Start Here. 1  Advance Care Planning: Healthcare Directives (National Institute on Aging) 2  Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish. 3  End-of-Life Decisions (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization) - PDF.
Take a B-complex supplement that includes B12, B6, folic acid and niacin. All four of these vitamins are considered heart-healthy and can serve to lower cholesterol. Niacin, in particular, has the distinct quality of lowering LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol), while raising HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol).
Polyunsaturated fats are also thought to help lower total and bad cholesterol. But monounsaturated fats tend to be favored over polyunsaturated fats because some research suggests that polyunsaturated fats are less stable, and can reduce levels of good cholesterol as well as bad.