Wax gourd is the only vegetable without fat, and its sodium content is much lower than that of ordinary vegetables. The minerals and vitamins it contains are of great benefit to patients with kidney disease, hypertension and edema who need to limit sodium. In addition, wax gourd contains propanol diacid, which can prevent fat accumulation and has the function of reducing fat and keeping fit. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, wax gourd is beneficial to water, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst.

Lotus leaf is a dual-purpose product for medicine and food. Bitter taste, flat nature, liver, spleen and stomach. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood, stopping bleeding, and invigorating spleen. Compendium of Materia Medica says that "Lotus leaves make people thin and feel inferior", which shows that it has the function of reducing weight and fat, which has been confirmed in animal experiments and clinic.

Lotus leaf and wax gourd peel have the functions of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth and clearing yang from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, and have the functions of regulating blood lipid, lowering blood pressure and resisting oxidation from the perspective of modern medicine, which is a good food therapy for obese and hyperlipidemia people.

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Other lipid-lowering foods

1, Peanut: Phytosterol Beats Cholesterol

Peanut is rich in phytosterol, which is a common steroid compound in dried fruits and can compete with cholesterol, thus inhibiting the absorption of cholesterol and lowering the blood cholesterol level. In addition, peanuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, choline, lecithin and other nutrients, which can decompose cholesterol in the human body into bile acids and excrete them.

Walnut kernels, sesame seeds, almonds and hazelnuts are also very suitable snacks for people with dyslipidemia. Sesame, for example, is rich in linoleic acid and lecithin, which can lower cholesterol in the blood. Sesamin can inhibit the absorption and synthesis of cholesterol and improve the condition of hyperlipidemia.

2, mung bean sprouts: discharge cholesterol.

Mung bean itself is a good cholesterol-lowering food. During its germination, the content of vitamin C can reach six or seven times of the original content of mung bean. A large amount of vitamin C can promote cholesterol excretion and prevent it from depositing on the inner wall of arteries.

Dietary fiber of mung bean sprouts can help to remove the garbage in the body, and can also combine with cholesterol in food to convert it into cholic acid and excrete it, thus reducing the cholesterol level. Mung bean sprouts are sweet and cool, rich in water, and can relieve boredom and produce fluid. It is a rare side dish to lose weight and adjust fat.

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