High cholesterol is one of the risk factors for non-communicable disease such as the formation of artherosclerosis and metabolic disease. The number of non-communicable disease continue to increase and becomes one of the health problems in the world including Indonesia. community eating habbit that changed for the worse with the times are one of the biggest reason why the number of deaths for non-communicable diseases continues to increase. there are efforts that can be made to prevent the condition of hypercholesterolemia, a state of disturbance of blood fat levels of more than 240 mg / dl is to modify the lifestyle with a high-fiber diet. There are so many health benefits that can be obtained from eating dietary fiber. In addition to lowering cholesterol, dietary fiber can also increase insulin sensitivity, stimulate reducing blood glucose diffusion, hormonal effects by decreasing insulin secretion, increasing fat oxidation, and reducing fat storage due to increased satiety. Therefore, the adequacy of food fiber intake in the daily diet is very important. According to Southgate daily fiber intake is 16-28 g / day. Whereas the Dietary Guidlenes of American recommend consuming foods containing fiber and starch in amounts of 20-35 g/day.

Durian or Durio zibethinus is a tropical fruit originating from Southeast Asia. Durian is often known as "King of Fruits". In Asian countries, durian is widely used as traditional medicine such as antipyretic drugs, anti-malaria, treating skin diseases, jaundice, anti-inflammation, boosting the immune system, wound healing and so forth. In fact, several studies have proven the health benefits of durian fruit such as antimicrobial, ant diabetic, ant cholesterol, antioxidant, antiproliferative, antibacterial, antifungal, and others. The objective of this paper is to describe the effect of durian on cardiovascularespecially blood pressurewhich is still controversial. This paper use literature study involving 18 libraries both national and international journals or books. In conclusion, there are still many people who believe that consumption of durian causes hypertension or high blood pressure, whereas based on research, consumption of durian in a small amount does not affect blood pressure, only for patients with hypertension must be careful in consuming durian in large amounts.   Keywords: durian, blood pressure, systolic, diastolic, heart rate