Adults, including persons over the age of sixty-five, can lower their cholesterol by 30 or 40 percent. it is never too late to change. One man began his health program when he was seventy-three. By the time he was seventy-seven, he had lowered his arterial blockage from 50 percent to 13 percent and his cholesterol from 320 to 145 without drives. He went on a vegetarian diet with only 10 percent fat, plus programs to reduce stress and get more exercise.