Weight Loss Diet Therapy: Home-Style Dishes and Soups Suitable for People with High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, and High Blood Sugar

Cold Kelp Salad

Ingredients: Half a piece of kelp, 2 cloves of garlic, a small amount of chili oil, 2 teaspoons of white vinegar, a small amount of sugar, a small amount of sesame oil, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation: Soak the kelp until softened, then wash it. Cut the soaked kelp into strips. Boil water in a pot, add the kelp strips and blanch until cooked. Remove the kelp strips, drain and let cool. Peel 2 cloves of garlic and mince them. Add the minced garlic, chili oil, vinegar, light soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, and salt to the kelp strips and mix well.

Benefits: Clears lung heat and phlegm, promotes urination and reduces swelling. Kelp clears lung heat and phlegm, promotes urination and reduces swelling, and also has the function of lowering blood lipids and blood pressure. Because it is rich in fucoidan, it can also lower blood sugar. Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia.

Chive Buns

Ingredients: 200g flour, 200g chives, 2 eggs, appropriate amounts of baking powder, baking soda, vegetable oil, salt, and MSG.

Preparation: Wash and chop the chives. Heat vegetable oil in a pan, scramble the eggs, and chop them. Add baking powder, baking soda, and water to the flour, knead into a dough, cover with a damp cloth, and let it rise for 30 minutes. Mix the chives, eggs, salt, and MSG to make the filling. Knead the risen dough into a ball, roll it out, wrap the chive and egg filling inside, and steam over high heat for 15 minutes.

Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang, promotes qi and blood circulation. Chives contain volatile essential oils and sulfur compounds, which can lower blood lipids. Suitable for people with hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Buckwheat Pancakes

Ingredients: 250g buckwheat flour, 30g sesame oil.

Preparation: Add water to the buckwheat flour to form a dough, roll it out into a thin sheet, and spread a thin layer of sesame oil on top. Cook over medium-low heat until done, or steam in a steamer until cooked through.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and replenishes qi, aids digestion and relieves stagnation. Buckwheat is sweet and neutral in nature, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, improving appetite and digestion. The rich vitamins in buckwheat flour can lower blood lipids and cholesterol, making it an important adjunct treatment for hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Furthermore, buckwheat flour contains chromium, which can help lower blood sugar. Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia.

Stir-fried Asparagus with Tomatoes

Ingredients: 3 eggs, 2 tomatoes, 100g asparagus, a little cooking wine, 2 scallions, appropriate amount of oil and salt.

Preparation: First, cut off the ends of the asparagus and cut into sections. Cut the tomatoes into chunks. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add a little cooking wine and water, and whisk until smooth. Heat oil in a pan, pour in the egg mixture, gently stir to form egg pieces, and remove. Reheat the pan, add chopped scallions and sauté until fragrant. Add tomatoes and sauté, then add salt and eggs. Stir-fry evenly and serve.

Efficacy: Calms the liver and cools the blood, clears heat and promotes body fluid production. Tomatoes have the effects of promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion, cooling the blood and calming the liver, and clearing heat and detoxifying. They have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on patients with hypertension and kidney disease. Tomatoes also contain vitamins and minerals that have a protective effect on the cardiovascular system and can reduce the incidence of heart disease. Asparagus can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and kill parasites, and can also lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular function. Eggs are sweet and neutral in nature, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and nourishing blood. Suitable for patients with hypertension.

Vegetarian Mixed Vegetables
Ingredients: 1 eggplant, 1 cucumber, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 1 green bell pepper, appropriate amount of ginger, 6 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of oyster sauce, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of cornstarch, appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation: First, dice the carrot, cucumber, and green bell pepper. Then chop the onion and dice the eggplant. Then, heat oil in a pan, add diced eggplant and stir-fry until softened, then set aside. Heat more oil in the pan, then add minced ginger, garlic, and onion and stir-fry until fragrant. Add carrots and stir-fry briefly, then add green peppers and cucumbers, stir-fry for a while, then add the previously stir-fried eggplant. Add seasonings and stir-fry, then add a little cornstarch slurry before removing from heat.

