After being hospitalized for half a month, my blood lipids are getting higher and higher? Don’t do this carelessly after winter.

"I take my medicine on time every day, so why is my blood lipid still so high?" On November 21, Mr. Fu (pseudonym), who had just finished a follow-up examination, held the report with a puzzled look on his face.

At the beginning of this month, Mr. Fu came to the Binhai New City Hospital in Beilun District, Ningbo for rehabilitation treatment due to limb paralysis after cerebral infarction. Due to his long-term high-fat diet and lack of vitamin intake, the examination upon admission to the hospital showed high blood lipids.

Therefore, Zhang Lizhu, a doctor in the rehabilitation department, told Mr. Fu to take antihypertensive drugs and eat a light diet, and do proper exercise to help his body recover. But after half a month, Mr. Fu's blood lipids did not decrease but increased, which made his family very anxious.

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After careful questioning, it turned out that Mr. Fu thought that when he was sick he should supplement more nutrition, so he ate three eggs a day, drank three or four boxes of milk, and had fish and shrimp at every meal, without interruption.

"Nowadays, it is winter, and many people are thinking about how to nourish their body. Proper nourishment after illness is indeed beneficial to recovery, but the specific method of nourishment varies from person to person." Doctor Zhang Lizhu explained that for patients with hyperlipidemia like Mr. Fu, their blood lipid levels are high and there is already a certain degree of overnutrition. If they continue to nourish their body without restraint, it will not only fail to enhance their physical fitness, but also affect their blood lipid levels, which is not conducive to disease control. "Severe cases can cause coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and even myocardial infarction."

What should people with hyperlipidemia pay attention to in their diet?

Doctors recommend that you choose more foods that are rich in high-quality protein, low in fat, low in cholesterol, and high in fiber, such as fish, soybeans and soy products, olive oil, oats, whole wheat, brown rice, corn and other coarse grains; eat less or no high-energy, high-cholesterol foods, such as fatty meat, animal offal, fried foods, pickled foods, creamy foods, etc.