Drinking apples to "nourish" health
Ms. Truong is currently the director of the purchase department of a supermarket in China.Ms. Truong's daily work is quite busy, having to go out to eat and meet partners.Therefore, Ms. Truong often has to eat greasy and drinking dishes.
Ms. Truong knew her eating habits were not good for the heart, so she focused on improving the body.
Ms. Truong said, about a year ago, she read an article saying that drinking apple tea was good for cardiovascular health, which could reduce blood fat.Therefore, she bought a thorny apples, made it with hot water, added sugar to make tea to drink daily with the desire to "nourish" the body and improve health status.Ms. Truong has maintained the habit of drinking thorny apple tea for a year.
Apple, also known as Son Tra, Bac Son Tra, Da Son Tra, belongs to the Rosaceae family.The thorny apple tree originated from European countries, North Africa and West Asia, then were introduced and planted popular in many parts of the world, including Vietnam.In Vietnam, apples are often grown in the northern mountainous provinces such as Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, ...
The thorns contain many nutrients good for health.(Photo: Baike)
Recently, the company organized a periodic health examination, so Ms. Truong also went to the health examination.The examination results showed that Ms. Truong had an increase in blood fat index, but the condition was not too serious.Ms. Truong was extremely surprised by her examination results.
“I heard that apples are good for health, so I drank daily apples to prevent cardiovascular disease, prevent high blood fat.Why is it still sick now? ”, Ms. Truong was confusing to ask the doctor.
Explanation from experts
The doctor said: “Apple is a fruit that is dark red or yellow, has a sweet and sour taste, is rich in nutrients such as flavonoids and vitamin C.Contains rich flavonoid and pectin content, these nutrients can participate in cholesterol metabolism and have the effect of lowering blood fat.However, this effect comes from the use of high concentrations of apple apple extract.The benefits of lowering blood fat when eating directly apple still need to continue studying more in -depth. ”
“Moreover, if people only drink apple tea without paying attention to the control of diet, adjusting the lifestyle, limiting the use of alcohol, it will still be at high risk of metabolic problems likeIncreasing blood fat, cardiovascular disease, ”the doctor explained.
The doctor said that in the case of Ms. Truong, she had an unhealthy eating habit, and often used alcohol.These are all factors that increase blood fat.
When exploiting more about Truong's habit of drinking apple tea, the doctor also discovered that she had a habit of adding white sugar to the tea to reduce the sour taste, making it easier to drink.
According to the doctor, this habit also accidentally caused Truong to add sugar to her body.This can increase blood sugar, adversely affect health, especially for middle -aged people like Ms. Truong.
To reduce the risk of increasing blood fat, people should not rely on drinking apple tea but need to change the diet, adjust the lifestyle.(Photo: Sohu)
How to improve blood fat increases
After listening to the doctor analyzing, Ms. Truong further asked: "So what should I do to improve the condition of high blood fat?"
The doctor said that because Truong's blood fat increased was not too serious, he did not need medicine.However, Ms. Truong should pay attention to changing diet and lifestyle.The doctor recommends that Ms. Truong should limit the consumption of foods high in cholesterol such as red meat, animal fat, fried foods, limiting the use of alcohol to avoid causing excess calories, causing fataccumulation in the blood.
In addition, Ms. Truong also needs to strengthen exercise to promote metabolism and eliminate toxic substances from the body, thereby helping to improve health status.
Regarding the habit of drinking apple tea, the doctor said that Ms. Truong can continue to use but should limit more sugar.To reduce acidity, Ms. Truong can replace white sugar with a little honey to increase the sweetness, helping the body to get the maximum nutrients from this fruit.