Dr Amir Khan

Yeah.

So they will do that Q risk on you and they will decide whether you should be on statins or not.

So if your risk of having a heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years is more than 10% or 10% or more, they will offer you medication.

But there's also the lifestyle stuff.

We can't just say it's medication.

So the food you eat will also influence your cholesterol to a degree, to the bit that you can control.

So the kind of foods that you're after is fibre.

Fibre is your best friend here because fibre... Hang on.

I think I can hear beans knocking at the door.

They are soluble fiber in particular.

So things like whole grains, porridge, apples, beans, all of those things, they will slow down the absorption of fat from your gut.

So that is really, really useful information.

And there's certain other foods that are really good.

So get your good fats in because they will help clear out your bad fat.

So extra virgin olive oil,

avocados nuts and seeds all brilliant ways to help lower your your cholesterol people often ask me about exercise as well and whether that that can lower your cholesterol it's tricky this one we know exercise has huge health benefits but

But we've never really had robust studies that isolate just exercise and what your cholesterol does.

Often people who exercise also have other healthy habits that they do around the exercise.

So it's really hard to say, well, it was just the exercise that did it.

There's a good chance it can do.