Diabetes Hypertension High Blood Lipids Dietary Self-Treatment - Food is the Best Medicine (5)

Author: Yu Kang
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: According to the report from the Ministry of Health, China has 160 million patients with hypertension, 160 million with abnormal blood lipids, 200 million overweight individuals, 60 million obese individuals, and 20 million diabetes patients. More alarmingly, thousands of new young patients with "three-high" conditions are added daily. In 2004, among patients visiting cardiology departments in major hospitals in Beijing, 25% had both hypertension and hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Among diabetes patients, less than 10% had pure diabetes, 40% had hypertension or hyperlipidemia combined, and 50% had both hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Faced with such a vast number of patients, relying solely on medicine is not only costly but also clearly insufficient. Scientific and reasonable dietary habits are the most effective and practical solution. Because for lifestyle diseases like the "three-high" conditions, dietary therapy can play a 47% role in prevention and treatment. As the World Health Organization has pointed out: medicine accounts for only 8% of health, while a balanced diet accounts for 3%. This book takes a comprehensive approach to the joint prevention and treatment of the three diseases and meticulously designs dietary self-treatment plans for diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, even specifying the detailed meal plans for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. It helps a wide range of patients solve practical problems and benefits both themselves and their families.