How to treat high blood lipids?

Diet/exercise & meds: High lipids (cholesterol) is treated with a low saturated fat, high fiber diet, cardiovascular exercise, and medications. Your doctor can make specific recommendations based on which lipids are elevated.

Diet/exercise+|-meds: Lipids with familial/genetic abnormalities are to be treated, on top off diet and exercise. You may eat cardboard for 3 months and still have issues. No question exercise and diet are the mainstay of treatment, but the earlier you start treatment if indeed a familial type lipid disorder, the bigger the difference in long term risks for stroke, heart attacks and overall blood vessel disease.

Statins: For elevated cholesterol. Fibrates, Lovaza or vascepa for elevated triglycerides. But the medications are after failed diet and exercise.