More cholesterol intake will cause hypercholesterolemia, which will lead to the formation of coronary atherosclerotic heart disease and other so-called "rich disease".
U.S. researchers reported on the 17th that their experiments with lab rats showed that high blood cholesterol levels accelerate the growth of prostate cancer.
A large-scale study showed that controlling elevated cholesterol levels not only reduces the risk of heart disease, but also helps avoid kidney diseases such as renal failure.
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, USA, studied 4,483 healthy men, and creatinine tests confirmed that none of the men had any kidney disease at the start of the experiment, and a 14-year follow-up found that for those with high total cholesterol and low HDL cholesterol, their creatinine values were significantly more than twice as likely to rise over that period. significantly more than twice as likely to have a rise in creatinine values during this period, indicating that they were at significantly greater risk of developing kidney disease such as kidney failure. In addition, these individuals typically showed a corresponding decrease in their glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which in itself implies that their kidneys are filtering toxic or metabolic wastes from the body abnormally.
The researchers suggest that controlling abnormal cholesterol levels in healthy people through a healthy diet may help the kidneys stay normal, while people at risk for kidney dysfunction and abnormally high cholesterol should discuss the use of lipid-lowering drugs with their doctors.
The Asia-Pacific Survey of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke showed that for every one-unit increase in cholesterol (1 mmol/L) in Asians, the odds of cardiovascular disease death risk increased by 35 percent, and the odds of vascular-related stroke increased by 25 percent.
According to the study, men with high cholesterol lived four to nine years shorter than those with low cholesterol. Researchers observed participants for as short as 16 years and as long as 34 years.
Cholesterol is known to clog or narrow the arteries that lead to the heart and is a leading cause of heart disease in both men and women.
August 18, 2005 - The German Association of Nursing Homes has called on people to reduce their blood cholesterol levels by eating a varied diet and exercising, since high blood cholesterol levels increase the risk of atherosclerosis and may even lead to stroke.
It's no secret that high cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease, but a new study recently showed that high cholesterol also has a negative effect on bone health.
In a study of menopausal women, Italian researchers found that a woman with higher levels of bad cholesterol was more likely to develop osteoporosis than a woman with normal cholesterol levels.
While the finding does not suggest that high cholesterol causes the development of osteoporosis, the findings give clues to explaining why the cholesterol-lowering drug statins can prevent osteoporosis.
Dental disease prevention experts at Okayama University in Japan have shown through animal studies that excessive cholesterol intake can lead to periodontal disease. This is because, a large intake of cholesterol, the gap between the teeth and gums will be enlarged, the cells that prevent bacteria from entering the gap will lose their function, and bacteria enter the gap leading to periodontal disease. In severe cases of periodontal disease, this eventually leads to tooth loss. Most people with high cholesterol suffer from periodontal disease, but in the past people did not know that cholesterol can cause periodontal disease, and now animal experiments have confirmed this. Experts say that the other two major causes of periodontal disease are smoking and diabetes.
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There are two units of cholesterol measurement, one in mmol/l, and a total cholesterol measurement of 5.2 mmol/L or less is considered normal. The other unit is mg/dl, and a total cholesterol measurement of 200mg/dl or less is considered normal.
The medical profession believes that in order to lower cholesterol, it is also important to reduce the intake of foods containing high cholesterol, especially heart, liver and other animal offal. Eggs to no more than three or four per week as a principle, especially try to eat less yolk, including a variety of fish eggs, crab yolk and so on.
Vegetable oils should be used for cooking. In addition, the amount of sugar must be limited, and it is best to prohibit the consumption of purely sugary foods or beverages. Instead of eating whole milk, chocolate milk, cream and cheese, eat more skimmed milk and soy milk.
When it comes to meat, you should avoid fatty meats, pork rinds, hooves, sausages, and all kinds of oily beef, lamb, and pork. Seafood should avoid shrimp, crab, mussels, oysters.
In addition, a variety of exquisite desserts such as cakes, chocolate only eat less. All kinds of animal fats, coconut oil, etc. should be banned, replaced by margarine and vegetable oil.
Cholesterol-free food
There are many cholesterol-free foods in our daily diet, including hard-shelled fruits such as almonds and walnuts; grains and cereals, egg whites, and fruits such as jams and jellies; in addition, there are also vegetables, peanuts, peanut butter, vegetable fats, and margarine, gluten, soybeans, and soybean products such as soymilk and tofu. Especially eat more fruit, fruit contains pectin, can also reduce cholesterol.
