What to eat if you have high blood lipids

Patients with high blood lipids should first find out what is causing the elevated blood lipids. Only by treating the primary disease can we prevent further elevation of blood lipids and improve the condition of hyperlipidemia. For example, if hypothyroidism is the cause of high blood lipids, patients should take lipid-lowering medications along with oral medications such as Eugenol to correct the hypothyroidism. If the condition is caused by Cushing’s syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus, it is important to improve the condition for its own sake. In addition, for people with diabetes and obesity, it is important to combine exercise to lose weight and control blood sugar so that the lipids can be better controlled. For patients with hyperlipidemia, it is important to decide what type of lipid-lowering drugs to take according to the different items of elevated blood lipids, generally oral atorvastatin, resulvastatin, benzofibrate, and fenofibrate lipid-lowering drugs. At the same time, lifestyle interventions, such as a low salt, low fat, low cholesterol and low calorie diet, and eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, can help to reduce blood lipids better.