One of the most well-known health problems in America today is high cholesterol. A large part of the population understands high cholesterol and high triglycerides as cardiovascular disorders or health care due to heart and blood vessel problems. In fact, it is actually a disorder of the body’s ability to properly break, digest or metabolize lipoproteins (fat chains and protein molecules).
These lipoproteins in the form of cholesterol and / or triglycerides accumulate in the blood, which significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Western medicine focuses on improving the symptom of high cholesterol to prevent the onset of cardiovascular diseases, but rarely focuses on the root causes that allow you to primarily form cholesterol: a weak metabolic function of the body, a poor diet and an unhealthy lifestyle for the patient. Rather, it relies on statin drugs, which have a very high propensity for serious side effects, while acupuncture and Chinese medicine offer the same benefit without exposure to statin drugs and, therefore, without strong side effects.
Lifestyles and nutritional / dietary changes can significantly reduce blood cholesterol levels, as they can increase the way one organism destroys cholesterol itself and limits the intake of cholesterol, which causes food.
If a person suffers from high cholesterol or high triglycerides, they can: Increase the intake of low cholesterol foods, such as fresh fish with cold water, apples, bananas, carrots, garlic (this is a great way to increase because it is very useful for this purpose). ), olive oil, grape fruits (do not take if you are on statin drugs), and oats and bran. In addition, increasing the consumption of niacin only for this can reduce cholesterol (see Supplement to use before), Co-Q10, high-quality EPA-DHA omega-3 fish oil, vitamins B5, C, E, and chromium picolinate and Lecithin is a great addition to the diet.
It is also necessary to reduce harmful foods that affect cholesterol, such as tobacco, sugar, fatty / fried foods, wine, beer, cheese and red meat. Along with these suggestions, the National Institute of Health recommends taking 2 grams of plant sterols (phytosterols) per day to fight cholesterol. Plant sterols help in reabsorption in the body of cholesterol in the colon to remove from the body.
With regard to lifestyle tips, you need to regularly conduct exercises to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood vessels. Instead of sipping a high sugar drink, such as soda; drink oolong tea, black or green tea in their place, because they help the body metabolize consumed fats. This is especially effective when drinking tea after meals.
In addition, acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas are used to treat cholesterol and high triglycerides for these drugs, which focus on the patient's shortcomings, as well as on the symptoms of high cholesterol and its high blood pressure effects, etc. Acupuncture focuses on the deficiency, especially while Chinese herbal formulations have proven to effectively target high cholesterol. Within 2-3 months of treatment with both acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas, patients should begin to lower cholesterol levels.
With a change in diet and lifestyle, along with proper use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas, everyone will have available health tools to lower their cholesterol and triglycerides and avoid cardiovascular complications that arise from such conditions.
Author:
Dr. John Hagenburg, D.A.
Rhode Island Acupuncture and Extra Health Center.com