In recent years there have been a number of reports showing that consuming oats can also lower cholesterol. Many studies have shown that oats are actually just as effective as beans, and that if you add two or three cups of oatmeal to a low-fat diet every day, the cholesterol-lowering effect is better than if you just eat a healthy diet.
Other foods that are good for lowering cholesterol include carrots and raw garlic. A number of studies have shown that consuming large amounts of raw garlic can reduce harmful blood fats. In addition to diet, regular exercise and weight control can help lower cholesterol.
Precautions for hypertension
Precautions for hypertension include the following: (1) Eat a proper diet; (2) Exercise moderately; (3) Quit smoking and limit alcohol intake; (4) Have a balanced mental health; (5) Manage yourself; and (6) Seek medical attention on time.
I. Reasonable diet
1. Importance of diet for hypertension: Food is the only thing that matters to people, and a reasonable diet can make you neither fat nor thin, and your cholesterol neither high nor low.
2. Dietary contraindications for hypertensive patients:
①Carbohydrate foods:
Appropriate foods---rice, porridge, noodles, pasta, kudzu, soup, taro, soft beans.
Foods that should be avoided - sweet potatoes (food that produces abdominal gas), dry beans, cookies with a strong flavor.
② Protein foods --- beef, lean pork, white meat fish, eggs, milk, dairy products (whipped cream, yeast milk, ice cream, cheese), soy products (tofu, natto, soy flour, oil tofu)
Foods to be avoided --- foods with a lot of fat (beef, pork pate, pork ribs, whales, herring, tuna, etc., processed products (sausages)
③ Fatty foods
Suitable foods - vegetable oils, small amounts of cream, salad dressings
Foods that should be avoided - animal oils, raw lard, bacon, sardines dipped in oil
④ Vitamins, minerals foods
Suitable foods - vegetables (spinach, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, lily root, pumpkin, eggplants, cucumbers) fruits ( Apples, oranges, pears, grapes, watermelon)
Seaweeds and mushrooms should be cooked before eating.
Foods to be avoided---vegetables with hard fibers (burdock, bamboo shoots, beans)
Vegetables with strong irritants (spiced vegetables, mange tout, mustard greens, scallions, mustard greens)
⑤Other Foods
Suitable Foods---lightly scented teas, yeast-milk beverages
Foods to be avoided---spiced spices (chili peppers, curry powder)
Alcoholic beverages, salt-soaked food (into vegetables, into fish roe)
Sauces, coffee
3 Hypertensive patients should pay attention to the diet
① First of all, we must control the intake of energy, advocate to eat composite sugars, such as starch, corn, less glucose, fructose and sucrose, this kind of sugar belongs to the monosaccharides, easy to cause elevated blood lipids.
② Limit fat intake. Cooking, choose vegetable oil, you can eat more sea fish, sea fish contains unsaturated fatty acids, can make cholesterol oxidation, thus reducing plasma cholesterol, but also prolong the platelet coagulation, inhibit the formation of thrombus, to prevent stroke, but also contains a large number of linoleic acid, increase the elasticity of the microvessels, to prevent vascular rupture, to prevent hypertension complications have a certain effect.
③ Moderate intake of protein. The amount of daily protein in hypertensive patients is 1g per kilogram of body weight. Eat 2-3 times a week fish protein, can improve vascular elasticity and permeability, increase urinary sodium discharge, thereby reducing blood pressure. If hypertension is combined with renal insufficiency, protein intake should be limited.
④ Eat more foods rich in potassium and calcium and low in sodium, such as potatoes, eggplant, kelp, lettuce. Foods high in calcium: milk, sour milk, shrimp. Eat less broth, because broth containing nitrogen leachate increase, can promote the body to increase uric acid, aggravate the burden on the heart, liver and kidneys.
⑤ Limit salt intake: daily should be gradually reduced to less than 6g, that is, the ordinary beer cap to remove the rubber cushion, a flat cap of salt is about 6g. This amount refers to the amount of salt, including cooking salt and other food containing sodium folded into the total amount of salt. Appropriate reduction of sodium intake can help lower blood pressure and reduce sodium and water retention in the body.
6 more fresh vegetables, fruits. Eat no less than 8 fresh vegetables every day, fruit 2 to 4 two.
⑦ Appropriate increase in seafood intake: such as kelp, seaweed, seafood fish.
