Lao Liu, 49 years old, has a history of ten years of hypertension, dizziness, headache, blood pressure up to 180/110mmHg, and then I adjusted his blood pressure to about 130/80mmHg for him, has been eating antihypertensive drugs, blood pressure control is still relatively stable.
Lao Liu recently felt dizzy again, taking antihypertensive drugs, blood pressure is still above 170/100mmHg, which is not coming to me again.
In the process of consultation, Lao Liu asked me a question: Dr. Wang, is my high blood pressure eaten by hot pot?
It turned out that Old Liu Pingsu's biggest hobby was this steaming hot pot, and he had to go out to eat at least two or three times a week. Years later, I had dinner with friends, ate more times, ate while drinking, and smoked and chatted until midnight, until I got off the table and went home.
Lao Liu also prefers Sichuan hot pot, the more spicy the soup, the more oil the better. So is this spicy hot pot really the "culprit" of Lao Liu's high blood pressure?
First of all, eating pepper does not lead to an increase in blood pressure, and even many studies have found that people who often eat peppers have a lower risk of developing high blood pressure, and peppers can also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. So eating more chili peppers first is not the cause of high blood pressure.
But this red oil pot, brush meat more, but also eat more internal organs, etc., in the end is not a healthy food, even if it will not directly lead to increased blood pressure, but also will affect blood lipids, and then affect blood vessels, back to aggravate high blood pressure. Therefore, eating more red oil hot pot, eating more pigs, beef and mutton, and eating more offal will indirectly affect blood pressure. But this is not the main reason for Lao Liu's fluctuations in high blood pressure.
We often say that high blood pressure is a "habit disease", old Liu often socialized and drank when he was young, and it was an old smoking gun, diet was not controlled, never exercised, weight was obese, and long-term unhealthy living habits were the root cause of his high blood pressure. But this time the sudden onset of blood pressure rose again, possibly related to his recent indulgence.
If you think about how often he goes out to eat lately, eats greasy hot pot, smokes more, drinks more alcohol, sits still and doesn't exercise, and comes home in the middle of the night, all of which can lead to increased blood pressure. So the blood pressure that was originally adjusted for him now feels that the antihypertensive drugs are not working. But in fact, it is not that the antihypertensive drugs do not work, it is that his life is too indulgent.
I gave him medical advice, one is to control tobacco and alcohol, low-salt and low-fat healthy diet, do not stay up late, spend more time in the evening on exercise such as brisk walking, rather than going out to drink and smoke and eat hot pot; the second is to continue to take medicine, temporarily do not adjust the medication, observe for 1-2 weeks, see if blood pressure can drop to normal.
Old Liu listened and hurriedly asked: Dr. Wang, can I still eat hot pot in the future?
I said it's not that you can't eat hot pot, it's just that the hot pot you eat is not healthy enough. People are eating hot pot, you can pour good, smoke, drink, stay up late, these themselves and eating is actually not much to do, but the impact on blood pressure is quite large.
Speaking of the hot pot itself, what is hot pot? In fact, the hot pot is a boiled dish, but when it comes to boiled dishes, we all feel light and healthy, and when it comes to hot pot, we feel greasy, and the difference is on the bottom of the pot and the dipping sauce. If you want to eat hot pot healthily, you must make a fuss from these two aspects.
1. Add less oil to the hot pot base
Lao Liu this kind of red oil is not happy with the old cannon, go out to eat hot pot is a heavy spicy butter pot, but the butter contains a lot of saturated fatty acids, if too much intake, easy to cause high blood lipids, but also lead to obesity. In addition to adding "plugging" to the cardiovascular system, digesting these oils will also bring a huge burden to the stomach and intestines. How can boiled vegetables be healthy when eaten into oil kimchi? I told Lao Liu that when I went out to eat hot pot in the future, it was best to choose a light, oil-free mushroom soup pot or a water pot. If you really can't do it, order a Mandarin duck pot, at least you can reduce the intake of oil!
2. Eat less dipping sauce
Old Liu Shabu meat to shabu-shabu pot, eat meat also have to dip in oil saucer. I told him that this oil dish could not be dipped more, and that I had eaten so much oil in one bite, and you didn't need me to say that you also knew that it was unhealthy.
In fact, for friends in good health, occasionally opening up to eat a few times of hot pot will not have a big impact on the body, but Lao Liu's ten-year history of hypertension is placed there, and he can be careful and eat healthily.
After breaking the problem of this hot pot base and dipping sauce, I told Lao Liu again that he liked to eat less internal organs and brain flowers in the future, and his cholesterol was high. Old Liu heard that this was already a bitter look, and said: Dr. Wang, the oil pot can not be eaten, and the brain flower cannot be eaten, so what do you say this hot pot has to eat.
I said: Is the hot pot head important, or is the hope of the day important?
If you want to live like a hot pot, a healthy body can not be less, even if you go out to the restaurant, don't forget to eat healthily.
I don't know that friends who have three highs like Lao Liu choose to live as healthy as possible, make the three highs more stable, and prevent cardiovascular disease? Or will you choose life to be short, to be happy in time, to eat, to drink...