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If you forget about cutting fats (except trans fats) and instead cut back on sugars and starch, your blood lipid profile will improve dramatically in about a month.

We did this with my husband and the doctor reran the blood work because it was "too good".

Make it a habit to only eat a lot of starch at dinner and limit sugary stuff (including fruit but excluding berries)to once or twice a week. You will be amazed.

I haven't eaten sugar in ten years as it gives me a sugar high and then I crash, even though they have classified me as hypoglycemic (low blood sugar levels). I had a real problem losing weight until I went on a hypoglycemic diet, eating a few small meals per day, then I lost 30 lbs. easily. They said I was putting my body in "starvation mode" prior to that, as I barely ate anything hoping to lose weight, but my cholesterol was above normal then too. I eat a baked potato once a week and fries maybe once a month, so that can't be the problem. Basically, my metabolism is just plain weird and a solution based on my diet other than what I am already doing just isn't going to affect it. Have to go back to the doctor on Friday to discuss the results, guess I'll see what she says.

Make it a habit to only eat a lot of starch at dinner

i'm very interested in what you've posted... do you mean only eat a lot of starch at dinner and not during other meals? or only eat a lot of start at dinner, and don't include any other kinds of food for dinner?