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Aunt Wang is 71 years old this year, she was a primary school Chinese teacher before retirement, she has always been very healthy, but recently found that the blood lipids were high during the physical examination, the doctor advised her to improve her diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less high-fat food, and prescribed some medicine for her to take.
So Aunt Wang began to eat a large number of vegetables every day, basically one meat and one vegetable, sometimes even two meals are vegetarian-based, a month later, Aunt Wang felt that her body seemed to be lighter than before, and her mood became happy, she went to the hospital for a re-examination, thinking that the blood lipid index must have dropped significantly.
Unexpectedly, after reading the test sheet, the doctor said with a solemn face: "Aunt Wang, not only did your blood lipids not go down, but your triglycerides and cholesterol have increased a lot, this is not good, have you been eating only vegetarian and not eating meat recently?"
Aunt Wang looked dazed: "Doctor, didn't you say last time that you should eat more vegetables and less meat?
The doctor patiently explained: "Auntie, what I mean is that while eating vegetables, we should also properly consume high-quality protein, such as chicken, fish, lean pork, etc., simply eating vegetarian will cause malnutrition and aggravate blood lipid disorders. "
Aunt Wang suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's the case, then haven't I eaten for nothing this month? "
The doctor comforted: "It's okay, it's not the key to eating vegetarian and meat, the key is to have a balanced diet." You go back and take the medicine I prescribed on time, and then cooperate with exercise and exercise, and slowly recuperate, and your blood lipids can be lowered. "
Aunt Wang nodded again and again: "I understand, thank you doctor, I will definitely listen to your words and change my ways." "
Many people have a misunderstanding of "vegetarian is good for health", thinking that as long as you eat more vegetables and less meat, or even only eat vegetarian and do not eat meat, you can lower blood lipids, lose weight, and maintain health.
In fact, the dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc. in vegetables do have a certain effect on reducing blood lipids, but vegetables contain less fat and protein, and the calories are not high.
Many people think that vegetarian diet is equal to low fat, but they ignore that vegetable oils, nuts, soy products, etc. also contain a lot of fat, such as 100 grams of peanuts contain about 50 grams of fat, which is much higher than lean pork.
There are also some people who think that vegetarian alternatives such as plant-based milk and vegetarian meat on the market have both the taste of meat and can supplement protein, so why not? But in fact, these processed foods often contain a lot of additives, high in fat and sodium, and long-term consumption can increase the risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease.
Therefore, to control blood lipids, it is still necessary to follow the doctor's instructions, balance the diet under the guidance of the doctor, exercise moderately, take medicine on time, do not blindly follow home remedies, arbitrary, everyone's physical condition is different, and the conditioning method should also vary from person to person.
So how can the elderly help lower blood lipids through diet? In addition to meat and vegetarian combinations, light and less oil, you can also eat more lipid-lowering foods, such as:
1. Oats: Rich in β-glucan, which can adsorb cholesterol and promote excretion, eating a bowl of oatmeal porridge every day can play a good role in lowering lipids.
2. Seaweed: Rich in sodium alginate, which can inhibit the absorption of fat in the intestines, you can use kelp and wakame to cook soup, or make seaweed, spirulina, etc. into salad dishes.
3. Soybeans and their products: soybean protein and soy isoflavones can effectively reduce cholesterol, and are also rich in dietary fiber, so you can eat more tofu, soy milk, bean sprouts, etc.
4. Eggplant: Contains solanine, which can inhibit cholesterol absorption, reduce triglycerides, and can be used for cold dressing, soup, soup, etc.
5. Onion and garlic: Contains allyl disulfide compounds, which can inhibit cholesterol synthesis, and eating a few slices of raw onion or raw garlic every day can help reduce lipids and antioxidants.
Of course, the gastrointestinal function of the elderly may be weak, and the diet should be gradual and not rushed, for example, oatmeal porridge can be tried several times a day in small amounts, and then gradually increase the amount after adaptation; seaweed food is small in size after dehydration, easy to absorb water and expand, and should be fully chewed when eating, so as not to cause indigestion; although soy products are good, they should not be eaten in large quantities on an empty stomach, so as not to cause flatulence.
In general, the elderly want to lower blood lipids through diet, vegetables alone are not enough, but also pay attention to meat and vegetarian matching, light and less oil, eat more lipid-lowering food, supplemented by moderate exercise and regular medication, only all-round conditioning, in order to steadily control blood lipids, away from the invasion of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and enjoy a happy old age.
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