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Useful Guides

Explore our guides and take another step towards living well.

Practical ways to put cholesterol-friendly eating into action

Our collection of guides are designed to help you make simple, sustainable changes that fit into everyday life. These expert-developed resources provide clear, evidence-based advice and practical tips you can start using straight away.

Healthy Eating Guide

This handy leaflet explains the basics of healthy eating in a colourful, easy-to-use format. It covers all the major food groups and the healthy swaps you can make to lower your cholesterol levels.

Cholesterol SMART® Shopping

Our SMART guide helps you make confident, heart-healthy choices aisle by aisle.

Be Fat SMART

Simple, practical swaps to help you balance your fats. These small changes can make a big difference to cutting down your saturated fat and keep your blood cholesterol in check.

Cholesterol SMART® UPF Guide

Use this guide to see which Ultra-processed Foods can support your cholesterol and which are best limited.

Take on our 1-2-3-4-5 Challenge

Simply add one simple cholesterol-lowering habit each week, and in just five weeks you’ll have five new heart-healthy habits for life. Get started with our tips, recipes and tracker.

Cholesterol SMART® Plate

Learn how to build balanced, heart-healthy meals with our practical Cholesterol SMART ® Plate.