Experts teach you how to eat to lower high cholesterol and use tea-based medicinal diets to reduce the three highs (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol).

**Special Feature 4:** **Experts Teach You How to "Eat" Away High Cholesterol**

Blood lipids are a general term for lipids contained in human blood, including triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol.

And free fatty acids, etc. When the concentration of cholesterol, triglycerides, or low-density lipoprotein in fasting plasma exceeds...

Blood lipids exceeding the upper limit of the normal reference range can be considered hyperlipidemia. There are two sources of blood lipids: one is exogenous...

The first type is absorbed from the digestive tract; the second type is endogenous, meaning it is synthesized by tissues within the body or synthesized by the liver.

It is formed from [something]. Under normal circumstances, it is easily affected by food components and metabolism in the body. High blood lipids [are related to this].

The causes of high blood pressure include congenital genetic defects and impaired fat metabolism mechanisms in the body.

Others are based on certain diseases, such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, gout, or liver and kidney disease.

In addition, some people do not pay attention to dietary nutrition, and some originally healthy people develop high blood lipids.

Because the damage caused by high blood lipids to the body is often insidious, gradual, and systemic, it is difficult to detect in the early stages.

Are there any particular symptoms or discomforts, and once blood viscosity increases, blood flow slows, and there is too much blood in the blood...

Lipids deposited on the blood vessel walls can lead to atherosclerosis. This can occur regardless of whether it occurs in the brain.

If the blood vessels or the heart's blood vessels are affected, the consequences can be fatal. Therefore, patients with high cholesterol must undergo [treatment/treatment].

Various methods exist to lower blood lipids, including medication, quitting smoking and alcohol, and increasing exercise. Dietary control is also important for those with high cholesterol.

For patients with high cholesterol, this is the most basic and effective method.

A balanced diet is crucial for maintaining lipid metabolism balance. Its general principle is "four..."

"Low and high" means low energy, low fat, low cholesterol, low sugar, and high dietary fiber.

1. A low-energy diet is beneficial for weight loss. Avoid overeating and excessive sweets.

Aim for a weight loss of 0.5 to 1 kilogram per week.

2. Reduce your intake of animal fats, such as lard, fatty pork, butter, fatty lamb, fatty beef, and fatty pork.

Duck, fatty goose, etc. Many meats have skin and fat; these should be removed before eating.

Remove the coating from fried foods. When eating cake, remove the outer layer and any cream or milk filling.

Oil garnish. Oil is most likely to appear on the surface of pork rib soup and chicken soup; it's best to skim it off before eating.

Furthermore, peanuts, sunflower seeds, walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, etc., all contain a large amount of "invisible fat," which is something to be aware of.

15 peanuts, 30 sunflower seeds, or 2 walnuts are roughly equivalent to 10 grams of pure oil (about 1 tablespoon).

Fat content. Therefore, you must eat these snacks in moderation.

Guide to Managing High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and High Blood Sugar

Foods high in cholesterol, such as animal brains and livers,

Kidneys, crab roe, fish roe, egg yolks, preserved eggs, etc. Cholesterol intake should not exceed 300 mg per person per day.

Try to avoid or minimize consumption of animal organs, and limit eggs to no more than one per day, or one chicken every 2-3 days.

Egg.

Reducing cholesterol synthesis can lower blood cholesterol levels. Therefore, food should avoid being overly refined or processed, and daily meals should be...

A proper diet should include plenty of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, which are high in fiber. You should eat at least 500 grams of vegetables daily.

There should be at least two kinds of fruit.

Foods such as onions, garlic, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, kelp, hawthorn berries, carrots, beans, and oats.

Barley, etc. Salt intake should be less than 8 grams per person per day. A regular lifestyle is important.

When participating in sports and recreational activities, avoid smoking and excessive drinking, and maintain a positive attitude.

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| > **Example Diet Plan for Patients with High Cholesterol** | > 10 grams of cooking oil per day |

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| > Breakfast | > 250 ml skim milk, cornbread steamed cake (cornbread)

| | > 100g), mixed lettuce [shredded] 150g (lettuce 150g) |

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| > Lunch | > 100g rice (100g white rice), minced pork, mushrooms, and tofu (25g lean minced pork, mushrooms, and tofu)

| | > 25g mushrooms, 100g tofu), stir-fried eggplant strips with minced pork (100g eggplant, 25g lean minced pork) |

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Dinner | Rice (100g), Scrambled eggs with tomatoes (50g tomato, 1 egg), Stewed chicken pieces (100g chicken pieces)

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Three Highs (High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, High Blood Sugar) Management Guide Sangaotiaoyangzhinan

Many domestic scholars have proven through research that tea polyphenols, tea pigments, tea polysaccharides, tea saponins, and other components in tea are beneficial to health.

Components such as GABA, theanine, caffeine, and vitamin C have the effects of inhibiting lipid peroxidation and anticoagulation.

Promotes fibrinolysis, inhibits platelet aggregation, lowers blood pressure, lowers blood lipids, prevents and treats atherosclerosis, and protects the myocardium.

These effects can regulate various indicators in the blood, improve the cardiovascular system, and contribute to...

Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

**Drink more green tea to lower blood sugar**

In recent years, drinking tea to help lower blood sugar has become a trend among many diabetic patients.

I often see patients sharing their experiences of using tea to lower blood sugar and exchanging tips.

The main blood sugar-lowering component in tea is tea polysaccharide. Tea polysaccharide is a shorthand for complex polysaccharides found in tea leaves.

It is composed of sugars, pectin, proteins, etc., with the polysaccharide portion including arabinose, xylose, and glucose.

Water-soluble polysaccharides such as sugars, galactose, and galactoglucan. Tea polysaccharides enhance glucose absorption through antioxidant and other mechanisms.

It effectively lowers blood sugar by increasing kinase activity, thereby preventing and treating diabetes. On the one hand, it does this by increasing...

It enhances the body's antioxidant capacity, eliminates excess free radicals produced in the body, and protects pancreatic β-cells.

Harmful to free radicals. On the other hand, tea...

Sugars can enhance kinase activity; glucokinase is an isoenzyme of hexokinase and is mainly found in...

In mature hepatocytes and pancreatic β cells, it is regulated by insulin and catalyzes glucose.

It is converted into glucose-6-phosphate, which is then used to form liver glycogen, thereby lowering blood sugar. In addition, tea...

The mechanism by which leaves lower blood sugar is also related to other enzymes. Amylase also plays a role in controlling blood sugar.

Its function is to delay or slow down the digestion and absorption of sugar in the intestines, thereby increasing its excretion.

This reduces the occurrence of postprandial hyperglycemia.

Tea pigments can improve blood rheology and platelet aggregation, reduce whole blood viscosity, and improve overall blood viscosity.

It indirectly improves the function of insulin-producing cells by affecting the body's microcirculation and tissue metabolism, thereby controlling blood sugar levels.

The blood sugar level decreases. Tea and its active ingredients effectively lower blood sugar through the above-mentioned multiple pathways.

Tea polysaccharides in green tea, oolong tea, black tea, dark tea, white tea, and other teas have significant or extremely significant effects.

It has a blood sugar-lowering effect. Green tea, in particular, contains various flavonoid antioxidants that can resist excessive...

Oxidative inflammation response makes it an ideal natural blood sugar-lowering beverage. Furthermore, green tea also contains...

Tea polyphenols can increase capillary resilience and prevent capillary rupture and bleeding; tannins in tea...

It can lower cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis and stroke.

**Drinking light tea can help lower blood pressure**

Catechins and theaflavins in tea have a significant hypotensive effect and can significantly inhibit...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme activity. Tea polyphenols mainly enhance this activity by chelating the zinc ion, a metal cofactor of the enzyme.

Controlling the activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme can inhibit the activation of angiotensin, which has a pressor effect.

This helps lower blood pressure. At the same time, drinking more green tea is beneficial for people prone to stroke and vascular congestion, because...

This is because it can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, eliminate vascular spasms, and prevent blood vessel rupture.

In addition, the caffeine and catechins in tea can relax blood vessel walls, increase the effective diameter of blood vessels, and improve blood flow.

Blood pressure decreases through vasodilation. Aromatic glycosides in tea also help maintain normal capillary resistance.

It has the effect of strengthening and enhancing the toughness of blood vessel walls.

Three Highs (High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, High Blood Sugar) Management Guide Sangaotiaoyangzhinan

**Drinking tea regularly can lower blood lipids.**

High blood lipids are strictly defined as lipid disorders or abnormalities, which refer to a level of serum lipids in the human body that exceeds the normal range.

The range, namely elevated serum total cholesterol and triglycerides, and abnormal serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

It reduces blood flow, adheres to the blood vessel walls, causes arteriosclerosis, and puts a burden on the heart, thereby reducing cardiac function.

Drinking tea can lower blood lipids and cholesterol, mainly due to the abundance of tea polyphenols and tea polysaccharides.

Tea pigments and vitamin C, etc. One aspect is that tea polyphenol monomers or polymers (tea pigments such as theaflavins, etc.) have...

Significant lipid-lowering effect. The mechanism by which tea polyphenols lower blood lipids mainly involves the following pathways: inhibition...

The intestinal tract absorbs and uptakes cholesterol; it inhibits cholesterol synthesis in the body and lowers lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

Enzyme activity; inhibits lipoprotein synthesis, accelerates lipid breakdown, promotes the conversion of cholesterol into bile acids, and lowers cholesterol levels.

It has low cholesterol content. Secondly, tea polyphenols can dissolve fat and play an important role in fat metabolism, not only...

It significantly inhibits the rise of plasma and liver cholesterol and promotes the excretion of lipid compounds in feces.

Besides tea polyphenols, tea polysaccharides are also beneficial for high...

It also has significant effects on blood lipids. Tea polysaccharides can increase the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and can also bind to lipoproteins.

Esterase binding promotes the entry of arterial wall lipoprotein lipase into the bloodstream, thus combating atherosclerosis.

All kinds of tea have a certain lipid-lowering effect, especially oolong tea, green tea, and pu-erh tea, which are the most effective.

For patients with hyperlipidemia, drinking Pu-erh tea and oolong tea can lower cholesterol, triglycerides, and beta-lipids to varying degrees.

- Lipoproteins and total lipid content.