text: Ask your physician about a statin to help lower the LDL and total cholesterol.  Ask about Tricor, Zetia, and/or Niaspan or Niacin to help lower your Triglycerides.  To lower your LDL and total cholesterols, stay away from cheese, red meat, and any type of animal fatty foods. To lower your triglycerides, limit your sweets, alcohol, carbohydrates (which quickly turn into sugar in the body), this includes natural sugars (as in fruits) also...it is still sugar. No more than about 3 servings of fruits a day, including juices. If you like carbohydrates, choose high fiber carbs.  And you should think about diet and exercise EVERY day, don't wait until it is too late.