| Cholesterol numbers are one of the most powerful indicators of your risk for developing and dying from heart disease. Statins are commonly prescribed for lowering cholesterol, but they don’t offer significant improvements to the health of arteries or reductions in heart disease. Artery-clogging cholesterol is only found in substantial amounts in animal foods such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy. When you eliminate these foods from your diet and replace them with starches and whole foods, your cholesterol levels will go down and your arteries will begin to heal. At the 12-Day McDougall Program, one of the most common health issues we see in our participants is high cholesterol. The McDougall Program has been proven to reduce blood cholesterol by 22mg/dL (0.6 IU) in just 7 days, without medication and its harmful side effects. | 
