Plenty of foods and supplements say they can lower cholesterol, which is important for heart health because if your blood cholesterol level is too high it increases the risk of heart and circulatory disease.

But do they really work as well as widely prescribed statins? We look at whether the evidence stacks up for seven of the most common ones you’ll come across.

https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/cholesterol-lowering-alternatives