Ray Schilling, Blogger, retired physician and cancer researcher. (2010-present)
Yes, you can influence the rate at which your arteries age by choosing food and your lifestyle wisely.
- The biggest mistake people make is to eat what feels good. For instance sugar tastes sweet and most people associate that with feeling good. But your arteries do not agree with this. They are building up plaque, which is fatty material that gets incorporated into the lining of the arteries. This is because the liver is processing excess sugar into triglycerides and LDL cholesterol. Triglycerides get deposited as fat into your abdomen, while oxidized LDL cholesterol gets incorporated into the lining of your arteries. As a result your arteries age prematurely and get clogged at one point. This causes either a heart attack or a stroke. Unfortunately, if you eat too many starchy foods, this is digested into sugar and the same process occurs.
- Vegetables are healthy because they have bioflavonoids, which are anti-oxidants. They also contain many vitamins and minerals that have different healing properties.
- Fish oil is an anti-inflammatory, but also slightly blood thinning. Omega-3 fatty acids have anti-inflammatory action, prevent LDL from oxidizing, help for joint inflammation and likely stabilize atheromatous disease of the arteries. Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fact Sheet. So, eat wild salmon two or three times per week.
- Perhaps the biggest overlooked fact is that regular exercise prevents hardening of the arteries. Exercise Plus Vitamins Fights Atherosclerosis.
- A Mediterranean diet is anti-inflammatory helping you to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Mediterranean diet - Prevent heart attacks, strokes, and high cholesterol with this diet | Health Tips and News
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