Lower Cholesterol: 5 Levers

Most cholesterol apps count the wrong thing. They score the cholesterol in your food, in milligrams. Decades of evidence say that number barely moves the cholesterol in your blood — which is why the US dietary guidelines dropped their limit on it, and why the NHLBI no longer lists it as a cause. Saturated fat does move it. So do soluble fibre, plant sterols, nuts and plant fats, and exercise. Those are the five levers. This app scores those, and nothing else. WHAT YOU GET, FREE • A daily score out of 100 across the five levers • Saturated fat as a budget you spend, not a target you chase • Photo logging — point the camera at a meal, confirm the amounts • Barcode scanning, unlimited • Restaurant menus with the saturated fat those kitchens publish themselves • Calories, protein, carbs and fibre — shown, never scored • Lab panel history, a retest countdown, and a before-and-after • Recent…