Can patients with high blood lipids eat peanuts?

High blood lipids can be said to be a common problem among middle-aged and elderly people, and too high blood lipids are also harmful to health, so it is necessary to pay attention to reasonable treatment and conditioning, scientifically choose some foods, and understand dietary taboos. People with too high blood lipids are not suitable for eating peanuts.

1. Peanuts are a high-protein food that is suitable for all ages, has a unique flavor and is rich in nutrients. It contains a large amount of protein, fat, starch, crude fiber, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, palmitic acid, vitamins A, B, C, E, K and other nutrients. Peanut protein is the same as soy protein, because peanuts contain a lot of fat, and are easily digested and absorbed by the human body. The absorption rate is as high as about 90%. Peanut protein contains more than a dozen amino acids needed by the human body, especially lysine. There are also glutamate, aspartic acid, etc. The results of scientific research show that these amino acids can promote the development of brain cells, improve children's intelligence, increase memory, and prevent premature aging. The catechins in peanuts also have strong anti-aging properties. Therefore, peanuts are a rare health product. Long-term consumption is very beneficial to the body.

2. Peanuts are not only a highly nutritious food, but also a health medicine with high medicinal value. Peanut seeds, seed coats, seed husks and peanut oil can all be used as medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that peanuts have the effects of soothing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, clearing the throat and stopping malaria. It has certain therapeutic effects on benign and chronic nephritis, ascites, and milk deficiency. The shell of peanut contains luteolin, which can lower cholesterol. It has a good therapeutic effect on high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. Especially the red skin on the outside of the peanut kernel, because it can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote bone marrow hematopoietic function, and shorten bleeding time, it is a good medicine that can both produce blood and stop bleeding. Zhixuening, which has been successfully developed by scientific research institutions, has a good therapeutic effect in treating bleeding in the digestive tract, pulmonary tuberculosis, urinary system, reproductive system, aplastic anemia, and traumatic bleeding due to various reasons.

3. People who should not eat peanuts

Patients with hyperlipidemia: Peanuts contain a lot of fat. After patients with hyperlipidemia eat peanuts, the lipid level in their blood will increase. Increased blood lipids are often one of the important causes of diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.

People who have had their gallbladder removed: The fat in peanuts requires bile to digest. After gallbladder removal, the bile storage function is lost. If these patients eat peanuts, they will not have enough bile to help digestion, which often causes indigestion.

People with indigestion: Peanuts contain a lot of fat. People with poor spleen and stomach function such as enteritis and dysentery will aggravate their condition after eating them.