The group's mean HDL, or good, cholesterol was 52 mg/dL, which is about the recommended amount.Compared to the healthy American diet, which slightly raised cholesterol, the vegetable- and fruit-based DASH diet and the diets including lean beef lowered LDL and total cholesterol to a mean of 129 and 200 mg/dL, respectively.The diets also slightly lowered the group's mean levels of good cholester