Dr. Bellavia's 10-month study on Cholesterol Control by Diet will provide you with insight hitherto unknown. Just because you have high cholesterol, it doesn't mean that you have to take drugs. You can make a substantial drop in your total cholesterol by diet; Dr. Bellavia dropped 120 points. The article also provides a table that Dr. Bellavia developed to guide you to the kind of foods that will reduce your cholesterol naturally.