Cholesterol is bad for health. But not all kinds of cholesterol. There are actually types and more importantly, there is a good and a bad type. Bad cholesterol makes you obese, affects your heart a great deal and you need to cut down on it. But good cholesterol is needed for your growth and sustenance. So if pops the question of “how to reduce cholesterol?” he or she should be corrected and the question should be rephrased as “how to reduce bad cholesterol?”