Experts associate heart complications with high cholesterol – as the latter builds up around one’s arteries, blood is prevented from reaching the heart which could then lead to heart attack. Chris Mohr, Ph.D., R.D., expert in nutrition and exercise physiology, suggests that although healthy diet and exercise are the most common solutions to bad cholesterol build up, there a number of other surprisingly helpful resorts that individuals can turn to such as probiotics, fiber, and unsaturated fats.