Tactics to eat Lunar New Year with blood disorders

Funny Spring needs alertness, wisdom, when sedentary habits and tables of alcoholic drinks and cholesterol-rich foods will together increase dyslipidemia. Not only "good" but also "good".

'Tet!' This is a saying that nutritionists or cardiologists often want to advise patients . to stay away during Spring days. With the mentality of 'eating Tet', 'Happy Spring' , many people 'suddenly' become more accommodating in eating and drinking during the Tet holidays. Then after Tet, 'watch out' of worries about weight, cardiovascular disease, blood pressure, diabetes and especially dyslipidemia.

For people at risk or in the presence of dyslipidemia, eating 'release' , playing 'to the' in the new year will be an unpredictable health hazard. Blood lipid disorder is a form of metabolic disorder syndrome , the main cause of atherosclerosis, accompanied by a series of dangerous complications such as high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, stroke , diabetes, fatty liver, gout . . Meanwhile, most foods and drinks during Tet such as banh chung, banh tet, melon, jam, candy, beer, wine, soft drinks . both contain high levels of cholesterol, fat, and sugar powder, which are detrimental to the above diseases.

For people with dyslipidemia to eat Tet safely, the selection of suitable and sufficient foods to ensure the food and drink needs to be healthy, not only 'delicious' but also 'healthy'. Here are some tips for using food and drinks to help us limit the risk of dyslipidemia as well as control blood fat components at safe levels during Tet:

Banh chung, banh tet: contains a lot of protein, fat, starch or served with pickles, tubers or pickles. People with hypertensive hypertension eat salt, should replace pickles with sweet and sour pickles. Only eat up to 100gr / day.

Spring party is fun but it must be 'good'

Cold meats, sausages, meat stock: prepared with lots of protein, saturated fat is not good for health. In addition, this product group also contains preservatives, additives to create toughness, crunchy, very harmful to the body. Do not use more than 100gr / day. Repositories go back to the warehouse many times, making the meat stock become fat and salty. Patients with dyslipidemia should not eat foods that are left over, enhance green vegetables, and high in fiber.

Fried and fried dishes: sautéed pork, fried chicken, fried fish, fried sausage . high fat content increases the risk of atherosclerosis. Should replace with boiled, steamed, baked dishes. Eat fish 2-4 times / week, limit red meat.

Cakes, candies, jam: contain a lot of powdered sugar, not good for diabetics, should be limited.

Melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, cashew nuts, sunflower seeds, pistachios : are small snacks, but the net weight is small but contain lots of fat and protein, so it is easy to create a feeling of 'horizontal belly'. It is often impregnated in salt and chemical sugar for a delicious flavor, to minimize these dishes.

Beer, wine and soft drinks: is an indispensable drink in Tet holidays. Drinking alcohol makes the heart beat faster, blood vessels shrink, blood pressure increases and calcium salts accumulate in the vascular wall, causing arteriosclerosis. Only drink a small amount of red wine 100 -200ml / day or 1- 2 cans of beer / day, soft drinks are not used on 1 can / day. Should replace alcohol beer with a cup of green tea, artichoke tea invite guests to both cool the body and support digestion.

Green vegetables, Tet fruit are quite abundant, bringing many good nutrients, minerals, vitamins and are indispensable foods in daily meals.

On New Year, everyone wants to have fun with each other with beautiful words and ideas, treat delicious and strange things to please each other with the desire of a new and prosperous year. So, in order for Tet to be complete, each person needs to develop a plan to balance the diet, practice rest to combine the use of natural bioactive ingredients that have been scientifically verified, Spring day of people with blood lip disorder will add warmth, happiness and peace!

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Hoai Nam (Lecturer of University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City)