How to soften hardened arteries?

2022-08-20

With the gradual improvement of people's living standards, people have more and more choices in diet, and the diet structure has undergone great changes. At the same time, people's unrelenting diet has also caused many diseases, especially some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which have become a serious clinical threat to people's health in recent years. Arteriosclerosis mainly refers to atherosclerosis, which is the most typical cardiovascular disease.

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Studies have found that high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes, etc. are all causes of arteriosclerosis, and improper diet and too little exercise are also directly related to arteriosclerosis. Atherosclerosis not only easily leads to blockage and rupture of blood vessels, causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction or cerebral stroke, but also may cause various other complications in patients with the continuous increase of arterial blood vessel stiffness. Affect patients' normal life and work.

So, in the face of such a terrible disease, how can patients relieve their gradually hardened arteries?

From the perspective of the formation of atherosclerosis, there are two reasons: one is damage to the blood vessel wall; the other is hyperlipidemia.

So let the atherosclerosis subside and soften, in fact, people only need to do these points in life, maybe they can gradually soften the hardened arteries.

1. Take aspirin

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For people whose arterial blood vessels have a tendency to harden or have hardened, if they want to change atherosclerosis and ease the process of atherosclerosis, taking a certain amount of aspirin as prescribed by the doctor may be helpful.

Generally speaking, most patients with atherosclerosis are actually caused by a long-term high level of blood pressure and blood lipids in the body, and if patients take aspirin at the same time, if they can take some statins in combination, this will not only help to the effect of rapidly lowering blood lipids and lowering blood pressure.

More importantly, if you insist on doing this, it may also help to alleviate the process of atherosclerosis, and it can slowly soften the gradually hardened blood vessels, thereby improving the function of the vascular endothelium to a certain extent.

2. Eat more foods rich in potassium, iodine, and chromium

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According to research, some foods rich in potassium, iodine and chromium in life may have a certain positive effect on the care of cardiovascular health.

Therefore, for patients with atherosclerosis, eating foods rich in potassium, iodine, and chromium every day may slow down the process of atherosclerosis to a certain extent.

Generally speaking, the more common foods such as mushrooms, soybeans, and spinach in life are rich in potassium, while seafood such as sea fish and kelp are rich in iodine.

The third is a low-fat multi-vegetable diet plus moderate exercise

Overcome dietary hobbies, adjust the diet structure, eat less fatty and greasy food as much as possible, eat more vegetables and fruits, combine diet, nutrition, and disease prevention, and formulate personal recipes scientifically, which will help to harden arteries become weaker.
In addition, appropriate physical exercise, such as walking, exercise, jogging, boxing or other sports, can be selected according to personal interests, but strenuous activities are not suitable, so as not to feel tired after exercise. Also, don't smoke, drink less, don't indulge, and stay optimistic.

In short, atherosclerosis is a common cause of many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If patients want to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and alleviate the process of arteriosclerosis, doing the above three points daily may have a good effect, which can make the sclerosis difficult. blood vessels gradually softened.