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 Foods Suitable for People Suffering from Coronary Heart Disease
  • Foods Suitable for People Suffering from Coronary Heart Disease
  • First, eggplant
    Eggplant contains a large number of vitamins. The purple eggplant also contains vitamin P. Regular consumption of eggplant can prevent the raising the cholesterol. What's more, the fibers in eggplant also contain potash, which can increase the flexibility of the capillaries.

    Second, carrot
    Carrot is rich in carotene and a variety of nutrients. Relevant researches have proved that carrot can increase the blood flow in the coronary arteries, reduce blood lipids, promote the synthesis of adrenaline, and so on. As a result, it has the effects of lowering blood pressure and enhancing the function of the heart.

    Third, celery
    Celery mainly contains volatile oil and mannitol. It can lower blood pressure, and has sedative, stomachic, and diuretic effects.

    Fourth, leek
    Leek contains a great amount of fibers, volatile oil and sulfur compounds, which can promote the peristalsis of the intestines and reduce the absorption of cholesterol in the body, thus having a lipid-lowering effect.

    Fifth, mushrooms and edible fungi
    Mushrooms and other edible fungi are rich in protein but low in fat, and without any cholesterol. As a result, it plays a significant role of lowering blood pressure and blood lipids. Black fungus can prevent the formation of thrombosis, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

    Sixth, sweet potato
    Sweet potato is rich in carbohydrates, vitamin C and carotenes, and can also provide a lot of mucopolysaccharide and collagen to human body. All these substances can effectively maintain the flexibility of human artery vessels, keep the lubrication of the articular cavity, and prevent the atrophy of the connective tissue of kidney. Often eating sweet potatoes can prevent adipopexis and arteriosclersis.

    Seventh, algae
    Algae such as kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, agar, etc, all contain a large number of minerals and various kinds of vitamins, especially the alginate, which has an effective function of reducing the blood pressure; while sulfate has the effect of lowering the blood lipids.

    Eighth, hawthorn
    Hawthorn contains the components such as triterpenes flavonoids and hypericum monogynum alkali, which can not only lower the level of serum cholesterol and blood pressure, but can also expand blood vessels, and promote the movement of the tracheal cilium.

    Ninth, tea leaves
    Drinking tea regularly can strengthen the toughness of the blood capillaries, promote the function of the thyroid, lower the level of serum cholesterol, and adjust the ratio between cholesterol and phospholipids, and so on. What's more, it can also prevent and treat atherosclerosis, increase the contractility of the heart, accelerate the heartrate, as well as improve the function of the myocardium.


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