What should patients with cerebral infarction pay attention to in terms of diet?

There are currently 13 million patients with cerebrovascular diseases in our country, and this number is still increasing!

In addition to insisting on taking aspirin and statins according to the doctor's instructions, and actively controlling blood sugar and blood pressure, patients with cerebral infarction have done half of the work of rehabilitation and treatment of cerebral infarction.

The other half is to live a healthy lifestyle, including quitting smoking and drinking, eating healthily, exercising appropriately according to the situation, and having a regular schedule. Only by completing this half can the whole process of cerebral infarction recovery be considered. So what should patients with cerebral infarction pay attention to in their diet?

The essence of cerebral infarction is actually the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques to form thrombus, and an unhealthy diet will aggravate the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Therefore, we must prevent the aggravation and recurrence of cerebral infarction through diet. In fact, It is how to eat to prevent the aggravation of atherosclerosis, thereby preventing the recurrence of cerebral infarction and conducive to the recovery of cerebral infarction.

First of all, we state that for patients with cerebral infarction, there is no food that must not be eaten. Many friends have misunderstood that people with cerebral infarction cannot eat meat or oil. In fact, these are all misunderstandings. Patients with cerebral infarction can eat anything, but they must focus on it and abide by the principles. Eat more of the food that is recommended to be eaten, and eat less of the food that is recommended to eat less. So let’s briefly talk about which foods must be eaten less: salt, oil, and sugar must be controlled. High-salt, high-sugar, and high-fat foods will aggravate atherosclerosis and produce more vascular waste.

Many friends think how can we eat too much salt? Let me tell you a set of data. On average, we eat 12-14g of salt, but healthy salt consumption is less than 6g. That is, most people eat far more than 6g of salt, which can cause high blood pressure and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damage. The Lancet published a statistical article this year. The survey results showed that in 2017 alone, the number of deaths from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by excessive salt consumption was as high as 3 million. Patients with cerebral infarction must not only control the salt in cooking, but also control foods with high salt content such as pickles, soy sauce, bacon, and bacon.

In addition to salt, sugar must also be controlled. Sugar is easier to understand, including desserts, cakes, snacks, etc. If you want to eat sweets, fruits are the first choice. Oil needs to be controlled more. High oil can cause hyperlipidemia, increase blood vessel waste, and aggravate intravascular plaques. Not only should you avoid eating animal oil, but you should also control the total amount of vegetable oil. At the same time, try not to eat fried foods. The total amount of fatty meat, animal offal, pork, beef, and mutton red meat should also be controlled. Generally speaking, for patients with cerebral infarction, it is necessary to reduce salt, oil and sugar.

After talking about the foods that we should eat as little as possible or control, we have to talk about the foods that we can eat more appropriately. The onions, fungus, and other vegetables that are widely circulated on the Internet and can clean up blood vessel waste can definitely be eaten. But these vegetables do not have such miraculous effects as everyone has seen. The substances contained in these vegetables that clean blood vessel garbage are very small and have no therapeutic effect. However, it is certain that these vegetables are healthy foods. It is recommended to eat more, but It should not be limited to these few vegetables, but a comprehensive and rich diet.

Patients with cerebral infarction should eat more whole grains, miscellaneous grains, vegetables, fruits, fish, chicken, and a small amount of lean meat. These are healthy foods and can be diversified and eaten more.

In addition to paying attention to the above dietary principles in terms of food types, people with cerebral infarction should also pay more attention to the details of their diet. Especially those with sequelae of cerebral infarction may have difficulty swallowing and need to eat semi-liquid foods. Some patients have difficulty moving and should not eat too much. They should increase food that is conducive to defecation to avoid indigestion and reduce the occurrence of constipation.

Healthy diet is a focus of cerebral infarction rehabilitation, but it is not the only one. In addition to taking regular medicine and living a healthy life, one must also overcome psychological difficulties. Many patients with the sequelae of cerebral infarction suddenly change from normal people to people with limited mobility and need to be taken care of by others. The psychological gap is huge.

We must give more care and love to patients with cerebral infarction!