The recent recommendations by the National Cholesterol Education Program puts an even more urgent emphasis on lowering blood cholesterol to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. If you are a patient of Downtown Family Medicine or Midtown Family Medicine, we hope these links and resources will serve as a useful tool to assist you with your efforts to lower your blood cholesterol. As always, internet resources should be viewed as an adjunct to your relationship with your Family Physician. Any questions about these resources and your efforts to lower your cholesterol should be addressed to your physician.

What you should know about high cholesterol--The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's interactive web page will answer most of your questions about cholesterol and the risks of high blood cholesterol.

The National Cholesterol Education Program features the theme "Live Healthier, Live Longer on its site emphasizing the importance of lowering your cholesterol.

Interested in calculating your risk of coronary heart disease based upon your blood cholesterol and personal risk factors? Visit the NHLBI's interactive risk calculator.

Ready to start a cholesterol lowering diet? Visit the American Academy of Family Physicians cholesterol lowering diet site.

Another site, from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, allows you to create a diet to lower your cholesterol.

Certain lifestyle changes can contribute to lowering your cholesterol. More good advice from the NHLBI.

Would you like to know the cholesterol content of the foods you eat? This site will tell you whether to eat or pass on that item you're about to eat.

If you are looking for a fairly comprehensive site covering all aspects of high cholesterol and diet, Family Haven has a well-written, lengthy guide to the reasons high cholesterol levels develop and diet and lifestyle changes you can adapt to lower yours.

A similar site from the National Institutes of Health is also quite comprehensive.

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