All of these things combined help to improve heart activity, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and reduce bone and muscle loss.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Researchers say babies who are breastfed often grow up to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol as adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

"So for example, dietary fats also actually, in many cases, improve HDL cholesterol, the good cholesterol, compared to carbohydrates, and they actually lower triglycerides, a type of blood lipid which is associated with harm."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25