For people with myocardial ischemia, what are some good dietary supplements? The doctor has explained it clearly this time!

In the hospital, there are always patients asking: Doctor, I have myocardial ischemia, what should I eat? Can I eat more blood-enriching foods such as jujube, donkey-hide gelatin, red beans, pig blood, duck blood, black sesame, brown sugar, pig liver, etc. to replenish blood?

We all know that if myocardial ischemia is not properly controlled, it may lead to worsening of the disease and even myocardial infarction, causing sudden death.

So for people who have been diagnosed with myocardial ischemia, are there any good ways to improve their diet? What can they eat to improve their myocardial ischemia?

First, we need to tell you what myocardial ischemia is. Myocardial ischemia, in simple terms, means that there is vascular garbage in the heart's arteries, which is what we call plaques. Plaques are quite serious. The cardiovascular stenosis caused by cardiovascular plaques has exceeded 70%; that is to say, the original cardiovascular lumen is unobstructed, and 100% of the blood flow can pass through to supply blood to the heart muscle.

But now, due to the 70% stenosis caused by the plaque in the blood vessels, only 30% of the blood can flow through to supply the heart muscle. If the stenosis is 80%, only 20% of the blood can flow through to supply the heart muscle; if the stenosis is 90%, only 10% of the blood can flow through to supply the heart muscle.

Think about it, originally there was 100% blood supply, but now there is only 30% or 20%, or even only 10% blood supply. Then myocardial ischemia is easy to occur.

So myocardial ischemia refers to cardiovascular stenosis, which causes the blood vessels to be unable to supply enough blood to the heart muscle. The essence of myocardial ischemia is cardiovascular stenosis.

However, many people understand that myocardial ischemia means ischemia in the body, and they need to eat some blood-enriching foods to replenish blood to improve myocardial ischemia.

Since it is not anemia, naturally eating anything cannot directly solve the problem of anemia. Besides, even if it is anemia, we must first find the cause. Generally speaking, for iron deficiency anemia, we can improve iron deficiency anemia by supplementing some foods, such as: animal liver, animal whole blood, meat, mussels, dried shrimp, black fungus, kelp, sesame, sesame, soybeans, pumpkin seeds, watermelon seeds, celery, amaranth, spinach, leek, lettuce and other iron-rich foods.

This method can be used for mild iron deficiency anemia, but for anemia caused by other reasons, whether it can be improved through diet therapy and blood pressure depends on the cause of the anemia, and most of them cannot be improved directly through diet therapy.

How should we eat for myocardial ischemia caused by cardiovascular stenosis? So for people who have cardiovascular stenosis, or myocardial ischemia as the common people say, what should we pay attention to in our daily diet?

As we mentioned above, the root cause of myocardial ischemia is actually plaques. So what can we eat to reduce plaques? What can we eat to increase plaques?

For plaques or stenosis that have already formed, it is difficult to reduce the plaque or stenosis by eating specific foods, so no matter what food or health supplement you eat, it cannot reduce plaques or stenosis. Even if you take regular medicines, it is difficult for most people to reduce plaques.

Therefore, prevention is the best treatment. So how should we eat to prevent plaques?
There is no specific food that can cause plaques if eaten. A diet that causes plaques or a diet that delays plaques is a dietary habit.

Eating habits that can worsen plaques:

Foods high in trans fatty acids

Trans fatty acids will increase low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which will accelerate the degree of atherosclerosis, that is, the formation of vascular plaques. Therefore, foods high in trans fatty acids must be limited and should not be eaten all the time or in large quantities.

Specifically, for example, the first category: Western fast food, hamburgers, pizza; pastries, puff pastries, cream cakes, egg tarts, donuts, wafer biscuits; fried foods, fried dough sticks, French fries, potato chips, fried chicken; desserts, ice cream, ice cream, milk tea, coffee creamer, etc. In addition, the outer packaging has words such as artificial fat, artificial butter, margarine, artificial vegetable butter, vegetable butter, vegetable cream, creamer, cocoa butter substitute, edible hydrogenated oil, shortening, vegetable fat powder, etc. These words indicate foods with high trans fatty acid content.

In addition to the high content of trans fatty acids, there is also a type of fatty acid called saturated fatty acid, which simply means foods with high cholesterol content such as fat, offal, and so on.

Then there are refined grains, such as large white steamed buns, rice, noodles, etc.; as well as high-salt foods.
If these foods are consumed in excess for a long time, they will accelerate atherosclerosis, form vascular plaques, lead to cardiovascular stenosis, and eventually cause myocardial ischemia and even induce myocardial infarction.

Dietary habits that are conducive to preventing plaques: In contrast to the above foods, we should appropriately increase dietary fiber, vitamins, folic acid, unsaturated fatty acids, protein, calcium, potassium, magnesium and other minerals in our daily diet. Foods with higher content of these are conducive to preventing atherosclerosis.

Specifically, coarse grains, various beans and bean products, and a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits are all beneficial for our intake of dietary fiber, folic acid, vitamins, minerals, etc.

Appropriate amounts of fish, vegetable oils, etc. help us absorb unsaturated fatty acids; an appropriate amount of nuts, an appropriate amount of dairy products, and a small amount of lean meat.

The diet should follow the principles of low salt, low oil and low sugar. Try to eat more than 12 kinds of food every day and more than 25 kinds of food every week.

Such a comprehensive diet is beneficial for preventing atherosclerosis, which is what everyone calls improving myocardial ischemia!

Source: Cardiovascular Doctor Wang