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My father iz 55 years old. He smokes and drinks a lot and is suffering from high cholesterol.
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Treatment for high cholesterol is lipid lowering drugs. But it is prudent to rather treat the cause than the effect. Which means if he avoids alcohol eats low fat diet and exercises regularly he might not need to take medicines.
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