I live on whole wheat bread, butter and strawberry jelly. And I eat wheat pasta and cereals. Coming soon on my 79th BD. No heart attacks, no diabetes, no cancer. But I do spend an hour in the gym every other day. 30 min treadmill at 20 min/mile speed walk and 30 minutes light (30 lbs) weight lifts.
I eat what I want. I am blessed by naturally low cholesterol. I eat mostly fish, chicken, and deer we shoot on my land. I have no problem with beef but my deer meat tastes better. I do not work out but have much exercise keeping up my nine acres of land. I drink and enjoy it and smoke a cigar when my wife is not home but that is a different story. :(
I am 70 years old and statistically will snuff it in 15 or 20 years. I still teach kids how to fly and will not change my lifestyle. I like vegetables also but I do cover them in rich sauces such as Hollandaise or a cream cheese with sour cream and Italian spices. I also cook Mexican food that is the worst of the worst for cholesterol. I have no cholesterol problems as mentioned I am genetically blessed. It tastes wonderful.