What should I eat if I have cardiovascular problems?

Nowadays, people are really used to eating a lot of meat and fish, and they really can't live without meat. The body can't stand eating meat for a long time, and it can easily cause cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, patients with cardiovascular diseases must be cautious about their daily diet, and it is better to eat vegetarian food regularly.

1. What to eat if you have cardiovascular problems

1. Corn - Corn is rich in fat, and the content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid, in its fat is as high as over 60%. It helps the normal metabolism of body fat and cholesterol, reduces the deposition of cholesterol in blood vessels, and thus softens the arteries.

2. Asparagus - white flesh and delicious taste. It is known as the "longevity grass" and is rich in carotene and B vitamins. It has preventive and therapeutic effects on high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, arteriosclerosis and cancer.

3. Eggplant - contains vitamin B, vitamin C and high carotene. Regular consumption of eggplant can prevent jaundice, liver enlargement, gout and arteriosclerosis. It can lower the cholesterol in the blood, increase the elasticity of microvessels and prevent small blood vessel bleeding.

4. Kelp - Kelp is rich in fucoidan and laminarin. These substances have heparin-like activity, which can prevent thrombosis, lower cholesterol and lipoprotein, and inhibit atherosclerosis.

5. Shiitake mushrooms - contain nutrients and medicinal ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, shiitake acid, multiple amino acids, vitamin C and shiitake polysaccharides. Eating shiitake mushrooms regularly can lower cholesterol, has an auxiliary effect in preventing and treating hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and can also prevent the occurrence of vascular diseases.

6. Winter melon - contains vitamins, proteins and minerals, has a low sodium content, and has a good therapeutic effect on arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, etc.

2. What should not be eaten for cardiovascular disease

1. Control cholesterol: Do not eat or eat as little egg yolks, animal brains and offal, and crustaceans such as clams, snails, crabs, etc.

2. Control fat: Do not eat or eat less animal oil, eat more vegetable oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, corn oil (oil foods) and other plant oils.

3. Control sugar intake: do not eat or eat less candy and other foods high in sugar.

From this we can see that in daily life, whether from the perspective of disease prevention or disease treatment, we should see the importance of eating vegetarian food. However, for some serious diseases, of course, we still need to choose symptomatic treatment.