What to do about coronary artery sclerosis? Increasing exercise is the key

If you are diagnosed with coronary artery sclerosis, you must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment and pay attention to your diet, avoid oil and sugar, and give up all foods that are bad for blood vessels. At the same time, we should also actively participate in exercise. Arteriosclerosis is largely related to lack of exercise, so increasing exercise is an effective way to cooperate with the treatment of coronary artery sclerosis.

Cause analysis: Lack of physical activity and long periods of sitting increase the risk of arteriosclerosis

Atherosclerosis is a non-inflammatory disease of the arteries that causes the arterial walls to thicken, harden, lose elasticity, and narrow. "Arteriosclerosis is a vascular disease that occurs with age. It usually occurs in adolescence and worsens or occurs in middle and old age." She said that arteriosclerosis occurs more frequently in men than in women. In recent years, the trend has been gradually increasing in our country and has become one of the main causes of death among the elderly.

How to reverse: Walking is the most effective method of exercise. Although arteriosclerosis cannot be completely eliminated, it is reversible to a certain extent.

First, walking can lower cholesterol. She said that unhealthy eating habits cause modern people to consume too much cholesterol, which can easily induce arteriosclerosis. “Walking for more than 20 minutes not only helps break down and burn neutral fat, but also increases the level of good cholesterol.

Secondly, walking more can help lower blood pressure. She said that studies have shown that regular walking can lower blood pressure by 5 mmHg, and walking is a very suitable exercise for people with high blood pressure.

Third, walking can help you lose weight. She said walking burns more calories than jogging. Because most of the calories consumed by walking come from fat, while only 30% to 50% of the calories consumed by running come from fat. "Of course, if you look at the amount of fat burned in the same amount of time, running burns more calories than walking. But if you look at it in percentage, walking burns more calories than jogging."

Fourth, walking, as a whole-body exercise, can improve the excitation, inhibition and regulation processes of the cerebral cortex, thereby eliminating fatigue, relaxing, calming and clearing the mind. At the same time, it can mobilize most of the body's muscles and bones, thereby enhancing the body's metabolic activity, developing muscles, and promoting blood circulation, thereby reducing the possibility of arteriosclerosis.