Introduction: Many people think that only when we get old do we worry about our blood vessels. Unbeknownst to us, the vascular plaque becomes larger and accelerates from the age of 30 onwards, plus modern people live more and more tired, eat more and more unhealthy, exercise less and less, unknowingly accelerating the aging and damage of blood vessels. Case review: a 35-year-old vice president of a planning company, with an enviable career and salary, the price paid is that to run around, stay up late at night work has become a routine, tired when you have to smoke one after another to refresh, usually also inevitably participate in a variety of meals, eating and sleeping are not a punctual. Because of his youth, plus the annual routine physical examination did not detect the problem, so usually some occasional chest tightness, weakness, he did not take it seriously. Recently, the weather suddenly turned cold, and one morning when he woke up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and fell to the ground unconscious. After arriving at the hospital, he was diagnosed with an acute heart attack, and fortunately, he was rescued in time to escape a life-and-death catastrophe. Now many people like this vice president, although the surface still seems to be full of energy, even the cold are less, in fact, the body’s blood vessels have been quietly aging, slowly losing elasticity, the most common consequence is the sudden onset of cardiovascular disease. Every 6.5 square centimeters of skin in the human body is distributed about 6.1 meters long blood vessels. Good blood vessels are particularly comfortable to look at: arterial blood vessels are energetic, with large caliber, smooth and soft walls, good elasticity, and the strongest ability to transport blood. But some people’s blood vessels can not help but make people sweat, just like the water pipes at home, with a long time, the inner wall of the pipe to scale, rust, gradually leading to pipeline obstruction and can not supply water. The “scale” in the blood refers to cholesterol, triglycerides, etc. They accumulate on the walls of the blood vessels, forming plaques like yellow millet porridge. Over time, the elasticity of the blood vessel wall decreases, the flow of blood is blocked, and eventually causes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease due to ischemia. Blood vessel “natural enemy” blacklist 1. meals big fish and meat, blood vessels are easy to block 30 to 40 years old people often socialize outside, the restaurant dish with “high oil, high salt, high sugar” and “thick oil and sauce The “concoction out, resulting in more and more fat in the blood vessels, easy to block the blood vessels. 2. day and night reversal, disrupting the biological clock of blood vessels Most people over the age of thirty are the mainstay of the unit, and inevitably become “late night people”. From a health perspective, 11 p.m. to 4 or 5 a.m. is the time to ensure that the liver metabolizes blood flow. When you stay up late, not only yourself, the cardiovascular biological clock will also be disrupted, resulting in excessive secretion of adrenaline and norepinephrine in the body, so that blood vessels constrict, blood flow is slow and viscosity increases. Long-term “black and white” people, the risk of heart disease will be doubled than normal people. 3. two packs of cigarettes a day, blood vessels are prone to “poisoning” “smoking is one of the culprits of blood vessel failure, even if you are in good health, two packs of cigarettes a day, but also will certainly give blood vessels to leave poison, so that it is vulnerable day by day.” Studies have shown that smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day increases the risk of coronary heart disease by 2 to 3 times. There are also studies that found that smoking while staying up late will make the viscosity of the blood more than 8 times higher than normal. 4. less exercise, more vascular waste lower extremity blood vessels are also important, but often overlooked by everyone. If there is a problem with the blood vessels in the brain, the chances of heart disease are 2 to 3 times higher than normal, but if there is a problem with the blood vessels in the lower extremities, the chances will become 4 times higher. Normal people have about 600 capillaries per square millimeter of skin, usually only 100-200 capillaries open, more exercise can make more capillaries open to promote blood microcirculation; and long-term non-exercise, the garbage in the blood vessels will gradually accumulate, the formation of atherosclerotic plaque “untimely bomb”, but also affect the capillaries Blood supply, and may be detonated at any time. Hypertension and diabetes drag down the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular blood pressure No symptoms or uncontrolled hypertension is the trigger for many vascular diseases. Patients with hypertension are four to seven times more likely to have a cerebral infarction than normal people. And high blood sugar not only involves microvascular, but also leads to macrovascular disease, high blood sugar, the incidence of stroke is 2 to 3 times higher than normal people. 6. bad mood hurt blood vessels Swiss experts recently confirmed that mental stress can cause vascular intima contraction, accelerating vascular aging. How to “maintain” blood vessels? People often say, “blood vessels young people do not age,” but people over thirty, it is difficult to have the time and energy to take good care of their blood vessels. In this regard, to teach you some daily tips to protect blood vessels. Eat some blood vessels “scavenger” Hawthorn, oats, black fungus, kumquats, eggplant, sweet potatoes, garlic, onions, these eight foods can unclog the blood vessels, and maintain the elasticity of the blood vessel wall. Vinegar can also soften blood vessels and lower blood lipids. Four more food can not be missing 1. fish oil containing more food fish rich in methionine, lysine, proline and oxanthine, has improved vascular elasticity, compliance and promote the role of sodium excretion, rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids fish oil and the protection of vascular endothelial cells, reduce lipid deposition and improve the function of fibrinolysis. 2. foods rich in arginine can supplement the kidney and fill the essence, help regulate blood vessel tension, inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce vascular damage, such as sea cucumber, loach, eel and sesame, yam, ginkgo, tofu skin, sunflower seeds, etc.; eat more foods rich in folic acid, dietary deficiency of folic acid and vitamin B6, B12, will make the blood cysteine levels rise, easy to damage the vascular endothelial cells, promote the formation of atherosclerotic plaque . 3. Folic acid supplementation has an important role in reducing the incidence of coronary heart disease and stroke. It is recommended that middle-aged and elderly people, especially cardiovascular patients, should consume more foods rich in folic acid, such as red amaranth, spinach, lobelia, asparagus, beans, yeast and apples, citrus, etc. 4. consume more natural anticoagulant and lipid-lowering foods to help reduce myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Black fungus, which inhibits platelet aggregation and prevents thrombosis, and pyrazine containing substances such as garlic, onions, green onions, chrysanthemum, shiitake mushrooms, lobster, strawberries and pineapple also have some anticoagulant effect. Tomatoes, grapes and oranges contain small amounts of salicylic acid anticoagulant substances similar to aspirin. Lipid-lowering foods include spirulina, parsley, carrots, hawthorn, nori, kelp, walnuts and olive oil and sesame oil. Exercise before meals to help blood vessels age Foreign research shows that half an hour of daily exercise, such as walking, cycling, swimming, playing gateball, playing table tennis, jogging, swimming, climbing or hiking, can play a role in weight loss and fat loss, improve the degree of vascular “rejuvenation” and prevent aging. If you exercise moderately before meals, the effect of blood vessel protection is even better. Two pieces of dark chocolate per week Dark chocolate contains natural antioxidants flavonoids, which can prevent blood vessels from hardening, while increasing the vitality of the heart muscle, relaxing the muscles and preventing the accumulation of cholesterol in the blood vessels, which is effective in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Drink green tea, red wine Suggestions, at home or outside the entertainment may wish to drink some green tea, because the catechol can reduce the content of bad cholesterol in the blood, increase the content of good cholesterol, increase blood vessel flexibility, elasticity, prevention of vascular sclerosis. Or drink a glass of red wine every night (100 ~ 150 ml), it has antioxidant effect, drink three or four times a week, can be very good to soften the blood vessels. Vascular gymnastics every day, walking briskly is also a good cardiovascular gymnastics, can enhance muscle endurance and enhance the elasticity of blood vessels.