Atherosclerosis is the hardening of the arteries, caused mostly by excessive colesteroly substances resulting from degradation.
Causes a decrease in the amount of blood that leads to the various organs, causing injuries to them. The diseases that can lead to atherosclerosis are:
- Angina pectoris and myocardial infarction.
- Arteriosclerosis of the extremities (cold hands and feet, difficulty in walking.
- Cerebral Arteriosclerosis (impaired memory, disorientation, etc …)
General care to prevent atherosclerosis :
1 .- Diet appropriate, to minimize the excess cholesterol foods (eggs, butter, sausages, offal, pork, beef, lamb and game, seafood, cheeses and semi-dried, whole milk) and triglycerides of saturated, increasing unsaturated (olive oil, seeds, fish, blue or white).
2 .- If you are overweight, the diet should be low in calories.
3 .- If it is hypertension, diet should be low in salt.
4 .- Reduce your consumption of snuff.
5 .- Reduce alcohol consumption.
6 .- Perform moderate physical exercise on a regular basis
7 .- Take medication:
- Take medications at the same time.
- Put them in the light, lest we forget.
- Remember the Time.