How to eat red yeast rice to lower blood lipids

Red yeast rice is a new type of rice made by fermenting red yeast rice and rice. After fermentation, the red yeast rice not only retains the original taste and nutrition of rice, but also contains many more substances that are beneficial to the human body. For example, red yeast rice is very helpful for cardiovascular diseases such as the heart and blood. If consumed properly, red yeast rice can also lower blood lipids. So how can we eat red yeast rice to lower blood lipids? Let me introduce it below.

The simplest and most convenient way to lower blood lipids is to drink red yeast rice. You can boil the red yeast rice with boiling water, and then drink the soup directly after it cools down. Drinking the soup is the best effect, but it should not be consumed excessively every day. It should be consumed according to the doctor's advice.

In addition, red yeast rice can be ground into powder and then rubbed into small pills with pure water. Take one pill a day. Both of these are relatively convenient. You can also add a little red yeast rice when cooking, but be sure to pay attention to the amount. When eating red yeast rice, be sure to avoid spicy and irritating foods.

Red yeast rice porridge recipe:

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Prepare the ingredients: black rice, red glutinous rice, red yeast rice, red beans, and coix seed.

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Except for red yeast rice, which only needs to be briefly washed, the other four need to be soaked and then drained.

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First put the barley into the pressure cooker.

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Add red beans, black rice and red glutinous rice in turn.

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Add appropriate amount of water, cover the pot and cook over high heat until the air is released and then turn off the heat.

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After half an hour to an hour, turn on the heat again and cook for a few minutes and then turn off the heat. Open the lid of the pot after an hour and you can see that the rice, beans and other ingredients are basically cooked.

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Then add the red yeast rice, cover the pot and continue cooking for about ten minutes.

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After about half an hour, open the lid of the pot and the red yeast rice will have cooked into flowers.

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Add appropriate amount of borneol sugar. If there is not enough water, add appropriate amount of boiling water. Remember not to add cold water.

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Cook over high heat for a while until the borneol sugar is dissolved and then turn off the heat.

Contraindications:

Red yeast rice taboo 1--Cannot be taken with lipid-lowering drugs

Patients who are taking lipid-lowering drugs should not consume red yeast rice at the same time, because lipid-lowering drugs can lower cholesterol themselves. At the same time, red yeast rice cannot be taken together with statin drugs, because both red yeast rice and statin drugs have side effects such as dizziness, stomach burning, and liver damage.

Red Yeast Rice Taboo 2: Use with caution when spleen yin is insufficient

Red yeast rice can strengthen the spleen and aid digestion, and treat food stagnation, which means it can quickly promote digestion. People with insufficient spleen yin have insufficient spleen qi, lack of energy, and loss of appetite. Such people are not suitable for eating red yeast rice. Red yeast rice can promote digestion and consume spleen qi, so it is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.

Red Yeast Rice Taboo 3: Use with caution if you do not have food stagnation

Red yeast rice is mainly used to treat food stagnation and abdominal distension, promote digestion and absorption, and speed up metabolism. People who do not have food stagnation do not need to take it, and it may cause bad effects after taking it. Therefore, many foods are taken as needed, and should be used with caution if they are not beneficial. Therefore, red yeast rice should be used with caution for friends who do not have food stagnation.

Red yeast rice is a purple-red rice fermented by microorganisms. It can treat abdominal distension caused by indigestion and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. However, it also has the above contraindications. I hope everyone pays attention to the above points.