@abseil12 I've been on the low carbohydrate ketogenic diet (LCKD) for two years which is 50 g carbs or less. Here's two things that may be helpful to you regarding cholesterol: 1) as you're losing weight, fat is released into the blood stream and will temporarily raise cholesterol levels (which should stabilize after weight loss plateaus) and 2) dairy intake can push cholesterol levels up which was my experience in 2015.
There are three macronutients: carbohydrate, protein, and fat.
The LCHF diet/LCKD are both moderate protein, not high protein diets, which means we have to increase intake of healthy fats to replace the carbohydrates. Some people use the low carbohydrate diets to lose weight in addition to lowering and stabilizing glucose levels. In that case, it's important to monitor both your healthy fat and carbohydrate intake.
I try to limit myself to 1 - 2 one ounce servings of dairy a day.
I eat a mix of animal and plant protein and fat and have had good results. Here's some non-dairy foods to increase fat intake...
Make a salad of mixed spring greens and top with a vinaigrette (2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 1 tablespoon vinegar, herbs and spices) every day or every other day. I top mine with a variety of vegetables and nuts: tomato and avocado sometimes with chicken or raw nuts; red cabbage and carrots, sometimes with mushrooms; and in the summer, fresh strawberries or blue berries. I use a variety of vinegars: red wine, white wine, and apple cider.
Make a tuna or chicken salad with mayonnaise. Try to find a mayonnaise made with avocado oil, not an industrial seed oil.
If you aren't keen on avocados, learn how to make guacamole. Avocados have so many health benefits. A simple way to remove them from their skin once ripe is to cut it in half, top to bottom, then use a non-sharp knife to remove the seed and to make 1/2 inch chunks by making vertical and horizontal cuts into one half of the avocado, then scoop out with a spoon to top your salad or make guacamole. I ripen avocados on the kitchen counter for 1 to 3 days, then store them in the refrigerator in a bowl to protect them from being bruised.
I eat raw nuts too.
As for animal sources of fat...
I personally have a slice of bacon each morning, and cook my egg in the bacon fat with butter.
I also top my steamed vegetables with butter and saute/steam vegetables with butter.
I believe that insulin resistance (worsened by sugar and excessive carbohydrate intake) are to blame for arterial plaque, not cholesterol. To learn more, this recent video by Ivar Cummings in January 2017 is quite good. He covers a lot of ground at a fast pace. I had to stop and read his slideshow, also stop an replay quite a bit to more fully understand what he was presenting...
Dr. Mercola's article provides a good summary of some of the points made in the above presentation...
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a.../insulin-resistance-causes-heart-disease.aspx
That said, there are a small subgroup of people who do have problems, so decisions around cholesterol need to be made after becoming fully informed on the science and getting additional testing.
Hope a few of the ideas are helpful to you.
Walking is a game changer, every day or every other day, particularly if you are concerned about the health of your heart and arteries.