, might actually improve blood lipid (fat) profiles, and therefore cholesterol levels. First, you must understand why your cholesterol levels are raised in the first place, explains Dr Ali Khavandi, a Bath-based consultant interventional cardiologist.

Cheese has long been considered a problem for those with high cholesterol but its impact is now believed to be much lower. Credit: Bloomberg “If you have a genetic predisposition to high blood cholesterol levels, diet has very little influence so medication, such as statins, is usually required,” he says. “Even for an ‘average’ person with raised cholesterol who is otherwise healthy, eating low-cholesterol foods is likely to have a limited effect.



“But if you are overweight and have some level of insulin resistance or other associated conditions, you can absolutely impact your cholesterol through dietary intervention but usually, it comes down to adopting a healthy dietary pattern rather than avoiding certain high-cholesterol foods.” Loading Let’s break it down. Which high-cholesterol foods should you include in your diet – and which are best avoided? Five foods high in dietary cholesterol to include in your diet 1.

Cheese.