Patient's question:
Auntie is now a patient with high blood pressure and she usually eats a lot of tofu. Is it good for high blood pressure to eat tofu?Doctor's answer:
Hypertensive patients can definitely eat tofu, and soy products have certain antihypertensive functions. Tofu contains many nutrients (such as protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, etc.). The rich unsaturated fatty acids in tofu and other soy products have the effect of reducing cholesterol. Among them, lecithin constitutes choline in the human body, which has the function of preventing atherosclerosis. Soy products also contain rich dietary fiber and phytosterols, which help reduce cholesterol. Therefore, hypertensive patients with high blood lipids can eat soy products.