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Stockholm – According to a recent study, people who see live images of their clogged arteries could adopt a healthy lifestyle compared to those who do not.
Inability to follow recommendations such as quitting smoking, exercising regularly and eating healthy foods is one of the main obstacles to preventing cardiovascular disease.
In this study, researchers randomly identified 3532 individuals with at least one risk factor that could cause heart disease but who did not have symptoms that required attention, for example, their lifestyle or those who had them heal, and not get pictures of their arteries with explanations of their health problems What awaits them.
The researchers wrote in the Lancet journal that after one year, heart disease factors in those who saw images of blood vessels compared to the group did not see such images.
"Quitting smoking, antihypertensive medications, cholesterol, healthy eating, and physical activity are the most effective and least expensive treatments, as long as they've been engaged for a long time," said Oliv Naslund, Chief Researcher at Umeo University in Sweden.
"The main problem is not the lack of treatments, but the lack of commitment to them and the lack of lifestyle changes," he said in an e-mail.
"The results of the study provide a way to address a major problem of infection prevention, namely non-compliance."
The participants were between 40 and 60 years old. They all received information on risk factors for cardiovascular disease and also sought advice on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle and take medication.
A year later, the risk factors of those who saw their arteries were reduced on the basis of a common measure known as the Framingham scale, while risk factors increased in the US. Other group.
A Finnish study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland revealed that the sauna was very useful for heart health and arterial safety and that it protected the body against serious heart disease, vascular diseases and coronary atherosclerosis.
A specialized group of doctors conducted a scientific study on the utility of the sauna bath, published in the journal Human Research, which concluded that a 30-minute session would reduce the risk of chronic heart disease, illness vascular and arterial blockage.
A recent American study, conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia's Faculty of Medicine and published in the journal Arthrosclerosis and Vascular Science, revealed that obesity greatly affects blood flow in the arteries.
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