But I have eliminated beef, pork, butter, cheese, milk, and cream from my diet. I continue to enjoy yogurt, but only when I can get it plain and non-fat.

Bison, sometimes known as buffalo, is much lower in saturated fat than beef and just as tasty, if you don’t cook it too long. Chicken and fish also provide lots of protein and little saturated fat.

I now completely avoid  both butter and margarine. Instead I use Spectrum Spread, which has no trans fat and only one-half gram of saturated fat per tablespoon.

The hardest thing for me to find was anything that can substitute for cheese. Nutritional yeast, however, reminds me of it.

These dietary changes have brought all my cholesterol levels within the normal range for the first time in my life. It was worth it for me, and feels more like a triumph than a sacrifice. It’s been years since I had a Big Mac attack.