Foods commonly known as "blood vessel cleaners"

Below is a summary of several foods that can be called "blood vessel scavengers" to help you lower blood lipids, blood pressure, maintain cardiovascular system, and contribute to your health.

Sweet potatoes are a member of the sweet potato family. Sweet potatoes are rich in potassium, carotenoids, vitamin C and other ingredients, which are very good for cardiovascular health. Sweet potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which helps promote gastrointestinal motility and prevent constipation, and has a certain effect on preventing rectal cancer and colon cancer.

Sweet potatoes are good, but don't eat too much, don't eat them on an empty stomach, don't eat them raw, and don't completely replace staple foods. You must pay attention to the combination of coarse and fine. It is good to pay attention to food nutrition, but don't blindly pursue a certain type of food that can achieve a tonic or even a cure. There is no magic in a single ingredient. Only a balanced diet is always the real basis of health. It is most important to eat comprehensively and in moderation.

The unique active ingredient in black fungus, black fungus polysaccharide, has good anticoagulant activity, which can slow down the action time of thrombin, play an anticoagulant, antiplatelet aggregation, and prevent thrombosis. Although black fungus has many benefits, you should not eat a lot of black fungus because it affects the intake of other foods, which will lead to nutritional imbalance. In addition, do not soak black fungus for too long, otherwise it will be easily contaminated by bacteria, mold and other microorganisms and cause poisoning.

Red dates have the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen and stomach, etc. They can also enhance muscle capacity, eliminate fatigue, dilate blood vessels, increase myocardial contractility, and improve myocardial nutrition. It is best not to eat red dates in excess. The daily intake of medium-sized red dates should be controlled within 100 grams, and no more than 15 per day. Eating too much can easily cause abdominal distension. In addition, red dates contain a lot of sugar, so diabetics should eat less.

Ginger is rich in gingerol, which has a certain stimulating effect on the heart and blood vessels, can speed up the heartbeat, dilate blood vessels, and promote blood circulation. The ginger polysaccharide contained in ginger can also help lower blood lipids and protect blood vessels. Although ginger has many benefits, when eating it, it should be determined according to personal constitution and specific circumstances, and it should not be eaten blindly. Rotten ginger cannot be eaten, and ginger that turns brown after being cut should not be eaten.

When you chew corn, sometimes you will find some yellowish corn germ, which is actually the essence of corn. It is best to eat it cleanly. The germ contains up to 85% unsaturated fatty acids, as well as trace elements such as zinc and selenium, and rich vitamin E, which can help lower cholesterol, prevent high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, and soften blood vessels. However, eating too much corn can also lead to high blood sugar levels. Just eat one corn a day, and reduce the intake of staple foods to avoid excessive energy. One medium-sized fresh corn can replace a medium-sized steamed bun or half a bowl of rice.

Honey can nourish the myocardium, protect the liver, lower blood pressure, and prevent vascular sclerosis. It is often used as an auxiliary treatment for heart disease, neurasthenia, hypertension, liver disease, constipation, etc. However, it is not recommended for people who are allergic to honey, diabetic patients with unstable blood sugar, children under one year old, and those with spleen deficiency diarrhea, spleen yang deficiency, and thick and greasy tongue coating to eat honey. In addition, when taking honey, you cannot use boiling water, but warm water below 140C, because the water temperature is too hot, which will destroy the enzyme components in the honey.

Walnuts are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, which have the functions of regulating blood lipids, maintaining vascular elasticity, etc., and are beneficial to protecting blood vessels. Walnut polyphenols can inhibit the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, thereby preventing cholesterol from accumulating on the arterial walls and inducing atherosclerosis. Therefore, eating walnuts in moderation over a long period of time can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Tomatoes contain high potassium and alkaline minerals, which can promote the discharge of sodium salt in the blood, help lower blood pressure, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. They also contain rutin, which has a blood pressure-lowering effect, and have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension. Lycopene has a certain effect of inhibiting the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and preventing coronary heart disease. Please note: unripe green tomatoes must not be eaten; people who are allergic to tomatoes, gastroesophageal reflux, renal insufficiency, urinary incontinence and cystitis, and those who are taking anticoagulants should also avoid eating tomatoes.

Shiitake mushrooms are rich in lentinan, lentinan, niacin, etc., which can assist in regulating blood lipids and help lower cholesterol and triglycerides. When choosing shiitake mushrooms, if they need to be stored for a long time or used to make soup, it is more appropriate to choose dried shiitake mushrooms; if they are to be eaten immediately or stir-fried, or put in a hot pot, especially for the elderly and children, it is more appropriate to choose fresh shiitake mushrooms.