What food is good for patients with cerebral infarction?

Cerebral infarction is a highly prevalent cerebrovascular disease among middle-aged and elderly people. It is extremely serious for the elderly, has a high mortality rate, and can easily cause brain death. The cause of cerebral infarction is the high cholesterol content in the blood, which causes blockage in the tiny blood vessels in the brain, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain and leading to brain death of the patient. This can be influenced by diet. A reasonable diet can prevent and treat it. Let me introduce it to you in detail below.

Patients with cerebral infarction should limit their intake of foods rich in fat and cholesterol in their daily diet, such as egg yolks, cream, animal brains and offal, various exquisite cakes and sugars, etc. Low-fat foods should be included in daily diet, such as animal oil, yogurt, beans, egg white, appropriate lean meat, poultry, fish, etc., and attention should be paid to increasing the intake of vitamin fiber, such as various vegetables, fruits, appropriate amounts of onions, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, fungus, etc. In daily life, you should eat less salt, drink alcohol in moderation, and drink less sugary drinks.

Obese patients should limit their staple food intake and reduce their weight to a normal or near-standard weight. Generally keep the staple food amount at around 300 grams per day. If the patient is not full, he can make up for it with vegetables and soy products, and try to develop the habit of eating until he is 80% full.

Eat less or no animal fat and animal offal, such as fat, fat intestines, and tripe, because these foods contain high cholesterol and saturated fatty acids, which can easily aggravate arteriosclerosis.

Eat more high-quality protein, such as milk, chicken, duck (preferably wild free-range chicken), fish, eggs (eat less egg yolks), and soy products, and eat less pork, beef, and mutton, and lean meat is preferred.

Eat more foods rich in vitamins, such as fresh fruits, tomatoes, hawthorn, etc. rich in vitamin C; soy products, milk, eggs rich in vitamin B6; green leafy vegetables, beans, etc. rich in vitamin E.

The diet should avoid being too salty, and it is best not to eat pickles. Eating too much salt can easily cause high blood pressure.

Eat more foods rich in fiber, such as celery, whole grains, etc., to increase gastrointestinal motility and prevent dry stools. Patients with constipation should drink more water, which can promote defecation and help prevent urinary system infections due to the increase in urine. Some patients do not drink water due to their inconvenience in movement and fear of urination, which is very disadvantageous.