“If you smoke, you have less good cholesterol in your bloodstream,” warns the health body.
There isn’t a high cholesterol-busting diet per se but making healthy food swaps can help to reduce high levels.
“Try to replace saturated and trans fats with unsaturated fats where you can,” advises Bupa.
Saturated fat is the kind of fat found in butter, lard, ghee, fatty meats and cheese.