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red grapefruit, pomegranate juice, oat bran and beans or lentils in your diet every day, it's still of paramount importance to keep your intake of saturated fat as low as possible to give the cholesterol-reducing foods any chance of having an effect. As you go round the supermarket, you should find ranges of food that contain only 3% or less saturated fat. Avoid hard cheese, cream, butter and fatty meat. Replace these with cottage cheese, yoghurt, skimmed milk, fish (especially oily fish), chicken and turkey. I was advised to keep to tomato-based sauces rather than milk-based ones. Dark chocolate is said to be good for the heart because of the antioxidants it contains, but it also has a high percentage of saturated fat so must be consumed in moderation. Try to switch from the usual cakes and biscuits to oatcakes and cereal bars made with oats. Nuts, especially walnuts, are recommended too.

If you can exercise regularly, even if this just involves hoovering or window-cleaning on some days of the week, you will benefit further from the changes you make to your diet. I have to say that I'm enjoying the way I eat now more than I used to, and since making the changes I haven't been plagued by sore throats or colds either. Some may feel it's hard to alter their diet in any radical way, but it's more than worth it to feel and be healthier, live longer.

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