United Kingdom, April 23 -- Jason Biggs suffered a cholesterol scare after bingeing on ice cream.

The 'American Pie' star, 46, has revealed he suffered a major health problem and was forced to change his diet and embrace a new exercise regime in a bid to bring his cholesterol levels back down to normal.

He told New York Post column PageSix: "I had some cholesterol issues. Probably because of the . ice cream pints I would knock back."

After changing his diet and starting to exercise more, Jason lost 35 pounds, but admits it took him a "while" to put the health scare behind him.

He said: ""It's been a journey. My cholesterol came down 70 points."

It comes after Jason previously opened up about his past battle with alcoholism admitting ...