DH heading for heart disease - advice please.

[aNewOne]

DH (41) saw practice nurse yesterday for some blood results and a bit of a check up:
bp 145/95
cholesterol 6.8
blood sugars 6.9
His father had a quadruple bypass at 50.
Where on earth do we start on improving his health? Which is the most important area to focus on?
He is not overweight (well, maybe half a stone, tops). He goes to gym and plays football. He feels fit and healthy. His diet isn't terrible - if anything it's boring, but he does like and eat plenty of fruit and salad. He doesn't - and wont - eat fish, nuts, seeds or most 'good-fat' foods.
Worryingly, he left gp surgery with no follow up appointment. He has not been put on statins or any other medication.
He did used to take plant sterols and is going to start again.

Anyone got any experience of dealing with such a predisposition or advice on how he can lower his risks of heart disease.

Thanks.

Thanks for that link, nightcat.

elibean you may be one of those people who has naturally higher cholesterol.

Some people have because it is made in the liver anyway and although food affects it, some people just make too much!

My mum takes statins as hers hovers around 5+ and even with a very strict diet she can't reduce it much more than 0.5 or 1.

You could try adding in foods that remove it from your bloodstream- porridge oats and other fibre.

Do you exercise?

p.s.- yes chocolate is very high in fat- unless you eat just a couple of squares of 85% cocoa sort once a day..