How healthy is your diet? Take our quiz

Take our quiz to find out how heart-healthy your diet is and get tips and recipes that are tailored to you.

Easy ways to eat healthily

What makes up a heart-healthy diet?

See what to base your diet on and which foods which can affect your cholesterol.

HEART UK'S BRAND NEW Diet & lifestyle plan

Take control with our new step-by-step plan, crafted by our own experts to reduce cholesterol at your pace, with all the practical info and tools you need.

Six foods that lower your cholesterol

Some foods actively help lower cholesterol levels. We call them cholesterol busters!

See our 7 Steps to Lowering Cholesterol

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Try out some heart-healthy recipes

Tasty ways to reduce cholesterol

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Three steps to heart-healthy eating on a budget

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Other ways to lower cholesterol

Get active

There are lots of ways to be active and not all of them involve going a gym or running a marathon.

Quit smoking

The risk of heart disease from smoking falls to about half of that of a non smoker in one year, so it’s never too late to quit!

Limit alcohol

Cutting down on alcohol can help you lower your cholesterol levels, as well as look after your liver, blood pressure and weight.

Look after your weight

Keeping to a healthy weight and losing weight if you need to will help to look after your cholesterol, your blood pressure and your heart.

It's especially important for you to lose weight if you carry your weight around your middle.

Learn about being a healthy weight

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Adapting your diet

Healthy vegan and vegetarian diets

Learn the foundations of a heart healthy diet if you are vegan or vegetarian, and the specific nutrients to be aware of.

Heart healthy African and Caribbean diets

Healthy eating is essential if you're from an African or Caribbean background, but you don’t have to give up your traditional foods to have a healthy diet.

Creating a healthy South Asian diet

South Asian people can be at high risk of high cholesterol. Find out how to cook heart-healthy South Asian meals.

Why is the Mediterranean diet so good for you?

Basing your diet on the foods people eat in the Mediterranean is a great way to look after your heart.

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Nutrition myths busted by science!

The internet and social media are awash with mis-information on what we should and shouldn’t eat, and it often relates to heart health. This can be difficult to navigate and can lead to choices that aren't as healthy as you might think.

We separate the facts from fiction

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