From the moment a baby croaks into the ground, life begins a long journey. With the advancement of technology and improvement of medical conditions, life expectancy has increased greatly. However, there are many people who suffer from diseases and even lose their lives early before they experience “old age”.
The health of blood vessels is closely related to the overall health status of people. Especially at a time when “three highs” are prevalent, many middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s are already showing signs of “aging before aging”, and the degree of aging of their blood vessels is close to that of a normal 70- or 80-year-old.
There is a way to help our blood vessels become younger or slow down the aging without medication and injections, it is “exercise”! Why can exercise slow down the aging of blood vessels? Today, cardiologists to reveal to you, exercise to produce a beneficial substance, how to make our body younger.
Its effectiveness starts with the Nobel Prize
In 1998, two pharmacologists were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the unique role of nitric oxide in the cardiovascular system. Their experiments were conducted on nitroglycerin, a drug commonly used in the treatment of heart attacks and angina pectoris, and they found that it is not the nitroglycerin itself that produces the effect, but the “nitric oxide” that is metabolized after entering the body. It is this substance that has the effect of dilating blood vessels and promoting blood flow to relieve chest pain.
As the research progressed, researchers also discovered that our body can actually synthesize nitric oxide itself, which is produced throughout the body in the endothelial cells of the arteries. Nitric oxide is a major regulator of blood pressure by lowering systemic mean arterial blood pressure, controlling the resting tone of various vascular beds throughout the body, and increasing local blood flow.
In addition, researchers have shown that nitric oxide has some thrombogenic protective effects – a significant benefit for those at risk for cerebral and cardiac infarction.
Exercise can help the body “age” twice
As mentioned earlier, nitric oxide is found primarily in the endothelial tissue of blood vessels. The healthier the endothelial tissue, the more nitric oxide is produced. How does this work?
Exercise makes the blood flow faster, not only to stimulate the body’s cellular activity, but more importantly, it also activates the “endothelial nucleases” that produce nitric oxide. The “endothelial nucleases” are also more active in people who regularly participate in sports.
At the same time, people who love to exercise can detoxify the oxides in the body faster, and can produce some antioxidants to help the body reduce the production of oxides, which is equivalent to the protection of nitric oxide already produced.
Therefore, people who love to exercise can not only produce more nitric oxide, while at the same time to a certain extent reduce the destruction of nitric oxide. Then more nitric oxide is successfully left behind – this nitric oxide will help the endothelial tissue of blood vessels to maintain a healthier state, and finally a virtuous circle is formed.
Eat more of these and keep the good stuff in your body
But nitric oxide in the body breaks down easily, especially when it comes across peroxides. Therefore, in order to keep the body with more stable nitric oxide, you should increase the antioxidants in your body to remove peroxides in time – vitamin C and vitamin E have just this effect.
Fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, red wine and juices contain many antioxidants, including of course vitamin C and vitamin E, so eat more of them. And foods such as fried and grilled are the home of peroxides, so eat less of them.
Of course, this article is only a superficial introduction to nitric oxide, in fact, the related research is very complex and profound. For example, its control of inflammation, maintaining the functioning of the gastrointestinal system, helping to breathe more smoothly, and its help to the male reproductive system. If you think the theory is too much and too boring, then look around those who eat moderately, love exercise, do not smoke and drink, their health beauty is not very envious of you? So do as you are told!
