In the early days of reform and opening up, or even earlier, sweet potatoes were people's "life-saving food", which could make a living and fill their stomachs; Nowadays, sweet potato is no longer a mellow food, it is not only a daily diet, but also an essential staple food for dieters.

Especially in the cold winter, have a hot baked sweet potato to warm your hands and heart.

However, not everyone has a soft spot for sweet potatoes, and patients with cardiovascular diseases, especially hyperlipidemia, often "avoid it".

People with hyperlipidemia think that sweet potato tastes sweet and has high starch content. After eating, starch is converted into glycogen in human body, which leads to the blood sugar index exceeding the standard.

However, some people disagree that sweet potatoes are coarse grains and rich in dietary fiber, which is a "stabilizer" of blood sugar and can help reduce blood fat.

The pros and cons have been discussed endlessly. Which statement is correct? The doctor told you the answer:

Some medical experts pointed out that sweet potato is rich in dietary fiber. If eaten in moderation, it has a certain degree of conditioning effect on lipid decomposition and vascular softening.

In addition, as a coarse grain food, sweet potato has lower calories, less fat and slower sugar rise compared with staple foods such as polished rice and refined flour.

The above conclusions seem to prove that sweet potato plays an auxiliary role in preventing cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia.

In fact, there is a saying in philosophy: "Look at the problem in two", and sweet potatoes are not beneficial and harmless.

Sweet potato has auxiliary effects such as stabilizing blood lipids, mainly targeting healthy people or people with mild hyperlipidemia; Some people, such as patients with gastrointestinal diseases and patients with severe hyperlipidemia, should control their food intake or "avoid".

Sweet potato is rich in dietary fiber, which is an advantage, but it is a "disadvantage" for patients with gastrointestinal diseases. The digestive function of patients with this kind of disease is not perfect, and eating too much dietary fiber will be counterproductive, causing complications such as indigestion, abdominal distension and stomach pain.

"It's all hooliganism to talk about toxicity regardless of dosage". Excessive consumption of sweet potatoes is tantamount to "deadly poison" for patients with severe hyperlipidemia. Scientific experiments show that the main components of sweet potato are carbohydrates and starch. After excessive consumption, both of them can be converted into sugar and fat in the human body, some of which can be absorbed by the digestive system, and the other part is forced to hoard the human body because of "saturation" of digestion.

When blood combines with sugar, the glycemic index rises sharply; When blood combines with fat, the viscosity of blood lipids rises sharply. These are "taboos" for patients with hyperlipidemia.

So sweet potato is a "double-edged sword", which has both advantages and disadvantages. It can help healthy people to prevent hyperlipidemia, but it has little effect on assisting hyperlipidemia people to reduce blood lipid.

In addition, eating sweet potatoes, everyone can't overdo it, and it is appropriate to maintain it at around 200 grams.

What should I do to control blood fat?

1, control alcohol consumption or not.

As the saying goes, "drinking hurts the liver", and the liver organ undertakes many missions such as digestion, absorption, metabolism and detoxification. Lipolysis is also a part of liver function.

Alcoholic beverages enter the human body and need the liver for metabolism. Long-term heavy drinking will cause varying degrees of damage to the liver under the strong stimulation of alcohol, which will lead to alcoholic hepatitis and other diseases over time.

Liver function is damaged, lipid metabolism is abnormal, and lowering blood lipid is tantamount to "Arabian Nights".

This diet is mainly low in cholesterol.

Hyperlipidemia, high cholesterol and high triglycerides are like "brothers", which are often inseparable. Therefore, the diet should start from these three aspects, reject high-fat foods and adhere to a low-cholesterol diet.

Rejecting high-fat foods is very simple, just quit all kinds of fried foods; The low cholesterol diet is very well controlled. Say "no" to foods with high cholesterol (eggs, seafood, animal offal, etc. ).

Special reminder: Cholesterol goes hand in hand with protein. Low-cholesterol diet means that the intake of protein is lower than the normal level, which will lead to long-term malnutrition. Meat with high protein and low cholesterol (beef, chicken breast, fish, etc. ) can be supplemented appropriately.

3. Pay attention to the intake of dietary fiber

Foods rich in dietary fiber have a strong sense of fullness, which can suppress appetite and reduce the intake of high-fat and high-carbon water, thus helping to stabilize blood sugar.

There are many such foods, such as carbohydrates and vegetables, which are rich in dietary fiber, but the staple food of carbohydrates is high in calories and fast in glycemic index. Excessive intake is not conducive to lowering blood fat, and eating more vegetables is a good choice.

4. Scientific and moderate exercise

Relevant data survey shows that the probability of obesity in people with hyperlipidemia accounts for 80%.

There is a famous saying in the world of weight loss, "Keep your mouth shut and open your legs". As mentioned above, diet control, then exercise should also be put on the agenda.

Moderate aerobic exercise, such as jogging, skipping rope and swimming, can promote fat burning and effectively reduce blood lipids.

Conclusion: "The road is long and Xiu Yuan is awkward, but this is Xiu Yuan." Hyperlipidemia is a chronic disease that requires long-term medication and diet control. Sweet potato should be in autumn and winter, and it can be addictive. Don't be greedy.