Seven ways to rejuvenate blood vessels

Irregular living habits, overeating alcoholics, wishful dieting, smokers who lack exercise, continuous insomnia due to stress...

Being entangled in the chaos, arteriosclerosis quietly sets in, and one day you might suddenly have a stroke or myocardial infarction and die...

Blood vessels and even blood can be rejuvenated! As long as you practice a low-sugar lifestyle, do not drink heavily, only drink a little, use the power of water to prevent blood clots, and eat foods that make blood vessels full of vitality...

1. Move your calves to warm up your blood vessels

Arterial blood is pumped by the heart and flows throughout the body, while venous blood flow is powered by something other than the heart. The blood in the veins flows back to the heart when you breathe, but if you want it to flow upstream through the legs, you need the help of the leg muscles. In particular, the contraction and stretching of the calf muscles when walking can compress blood vessels and help blood return to the heart.

Therefore, the calf is also called the "second heart", and actively moving the legs is necessary to maintain smooth blood circulation.

2. For the sake of your life, don’t do anything that puts you under a lot of pressure.

Pressure can damage blood vessels in an instant, and excessive pressure can make the blood viscous. Although we know that too much stress is not a good thing, we often cannot realize it ourselves.

Stress is actually the enemy of blood vessels. When a person is under too much mental stress, a large number of oxygen free radicals will be produced in the blood. In order to repel them, white blood cells become activated and stick to each other. Once this viscous blood state continues, the white blood cells stick to each other, blocking the blood channels, making it difficult for red blood cells to pass through and forming blood clots.

3. Calmness and composure are a way to maintain health

If there is a huge emotional stimulation due to anger or other reasons, the adrenal medulla will secrete a large amount of catecholamines (including norepinephrine and epinephrine). This hormone promotes vasoconstriction, causing blood pressure to rise and heart rate to accelerate. The burden on the heart and blood vessel walls will increase, causing the blood vessels to suffer the double torture of "viscous blood" and "huge burden".

In addition, catecholamines stimulate the pancreas to release glucose into the blood, raising blood sugar levels.

4. Sleep is a bath for blood vessels

Sleep not only gives the brain a rest, but also gives the blood vessels and heart a break. During the day, the human body's sympathetic nerves are very active, and blood vessels and heart are often in a state of tension. But during sleep, the parasympathetic nervous system is dominant, the blood vessels are freed from the tense state, the blood flow becomes smoother, and helps us wash away the fatigue substances of the day.

When you don’t get enough sleep, your blood pressure remains high and your blood vessels work endlessly like a workaholic.

5. Please turn off the lights from 12:00 to 2:00 in the morning

Sleep is important, but what is more important is the timing of sleep. The human body secretes a growth hormone during sleep, which can promote metabolism and is an important substance for protecting blood vessels. Growth hormone is produced 1-2 hours after falling asleep, and its secretion peaks between midnight and 2 a.m. Therefore, it is ideal to go to bed before 12 o'clock.

Friends who are used to staying up late can take a hot bath at about 38°C before going to bed, which will help blood circulation and improve sleep quality.

6. Not smoking is giving your blood vessels oxygen

Just one cigarette can increase the human heart rate by 10 times and blood pressure by 20 mm/Hg, which will last for 30 minutes. In other words, people who smoke continuously have their blood pressure always rising.

The nicotine contained in cigarettes stimulates the adrenal glands, intensifies the secretion of hormones such as adrenaline, and thus promotes blood vessel contraction. At the same time, carbon monoxide will combine with hemoglobin in the blood, causing oxygen deficiency in the body and even increasing the blood levels of triglycerides and LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.

In addition, cigarettes contain a large amount of tar, oxygen free radicals and other substances, which greatly affect the health of blood and blood vessels. Studies have shown that there are more than 300 harmful ingredients in cigarettes.

7. Lie! Excessive dieting will make blood vessels "thinner"

Having a slim figure is the dream of all young women, but excessive weight loss can have a negative impact on blood vessels. The weight loss here refers to excessive dieting. Examples of fatty liver caused by excessive eating and lack of exercise are not uncommon, but in recent years, the cases of fatty liver due to excessive dieting have been increasing.

If you refuse to eat and only rely on "×× diet food" to survive, your body will judge that it is in a "starvation state" and store fat in the liver. As a result, liver function will be significantly reduced and the self-purification function of the blood will begin to degenerate. Then, just watch the dirty, sticky blood corrode the blood vessel walls!