Two Moderate exercise
The importance of exercise for hypertension: there is a saying: "When you are young, trade health for money, when you are old, trade exercise for health." Exercise can not only promote blood circulation, reduce cholesterol production, and can enhance the occurrence of muscle, bone and joint stiffness. Exercise can increase appetite, promote bowel movements, prevent constipation and improve sleep. Have the habit of continuous exercise: it is best to do aerobic exercise to help. Aerobic exercise can lower blood pressure as much as weight loss, such as walking, jogging, tai chi, cycling and swimming are all aerobic exercises.
1, the precautions for exercise:
① Do not overdo it or too strong and too tired, to take a gradual approach to increase the amount of activity.
② Pay attention to the surrounding environment and climate: summer: avoid the midday sunshine time; winter: pay attention to warmth, anti-stroke.
③ Wear comfortable and sweat-absorbent clothes: cotton clothing and sneakers are necessary.
④ Choose safe places: such as parks, schools, not in alleyways and roadsides.
⑤ Do not have an empty stomach when doing exercise to avoid hypoglycemia, it should be 2 hours after meal.
2, exercise contraindications
① sick or uncomfortable should stop exercise
② hungry or one hour after the meal should not do exercise
③ exercise can not be stopped immediately, to comply with the steps of the exercise program
④ any discomfort in the exercise, should be stopped
three cessation of smoking and limiting the use of alcohol
Smoking will lead to high blood pressure. Studies have shown that after smoking a cigarette, the heart rate increases by 5
-20 beats per minute and the systolic blood pressure increases by 10-25mmhg. Why is this? Because the tobacco contains nicotine (nicotine) will excite the central nervous system and sympathetic nerves, make the heart rate faster, but also prompted the adrenal glands to release a large number of catecholamines, so that the contraction of small arteries, resulting in increased blood pressure. Nicotine also stimulates chemoreceptors in the blood vessels, which reflexively causes an increase in blood pressure. Long-term heavy smoking will also promote atherosclerosis of large arteries, small arteries gradually thickening of the lining, so that the whole blood vessel gradually hardened. At the same time due to smokers in the blood of carbon monoxide hemoglobin content increases, thus reducing the oxygen content of the blood, so that the arterial lining hypoxia, the arterial wall of the lipid content of oxygen increases, accelerating the formation of atherosclerosis. Therefore, people without high blood pressure can be prevented by quitting smoking, people with high blood pressure should quit smoking.
Compared with smoking, the advantages and disadvantages of drinking alcohol on the body are controversial. From time to time, various reports have appeared, some say that drinking a small amount of alcohol is beneficial, some say it is harmful, but one thing is certain, a large amount of alcohol is definitely harmful, high concentrations of alcohol can lead to atherosclerosis, aggravating high blood pressure.
Four Psychological Balance
The psychological manifestations of patients with high blood pressure are tension, irritability, and emotional instability, which in turn are all triggers that raise blood pressure. Patients can change their behavior, cultivate good adaptability to the natural environment and society, avoid emotional excitement and excessive tension and anxiety, and be calm and collected when things go wrong; when there is a large amount of mental pressure, they should try to release it by pouring it out to their friends and relatives or encouraging them to take part in relaxing and enjoyable amateur activities, and pouring their spirit into the music or sending their love to flowers, so as to make themselves live in an optimal situation and thus maintain a stable blood pressure. The company's website is a good source of information about the company's products and services, and the company's website.
V Self-management
1, regular measurement of blood pressure, 1-2 weeks should be measured at least once
2, the treatment of hypertension should adhere to the "three hearts", that is, confidence, determination, perseverance, and only by doing so can we prevent or delay the damage to the body's vital organs
3, regularly taking The medication can be adjusted under a doctor's guidance and the current condition to prevent the blood pressure from rebounding
4, conditions permit, you can prepare your own sphygmomanometer and learn to measure your own blood pressure
5, with the appropriate medication, but also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, pay attention to diet, proper exercise, maintain emotional stability, and get enough sleep.
6, the elderly can not lower blood pressure too quickly, blood pressure should be controlled at 140-159mmhg appropriate to reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications.
7, the elderly and taking noradrenergic nerve endings blocking drugs to prevent postural hypotension
8, do not need to strictly prohibit sex: pay attention to the following cases, should not have sex ① do not immediately after the intercourse ② alcohol should be prohibited sex ③ if there is dizziness, chest tightness and other discomfort to stop having sex, and seek medical attention in a timely manner.
Six timely medical
①After taking the medicine ② blood pressure is high or low, blood pressure fluctuations ③ appear blurred, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, hemiplegia, aphasia, impaired consciousness, dyspnea, limb weakness and so on that is to the hospital for medical treatment. If the condition is critical, request to save 120 emergency center.