Maintaining a healthy diet and proper daily exercise: Your body produces approximately 1000 milligrams of cholesterol a day, which is one way you receive cholesterol in your body. The second way cholesterol enters your body is by the foods that you eat that contain cholesterol. Foods from animals contain cholesterol such as egg yolks, meat poultry, whole and reduced fat milk and dairy products as well as shellfish. Plant foods do not contain cholesterol. Foods such as nuts, grains, vegetables, seeds and fruits are plant foods.
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