After the living conditions gradually came up, the public's health awareness also gradually improved, and health problems such as "blood vessel blockage" and "hard blood vessels" plagued many people, so whenever there was a topic about blood vessel softening, it could attract the attention of many people. But many statements are false and real, how to distinguish them? Xiaojiu will explain it to you today!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" >, blood vessels may actually "harden."</h1>
Let's first clarify the question: do blood vessels really harden and really need to soften?
With age, blood vessels do suffer from hardening. Blood vessels also have a "lifespan", just like water pipes, used for a long time, may form scale, will age, and the "knot" in the blood vessels is atherosclerotic plaque (that is, arteriosclerosis), and eventually make the blood vessels hard and brittle.
After the formation of arteriosclerosis, the blood vessels will become thicker and harder, which will lead to narrowing of the lumen of the blood vessels, affecting blood circulation, and producing blood supply disorders, which may induce cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, coronary heart disease, hypertension and other diseases, which seriously endanger human health. Therefore, once the hardening of the arteries is found, it should be treated in time.
Then the question arises: when a blood vessel "hardens", is there any way to help it "soften"?
To be honest, hardening of the arteries is "irreversible", just like the death of old age and illness in life, it is an irresistible natural law. Therefore, we can only delay the aging and hardening of blood vessels through some methods, such as a balanced diet, control blood lipids, blood pressure, blood sugar, more exercise, and stay away from tobacco and alcohol.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="55" >2, don't be deceived again! These 3 methods do not "soften" blood vessels</h1>
Before, the Internet has been circulating that "drinking vinegar, fungus, red wine" can soften blood vessels, many people have followed suit, but in fact, these methods are all unreliable!
1. Drinking vinegar can soften blood vessels
Many people think that vinegar can play a role in softening blood vessels, mainly because it contains acetic acid and has the effect of dissolving calcium. But the fact is that even if vinegar does have this effect, it cannot directly enter the blood vessels after entering the body, so how does it work? Therefore, this statement is not reliable.
2. Eat more fungus to pass through blood clots
Previously, an animal experiment confirmed that after feeding a period of black fungus polysaccharides, the cholesterol and triglyceride content in the experimental animals decreased significantly, which in turn played a role in thrombosis.
However, it should be noted that the polysaccharide dose added in the experiment is as high as 50-200mg / day, and the purity is also higher than that of the fungus in the food (the actual content is very low), and the human intake of fungus in a day is limited, and it is obviously unrealistic to achieve the purpose of thrombosis. And this is animal experimentation, not human experimentation, and the two cannot be directly equated.
3. Drink some red wine to protect blood vessels
This statement really deceives a lot of people! This has to start with a scholar named Dipak Kumar Das, who is also famous for studying the benefits of resveratrol for a long time, claiming that red wine contains resveratrol, which helps protect blood vessels and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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With the recommendation of authoritative sources, resveratrol, which was originally unknown for nearly 60 years (discovered in 1939), once became famous. But it didn't take long for the scholar to "roll over" due to academic fraud and was expelled from the University of Connecticut. But the idea that drinking some red wine can conserve blood vessels is still imprinted in people's hearts.
Here I hope you can remember that drinking really can not maintain blood vessels, the world-renowned journal "Lancet" has directly pointed out in the article: drinking alcohol and cardiovascular disease is closely related, do not drink alcohol is good for health!
Therefore, don't be foolish to be misled by these untrue remarks, and when you encounter some "emerging" remarks, you must learn to seek verification, rather than blindly following and finally being deceived.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="56" > Third, when the body appears this manifestation, the small cardiovascular "quietly" hardens</h1>
When the blood vessels harden, the body will also send you some early warning signals, and everyone should seize them in time.
Professor Chen Zhong, director of the Department of Vascular Surgery of Beijing Anzhen Hospital, reminded that if the elderly suddenly have cold legs and feet, numbness, and pain (rest can be alleviated), they should be vigilant against arteriosclerosis occlusion, which needs to be dealt with in time, otherwise it is easy to lead to necrosis of the lower limbs, amputation, and increase the risk of myocardial infarction by 4 times.
Xiaojiu will share with you 2 self-test methods for arteriosclerosis risk:
One is to touch your own pulse, if the root of the thigh and the back of the foot, the speed of the pulse beating is difficult to detect, then you have to be careful;
The second is to press the tip of your toe, if you can restore the original color in 1-2 seconds, it means that the peripheral blood is full; if you can't recover after more than 5-10 seconds, you must be wary of vascular sclerotic occlusion.
Reminder: If arteriosclerosis is suspected after testing, it is recommended to seek medical treatment in time to strive for recovery as soon as possible and reduce the harm.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > fourth, want the blood vessels to be "old" slower, learn to eat is very important</h1>
There is a very close relationship between vascular health and diet, not long ago, the well-known magazine "Cardiovascular Research" published an article analyzing the evidence of various types of foods in the prevention of atherosclerosis in the past, the author of the article Gabriele Riccardi pointed out that from the perspective of cardiovascular prevention, there is no "toxic" food, but whether the way to eat is reasonable.
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So, what are the specific dietary recommendations for preventing atherosclerosis?
1. Choose the right "oil"
Studies have confirmed that the higher the intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA) and trans fatty acids (TFA), the greater the chance of cardiovascular disease and sudden death. Therefore, in order to control the intake of SFA and TFA, it is recommended to choose olive oil and vegetable oil as the main cooking oil, and use less edible oils such as lard and margarine.
2, eat good "meat"
The choice of meat is also very critical, such as chicken, rabbit meat and other white meat, and the risk of atherosclerosis shows a neutral association (no obvious influence on each other), so it is recommended to eat white meat in moderation, up to 3 servings a week, 100g / serving.
And beef, pork and mutton and other red meat should pay attention to control the intake, especially sausages, bacon, sausages and other processed meat to eat less, the more intake, the greater the risk of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, it is recommended that the intake of red meat a week up to 2, 100g / part.
3, eat more "vegetables"
According to the literature collected by the authors, adequate intake of vegetables also helps to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, and ingesting 400g (2 servings a day, 200g/serving) of vegetables per day can minimize the risk of coronary heart disease in nearly 18%-21%, and the risk of death by 34%. So encourage everyone to eat more vegetables.
In addition, if you want to prevent hardening of the arteries, in addition to paying more attention to the diet, there are also the following 3 points that need to be paid attention to, and these habits are helpful for preventing hardening of the arteries:
Usually, you should also exercise more and control your weight;
Pay attention to the combination of work and leisure, try not to stay up late;
Learn to adjust negative emotions and try to keep your mood happy.
Summary: With age, blood vessels can not avoid hardening, aging, so what we can do is to develop good living, eating habits, to delay its arrival, such as found that the blood vessels have hardened, must find ways to improve and alleviate in time, otherwise it may lead to serious consequences.
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