How to prevent atherosclerosis?
1, reasonable diet
Patient diet to light easy to digest, eat more vitamin C-rich fresh fruits and vegetables, vegetable protein instead of animal protein such as beans or soy products, vegetable oil instead of animal oil such as corn oil, canola oil or sesame oil. In addition, you should eat less high cholesterol food such as animal offal, fat meat, crab meat or egg yolk.
2, quit smoking and drinking
Smoking will make the blood platelets inside the adhesion and agglomeration, reducing the life of platelets, elevating the blood viscosity, which will bring some damage to the cardiovascular system. People who smoke are significantly more likely to develop atherosclerosis and coronary arteries than non-smokers. In addition alcohol can bring damage to the liver and kidneys as well as the stomach, so it is necessary to quit smoking and alcohol.
3, keep moderate exercise
According to their own physical fitness and endurance to choose the appropriate physical labor or sports activities, can prevent atherosclerosis lesions. But exercise should take the principle of gradual and orderly progress, can not suddenly do strenuous exercise, for the weak and the elderly, try to choose moderate aerobic exercise, such as playing tai chi, walking or square dancing.
4, maintain a regular work and rest
Reasonable arrangement of life and work, maintain a regular work and rest, maintain a positive and optimistic mindset, can not let the body overworked, can not let the emotional excitement, to do in the winter to go to bed early and get up late, to ensure that there is enough sleep. In addition to the active treatment of primary diseases, such as obesity, hypertension, liver disease, diabetes and endocrine system diseases.
5, control salt intake
Patients should take a low-salt diet, because the sodium ions inside the salt will increase the plasma osmotic pressure, elevated blood pressure. You can eat more dietary fiber-rich grains and vegetables, because dietary fiber is not easy to be digested by the gastrointestinal tract, can improve bowel habits, increase the amount of defecation, so that the cholesterol inside the feces in a timely manner out of the body, reducing the serum cholesterol content. In addition, you can eat more aquatic products such as mussels, seaweed and kelp, which contain high-quality protein as well as unsaturated fatty acids and inorganic salts, which can hinder the absorption of cholesterol in the intestinal tract.
Warm tips
Atherosclerosis is a dangerous disease, so do a good job of prevention. Patients should be reasonable with the diet, maintain moderate exercise as well as regular life, minimize snacking, and maintain a calm state of mind.