In summer, you should control your blood lipids! Be careful of "blood lipid assassins", and eat less of these delicacies...

Summer is a restless season

July and August are even more agitated

It's hot and stuffy, I don't want to do anything

I just want to lie on the sofa

Enjoy air conditioning and ice cream

At this time

Friends with unstable blood lipids should pay attention

Summer lifestyle

It can also affect cardiovascular health

Blood lipid management should not be relaxed

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Modern people’s summer has long had more than one temperature. We need to turn on the air conditioner, but we also need to go out. It’s comfortable when it’s cold, and annoying when it’s hot.

For people with high blood lipids, being too cold or too hot requires attention:

Too cold: It can easily cause vasoconstriction, which can increase heart rate, blood pressure, and myocardial oxygen consumption, making it more likely for blood clots to form, leading to acute myocardial infarction.

Too hot: Epidemiological evidence shows that temperature is closely related to cardiovascular disease. When the temperature is higher than 32°C, the incidence of stroke is 66% higher than usual, and the risk increases as the temperature rises.

Some people alternate between two temperature environments in the summer, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, which is a severe test for the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.

In addition, summer is full of delicious temptations. The night beer, fried chicken, and barbecue smell more and more delicious. Once you can't control yourself and consume too much "bad fat" , it may cause blood lipids to get out of control.

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Hyperlipidemia is a difficult-to-detect disease that may not have any symptoms and can often only be discovered through routine health checks and blood tests.

Only some patients with more serious conditions will experience symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and xanthelasma .

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Such a "silent" chronic disease is extremely harmful - it accelerates systemic atherosclerosis and subsequently causes various cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; fat also accumulates in the internal organs, and the common fatty liver is a typical example.

Therefore, facing the hot summer, people with high blood lipids should pay more attention to those "blood lipid assassins".

Many people believe that high blood lipids are caused by consuming too much fat, so they are afraid of eating meat, but they ignore the intake of sugar, especially added sugar.

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The added sugars we inadvertently consume can cause an increase in the body's "bad cholesterol" and triglyceride levels. High levels of both are considered high blood lipids.

Foods such as ice cream, ice drinks, ice jelly, and cakes contain a lot of added sugar, so be sure to eat less!

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In addition, summer is the season for abundant fruits, and watermelon and lychee are very popular.

However, people with high blood lipids should control the amount of these fruits and not eat too much!

The fructose in fruits will carry out metabolic activities that promote fat production in the liver. Excessive intake may increase the risk of hyperlipidemia and obesity.

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For example, although the sugar content of watermelon per 100 grams is not high, many people cannot stop eating it once they start . They will eat half of it at a time, and the fructose intake may exceed the standard.

There are many temptations of delicious food in the summer, and I feel nervous when going out for a walk at night, but patients with high blood lipids still need to put on the brakes.

Being strict with your diet can improve the quality of your life.

Note: Patients with hyperlipidemia need to control cholesterol levels, but this cannot be controlled by diet alone. A considerable portion of cholesterol is endogenous and requires treatment when necessary.

According to the recommendations of the "Guidelines for Blood Lipid Management in China (2023)", at least these four types of people should pay special attention to their blood lipid status:

▼ Those with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ;

▼ People with multiple high-risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, smoking, etc.

▼ Those with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease refer to male first-degree relatives suffering from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease before the age of 55 or female first-degree relatives before the age of 65, or patients with familial hyperlipidemia;

▼ Xanthomas of the skin or tendons and thickening of the Achilles tendon.

Adults over 40 should have their blood lipids tested at least once a year.

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In addition, adolescents and children should also check their blood lipids regularly . Data show that:

The incidence of dyslipidemia among children and adolescents in my country exceeds 20%.

Children and adolescents should be checked out if they have any of the following:

▼ A first- or second-degree relative who is younger than 65 years old for women or younger than 55 years old for men has had myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, stroke, coronary artery bypass grafting, stenting, angioplasty, or sudden death;

▼ Parents with TC (cholesterol) ≥ 6.2 mmol/L or a known history of lipid abnormalities;

▼ There are skin xanthomas or tendon xanthomas or lipid corneal arcus;

▼ Have diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity (2-8 years old), or be overweight (12-16 years old), or smoke;

▼ For those suspected of having familial hypercholesterolemia, genetic screening for dyslipidemia should be performed.

Statement: This article is a medical-related educational popular science article. It does not involve specific treatment methods or medical behaviors and cannot replace hospital visits.

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