My sister, her husband, and their 2 kids all have high cholesterol and I believe a lot of this is due to using too much oil in cooking. They roast or grill everything with copious amounts of oil on it. They use olive oil but it's still saturated fat. Fresh veggies shouldn't be coated with oil every time you eat them. Most meat or fish doesn't need to be coated with oil as it already contains fat.

Sure, the food is tastier. The kids got used to eating veggies this way so they won't eat steamed veggies.

I think they are getting too much saturated fat every day. I've read that the max should be no more than 13 gms per day of saturated fat. A tablespoon of olive oil contains this much. In addition, there's saturated fat in half and half, butter, cheese, etc. My relatives eat all of these foods without a thought. Their doctor told them to take fish oil. Fish oil will not lower cholesterol. If anything, it raises it. Yes, it has heart benefits but if your cholesterol is high, you have to manage the cholesterol.