Hi Doc, As per my health check up reports a high cholesterol detected. How can I lower my LDL and increase HDL to maintain good LDL/ HDL ration. Please suggest some foods to increase HDL and to get lower LDL. Please advise medicine to reduce total cholesterol. I am exercising daily with balanced diet and was not expecting such abnormal report. Below are detected levels Total cholesterol. 227 mg/dl HDL cholesterol-Direct 24 mg/dl LDL cholesterol-Direct 142 mg/dl Triglycerides - 166 mg/dl TC/HDL cholesterol ratio 9.3 HDL/LDL ratio 5.9 VLDL cholesterol 33.2 mg/dl Non-HDL cholesterol 202.7 mg/dl Thank you, Amit M.