Blood is viscous, high blood lipids easily lead to clogged blood vessels, posing a danger to life, what should be done? Many people consult professional doctors in hospitals and undergo treatment under the doctor’s guidance. Sometimes doctors may prescribe lipid-lowering drugs. In such cases, we should follow the doctor’s advice. However, high blood lipids are unlike other diseases; it is a chronic condition that requires lifelong management. Therefore, we cannot rely solely on medication. In fact, improving daily dietary habits is essential to truly prevent chronic diseases. Dietary therapy is an effective means of treatment. Here, I will share with you a good method for lowering blood lipids for your reference.
Vinegar-Soaked Ginger
First, prepare one kilogram of ginger, half a kilogram of rock sugar, and white vinegar. Wash the ginger, slice it thinly, and place it in a wide-mouthed bottle. Then, add 250 grams of rock sugar to the bottle, pour vinegar into the bottle—make sure to use white vinegar so that the vinegar covers the rock sugar and ginger. Finally, seal the bottle tightly. Following this, wait for about a week before consumption. You can eat about six slices of ginger every morning on an empty stomach to effectively control blood lipids.
Vinegar-Soaked Peanuts
Another simple remedy is to put half a kilogram of white vinegar and one kilogram of peanuts in a sealed bottle for a week. After a week, you can start consuming them. Eat a few peanuts on an empty stomach in the morning and before bedtime at night. It is advisable not to consume too many at once. Vinegar-soaked peanuts can lower blood lipids and aid in weight loss, which is beneficial for individuals with high blood lipids.
In addition to these dietary treatments, the following natural foods can effectively reduce blood lipids and improve blood viscosity.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn contains a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids in its fat, ranging from 75.6% to 86.7%. It is rich in linoleic acid, ranging from 29% to 38%, with even higher levels in the seed, up to 60.5% to 75.3%. Consuming hawthorn and its preparations helps lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Hawthorn has lipid-lowering effects and is important in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
Loofah Tea
Wild loofah from Xinjiang acts as a biological blood purifier. Long-term consumption significantly improves the fragility and permeability of blood vessels, eliminates free radicals in the blood, detoxifies the body from chemical toxins, lipids, heavy metals, salt-alkaline compounds, and delays vascular aging. It is a potent remedy for hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and common symptoms in the elderly like asthma, insomnia, chest tightness, and constipation. Experts refer to it as a “green human blood purifier and blood vessel softener.”
Onions have a dispersing effect on wind-cold due to the presence of Allyl sulfide oil in their bulbs and leaves, which has a pungent taste. This substance can resist cold, fend off flu viruses, and possess strong antimicrobial properties. Onions are rich in nutrients and have a pungent taste. They stimulate the stomach, intestines, and digestive glands, increase appetite, aid digestion. Onions are fat-free, and their essential oils contain a mixture of sulfur compounds that can lower cholesterol, effectively treating indigestion, poor appetite, food stagnation, and other symptoms.
From kudzu root, the extracted puerarin expands coronary and cerebral arteries, lowers blood pressure, significantly increases blood supply to ischemic tissues, has a B1 receptor blockade effect, slows down heart rate, reduces myocardial oxygen consumption, relieves myocardial ischemia, restricts and shrinks the area of myocardial infarction, fights rapid heart rhythm disorders, lowers cholesterol and blood viscosity. Kudzu powder contains over ten essential amino acids and trace elements needed by the body, with the highest levels of calcium, zinc, and phosphorus. It is rich in selenium elements, offering certain anti-cancer benefits.
