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How to protect your cardiovascular system?
Cardiovascular disease is one of the main killers of human health, and middle-aged people should not be careless in preventing cardiovascular disease. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases is closely related to unhealthy lifestyles. Therefore, medical scientists have put forward some elements to protect cardiovascular health. As long as people do it seriously, they can avoid or reduce cardiovascular diseases. These elements are:

(1) Insist on a certain amount of physical activity every day, and proper exercise is the primary factor of health and longevity.

(2) Never make yourself thirsty when exercising. Drink water in time, and never wait until you feel thirsty. Because the body was partially dehydrated.

(3) In order to ensure the diversification of food, we should eat some fresh vegetables and fruits every day.

(4) Eat less animal fat.

(5) A sedentary person only needs to eat three meals a day.

(6) Eat seafood at least 2 ~ 3 times a week, because seafood is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which can protect the heart and blood vessels.

(7) Eat red meat (such as beef, mutton and horse meat). ) no more than 2 ~ 3 times a week. Although red meat is an excellent source of iron, it is also rich in saturated fatty acids, and eating more is not conducive to cardiovascular health.

(8) Drink as little as possible. If you can't give up drinking completely, try to control it.

(9) Increasing calcium intake and drinking at least 1 cup of milk every day can increase the calcium content in the body.

(10) Try to eat less foods containing sodium and more foods containing potassium to keep blood pressure within a safe range.

(1 1) Eat more foods rich in carotene, such as carrots, spinach, cauliflower and melons.

(12) Keep the weight in the best state commensurate with gender, figure and height. This can delay the aging process, reduce bone pressure, and be beneficial to cardiovascular health.

(13) Try to drink hard water instead of soft water. Because hard water contains many inorganic salts such as magnesium, calcium and potassium, calcium, magnesium and potassium are helpful to lower blood pressure and protect cardiovascular health.