5 foods that fight high cholesterol

This comes from the Harvard Medical School so I expected a better writeup than this simplification of the issue.
http://view.mail.health.harvard.edu/?j=fe5416797c6d06787711&m=febb15747d630d7a&ls=fdc715707264027e741374766c&l=fe57157677630c7b7217&s=fe25117172650d7a731270&jb=ffcf14&ju=fe2b1775756c047c7d1374&r=0

1. Oats.
2. Beans.
3. Nuts.
4. Foods fortified with sterols and stanols. .
5. Fatty fish.

They are making an unstated assumption that reducing cholesterol is good for you. See this for the research on stroke correlation.
Ask you doctor for his/her opinion on the correlation with heart disease.  
Don't listen to anything I have to say, that is what your doctors are for.