If you are seriously interested in reducing your cholesterol, I'd suggest learning about a low fat (7-10%) vegan (plant foods, no animal foods or animal products) diet, as recommended by Dr. McDougall at www.drmcdougall.com, and Dr. Dean Ornish, among others. Oatmeal does work, but a healthy vegan diet works much better, faster, and without the side effects of drugs. You can see Dr. McDougall's website to learn a lot about it, free.