Is "softening" vascular remedy reliable?

Many people worry that they suffer from arteriosclerosis, because cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension, cerebrovascular accidents, myocardial infarction are related to arteriosclerosis. In daily life, many people will "soften" blood vessels through some recipes to prevent arteriosclerosis, such as drinking vinegar, drinking red wine, and eating onions. Can these prescriptions scientific, can human blood vessels be "softened"? What are the methods of scientific prevention of arteriosclerosis and protecting blood vessels? The reporter interviewed Wang Zuoshun, chief physician of the Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

"Sofele" prescription has no scientific basis

Wang Zhaoshun said that arteriosclerosis is a non -inflammatory lesion of the arterial blood vessels that can increase the walls of the arterial tubular, which will hardly harde it, lose elasticity, and narrow the lumen. Because the appearance of hardening plaque is more yellow porridge, arteriosclerosis is often called atherosclerosis. Once the blood vessels are hardened, it cannot be reversed or restored to normal, so it is not possible to "soften" blood vessels at all. It can only be said that it can prevent and delay arteriosclerosis.

There have been some remedies that can "soften" blood vessels on the Internet. Such as drinking vinegar, drinking red wine, eating onion or fungus. In fact, none of these scientific basis. Some people think that drinking vinegar can "soften" the blood vessels, and feel that the eggshells are softened with vinegar, and the calcium components in the hardening blood vessels can also be dissolved by vinegar, and eventually "soften" blood vessels. However, the vinegar intake of oral oral vinegar does not reach the blood vessels, and the environment in the body will not be easily affected by the pH of the food. Therefore, it is impossible to "soften" blood vessels by drinking more vinegar. Moreover, if you drink a lot of vinegar, you will still damage the gastric mucosa, and you will even burn the esophagus if you eat too much.

The saying "drinking red wine softened blood vessels" was widely circulated. This statement is because red wine contains resveratrol, which has certain benefits to inhibiting arteriosclerosis. However, the content of resveratrol in red wine is very limited. For example, long -term drinking can accelerate arteriosclerosis, causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Many people believe that they can "soften" blood vessels by eating foods that can reduce blood lipids, such as onions, fungus, garlic, shiitake mushrooms, etc. These foods are healthy ingredients and have a certain effect of lowering blood lipids, but they have the function of "softening" blood vessels without scientific basis.

Pay attention to blood vessels

With the age of age and the aging of the human body, each person's blood vessels will cause arteriosclerosis, but in life, people can prevent and delay arteriosclerosis by changing lifestyle, scientifically conservation of blood vessels, and care for their own health.

Reasonable diet. Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and smoking are the causes of arteriosclerosis. The daily diet should be light and the dietary structure should be reasonable. Low fat, low -salt, low sugar, low cholesterol diet should be eaten properly, eat more foods, fruits, and vegetables that contain more vitamins and cellulose. In particular, after people reach middle age, they must pay more attention to their own weight and lose weight scientifically to avoid the impact of their own metabolism due to obesity, and then damage the blood vessels.

Moderate exercise. Exercise can promote blood circulation and metabolism of the body, help the metabolic products out of the body, help the body consume excess lipids, prevent it from depositing in the blood, and protect blood vessels. Sports recommend swimming, cycling, walking, etc.

Abandon bad habits. Bad habits such as smoking, drinking, staying up late, lack of sleep, and easy irritability can cause damage to blood vessels, cause "premature failure" of blood vessels, and cause vascular disease. Keep your mood happy and help maintain blood vessels and delay blood vessel aging.

Control chronic disease. For patients with hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, they should take the doctor's instructions to control the medicine, control blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipid levels, and regularly perform vascular examination, understand the state of arteriosclerosis, and treat them in time. People with a higher chance of arteriosclerosis such as middle -aged and elderly people and obese people should regularly check and regulate them through the above methods. If necessary, take drug treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

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