During the Spring Festival, the dietary issues that chronic disease patients should pay most attention to

The joy of Chinese New Year, besides family reunion and toasting with relatives and friends, also comes from eating delicious food!

I believe that the top priority in every family is eating, chicken, duck, fish, meat, frying, stir-frying, cooking, deep-frying...

But after several consecutive days of delicious meals, problems such as high blood pressure, large fluctuations in blood sugar, and indigestion may follow.

Holiday meals are rich and greasy. How should patients with chronic diseases eat to be healthier? Youlaijun has carefully compiled the following dietary strategy to help you spend the New Year in a healthy way!

01

hypertension

✖Under normal circumstances, the daily salt intake of patients with hypertension should not exceed 5g, so try not to eat pickles, salted fish, pickled meat, pickled vegetables, barbecue, etc.; the salt content of processed foods is also high, such as various canned foods, cooked foods, etc., so try to eat less.

✖Eat less pure sugar foods, such as candy bars, sweet drinks, desserts, etc. However, it’s okay to eat some occasionally if you’re greedy, but you must pay attention to the amount you intake.

✖Eat less high-fat foods, such as fatty meat, fried foods, oily vegetables, high-fat milk, nuts, biscuits and snacks, etc.

✔The diet should be light, eat more whole grains, soy products, fish, vegetables and fruits rich in potassium and vitamin C, such as potatoes, eggplants, lettuce, kelp, winter melon, rapeseed, cabbage, citrus, apples, bananas, kiwis, etc., as well as calcium-rich low-fat or skimmed milk, yogurt, dried shrimps and other foods.

02

diabetes

For diabetic patients, the most important thing to pay attention to is low sugar!

✖It is forbidden to eat foods high in sugar, such as candy, jam, preserves, ice cream, sweet drinks, sweet cakes, sweet biscuits, etc.

✖Eat less fruits with high sugar content, such as longan, lychee, banana, jujube, grape, durian, etc. You can eat grapefruit, kiwi, green apple, etc.

✔Drink less porridge and eat less refined rice and noodles. It is best to choose coarse grains as staple food, such as corn, buckwheat rice, oatmeal buns, etc.

✔The eating principle is to eat small and frequent meals. The order of eating is "vegetables first, then meat, and then staple food". The total amount of meals should be controlled.

03

gout

For gout patients, the most important thing to pay attention to is low purine and drink more water!

✖Avoid drinking meat broth. Fish soup, chicken soup, bone soup, and mushroom soup have high purine content, so don’t drink them!

✖Avoid drinking alcohol. Both liquor and wine will reduce the excretion of uric acid. Although the purine content of beer is not too high, if you drink a large amount, the total purine content you ingest will be very high.

✖ Eat less meat. The purine content of meat we often eat daily is also moderately high. For example, 100g of chicken thighs contains 140.3mg of purine, duck meat 138.4mg, pork 132.6mg, etc. Therefore, the intake should be strictly limited to no more than 100 grams or less.

✔Drinking more water can help excrete uric acid in time and reduce excessive deposition of uric acid.

✔Eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, which are low in purine and help reduce uric acid in the body and prevent the formation of uric acid crystals.

✔Eat more grain foods, which are generally low in purine and give you a strong sense of fullness.

04

Gastrointestinal disease

For patients with gastrointestinal diseases, the most important thing to pay attention to is to eat small meals frequently and eat easily digestible food!

✖Avoid spicy food.

✖Avoid drinking alcohol, as alcohol is very irritating to the gastric mucosa.

✔Avoid overeating. It is best to eat until you are 70% to 80% full. Eat vegetables, meat, fish, and staple foods in order.

✔Avoid eating foods that easily cause bloating, such as unprocessed beans, onions, etc.

✔Choose easily digestible, warm food and chew it slowly to facilitate digestion and absorption.

Although it is important to eat and drink well during the Chinese New Year, health is more important!

Finally, I wish everyone a healthy, happy, peaceful and happy new year!

Source: Youlai Healthy Life