Benefits: Diuretic and heat-clearing, promotes bowel movement. Eggplant can clear heat and cool the blood, promote bowel movement, lower blood lipids and blood pressure, prevent microvascular rupture and bleeding, and maintain normal cardiovascular function. Onions have the effects of regulating qi and stomach, warming the middle and promoting yang, and can also dilate blood vessels, reduce the resistance of peripheral blood vessels and coronary arteries, thus lowering blood pressure and preventing thrombosis. Carrots strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, lower blood lipids, and prevent arteriosclerosis. Cucumbers promote diuresis, clear heat and detoxify; the malonic acid in cucumbers can inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, thus lowering blood sugar. Long-term consumption of cucumbers can also lower blood lipids. Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia.

Oat Noodles

Ingredients: 300g oat flour, 50g each of shredded cucumber and white radish, appropriate amounts of chopped cilantro, minced garlic, sesame oil, soy sauce, salt, and vinegar.

Preparation: Add boiling water to the oat flour, knead into a dough, then shape into noodles. Steam until cooked and let cool. Mix minced garlic, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, and sesame oil to make a sauce. Add shredded cucumber, chopped cilantro, and shredded white radish to the cooled noodles, pour the sauce over, mix well, and serve.

Benefits: Nourishes the spleen and stomach, strengthens the exterior and stops sweating. Oats are a low-sugar, high-nutrient, and high-energy food that can effectively lower cholesterol levels. They are rich in linoleic acid, which also has auxiliary therapeutic effects on fatty liver, diabetes, edema, and constipation. Suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia.

Corn Silk Porridge

Ingredients: 30g corn silk, 100g japonica rice, 10g white sugar.

Preparation: Briefly soak the corn silk in warm water and rinse clean; rinse the japonica rice and soak in cold water for 30 minutes, then drain; put the corn silk in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat for about 10 minutes, then strain out the corn silk, add the japonica rice, and continue cooking until it becomes porridge. Season with white sugar before serving.

Efficacy: Promotes blood circulation, lowers blood pressure, and reduces swelling. Corn silk has diuretic, swelling-reducing, heat-clearing, and summer-heat-relieving effects. It is used for the prevention and treatment of hypertension.

Lotus Leaf Porridge

Ingredients: 1 fresh lotus leaf, 100g japonica rice, rock sugar to taste.

Preparation: Wash the lotus leaf and decoct it to make a soup. Use the lotus leaf soup to cook porridge with the japonica rice and rock sugar. Eat warm in the morning and evening.

Efficacy: Clears summer heat, promotes diuresis, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. Lotus leaves have the effects of clearing heat and dampness, removing lipids and reducing turbidity. The alkaloids in lotus leaves have a lipid-lowering effect. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and symptoms such as dizziness, chest tightness, thirst, and dark urine caused by summer heat.

Soups and broths to lower the "three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol) are the most nourishing.

Kelp and Mung Bean Soup
Ingredients: 150g mung beans, 60g kelp, rock sugar to taste.

Preparation: Soak the kelp in water, wash and cut into pieces; wash the mung beans and soak in water for 30 minutes. Put the kelp and mung beans in a clay pot, add enough water, cook until tender, and add rock sugar to taste.

Effects: Clears heat and detoxifies, promotes urination and lowers blood pressure. Mung beans can clear heat and detoxify, quench thirst and promote urination, and lower blood lipids. Suitable for patients with primary hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Duck and Chrysanthemum Soup

Ingredients: 250g duck meat, 12g chrysanthemum, 1 lotus leaf, 200g celery, salt and sugar to taste.

Preparation: Wash the chrysanthemum and lotus leaf, and cut the lotus leaf into pieces. Wash the celery, cut it into sections, and decoct it to extract the juice, then strain and reserve the juice. Wash the duck meat and cut it into pieces. Place the duck meat, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, and sugar in a clay pot, add the celery juice and enough water to cover, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the duck meat is tender. Add salt to taste before serving.

Efficacy: Nourishes the liver and kidneys, calms the liver and clears heat. Duck meat nourishes yin and replenishes deficiency, clears heat and relieves cough; chrysanthemum can dispel wind and relieve heat. Suitable for those with hypertension due to yin deficiency and yang excess.