For the elderly, the blood circulation speed in the body will slow down, coupled with the fact that many elderly people will have some bad living habits, it will lead to some metabolites in the blood can not be excreted in time, which will increase the viscosity of the blood, resulting in hyperlipidemia.
Once the blood lipids are too high, it will affect the overall blood flow speed, which is easy to induce a series of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which is very harmful to health.
Therefore, for the elderly, in addition to doing a good job in preventing hyperlipidemia in daily life, once the blood lipids are too high, they must be given corresponding treatment and do a good job of daily conditioning.
So, what should the elderly do to effectively reduce blood lipids?
First, pay attention to the adjustment of dietary structure
For the elderly, the blood flow rate itself will slow down, the body's metabolism and digestive function will also decline, if there is a bad eating habit, such as like to eat meat, or fried foods and high-sugar foods, then the lipids entering the body will increase.
The body can not quickly metabolize these substances, not only can easily cause the increase of subcutaneous fat, as well as the increase of visceral fat, but also lead to an increase in the level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, resulting in hyperlipidemia.
Therefore, for the elderly, all high-fat, high-sugar foods should not be ingested too much, and three meals a day should be based on plant foods.
Second, reasonable weight control
If the elderly population allows their weight to develop arbitrarily, it will not only affect the body's immunity, but also lead to an increase in blood lipid concentrations.
Then for the elderly who have already experienced the phenomenon of hyperlipidemia, we must pay attention to the control of their own weight, if the weight is excessive, then the total amount of food eaten at each meal should be controlled.
Each meal can be kept six or seven points full, especially dinner, and must not be consumed too much.
Third, appropriately increase the amount of exercise
Another of the causes of hyperlipidemia in the elderly is related to long-term inactivity.
Many elderly people will spend a long time at home watching TV, or playing with mobile phones, and even do not do the most basic housework, which will lead to worse and worse health, and will also make the blood flow rate become very slow.
Some lipids in the blood vessels cannot be excreted in time, so that the viscosity of blood lipids is getting higher and higher, which will cause the emergence of hyperlipidemia.
Therefore, for the elderly who have already experienced hyperlipidemia, we must appropriately increase the amount of exercise every day, such as doing some housework within our ability, going out to do some walking and other exercises.
It can accelerate the speed of blood circulation and increase the toughness of blood vessels, preventing the emergence of a series of vascular diseases.
Fourth, appropriately increase the amount of drinking water
The elderly should reasonably increase some water intake every day, hydration can dilute the viscosity of the blood, and promote the blood flow rate to speed up, so that some lipid substances accelerate metabolism, has the effect of reducing blood lipid concentration.
However, to take boiled water as the mainstay, you can drink some light green tea or light black tea appropriately. But be sure not to drink some sugar-rich or alcoholic drinks, let alone drink strong tea or coffee.
All in all, for the elderly who are overly lipid, we must pay attention to the adjustment of all aspects of life. In addition to the above 4 points, you should also pay attention not to drink and smoke.
If after a series of adjustments, the blood lipids are still too high, then you need to take some lipid-modulating drugs under the guidance of a doctor for treatment, in order to minimize the concentration of blood lipids and achieve the effect of maintaining blood vessel health.