Prevention of age-related diseases, especially the most harmful cardiovascular diseases, should be done early and in daily life. A large number of medical research results show that high blood lipid is the culprit of many cardiovascular diseases, and “heart and brain health care, lipid reduction first” is the sword recognized worldwide to subdue the two major killers of coronary heart disease and stroke. Zheng Jianjie, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University