Young blood vessels lead to a long life! Eat these 6 types of food frequently in the dog days to clean the blood vessels, regulate lipids, lower blood pressure, and protect the heart and liver!
As people enter middle age, the incidence of cardiovascular disease is relatively high and there is a trend towards younger age. This is closely related to our usual diet. Eating foods high in oil, salt, and sugar can lead to cardiovascular diseases such as high blood lipids, hypertension, and hyperglycemia. If not treated promptly, it may lead to more serious conditions. Therefore, it is essential to protect the blood vessels.
It is often said, “Young blood vessels lead to a long life,” and that’s the truth. So how can we keep our blood vessels young? In addition to regular exercise and maintaining a good mood, we should also eat these 6 types of food frequently, which is like giving the blood vessels a wash, with benefits such as regulating lipids, lowering blood pressure, and protecting the heart, liver, and lungs. Let’s take a look at these 6 types of food together.
The first type is green peppers.
Green peppers are known as the “blood vessel cleanser.” They contain capsaicin, which can promote fat metabolism, prevent fat accumulation in the body, and the chlorophyll they contain can help cleanse the blood vessels of waste. Additionally, they are rich in vitamins and have effects such as dispelling cold and dampness, increasing appetite, and reducing fat and weight when consumed.
Recommended dish: [Tiger Skin Green Peppers]
Main ingredients: Thin-skinned green peppers.
Seasonings: Edible oil, salt, garlic, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken essence, starch.
Instructions: To make tiger skin green peppers, choose thin-skinned green peppers, remove the stems and seeds, rinse clean, and set aside.
In a bowl, prepare light soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken essence, and starch mixed with water, and crush the garlic. Heat oil in a pan, add the green peppers, fry until wrinkled.
Add the prepared sauce and minced garlic to the pan, bring to a boil over high heat, then remove from heat.
The second type is eggplant.
Eggplant is one of the purple foods rich in vitamins and anthocyanins, which is beneficial for enhancing the elasticity of blood vessels, softening blood vessels, lowering cholesterol, preventing arteriosclerosis, regulating blood pressure, and protecting the heart. The vitamin P in eggplant is a type of flavonoid compound, which enhances cell adhesion and the elasticity of capillaries, preventing capillary rupture and bleeding, thus maintaining normal cardiovascular function.
Recommended dish: [Minced Meat Eggplant]
Main ingredients: Eggplant, pork.
Seasonings: Edible oil, salt, green onion, garlic, ginger, cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chili, starch.
Instructions: Wash the pork and cut into small pieces, marinate with salt, light soy sauce, and starch. Cut the washed eggplant into strips, sprinkle with salt and set aside for a while.
Heat oil in a pan, add the dried eggplant, fry until the skin wrinkles, then remove from the pan. Add the minced meat to the pan, stir-fry until it changes color, add green onion, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine, then add the eggplant and stir-fry.
Then add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, chili, stir evenly, and finally add water and starch to thicken the sauce. Bring to a boil and it’s ready to serve.
The third type is celery.
Celery is rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, apigenin, carotene, calcium, potassium, and other trace elements, especially potassium, which is beneficial for controlling blood pressure. Eating celery regularly is beneficial for liver protection, bowel movement, and lowering the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Recommended dish: [Cold Tossed Celery]
Main ingredients: Celery, peanuts.
Seasonings: Edible oil, salt, garlic, chicken essence.
Instructions: Remove the leaves from the celery, cut into small pieces, blanch in boiling water, then place in a bowl.
Clean the peanuts, drain, then heat oil in a pan and fry the peanuts until they crackle. Then pour the peanuts and oil over the celery, add salt and chicken essence, mix well, and serve.
The fourth type is black beans.
Black beans are highly nutritious legumes, rich in protein, amino acids, plant hormones, dietary fiber, as well as calcium, iron, and other minerals. They have good preventive effects on cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, can improve blood circulation, reduce blood viscosity, and aid in preventing and improving cardiovascular diseases when consumed appropriately.
Recommended dish: [Black Bean Milk]
Main ingredient: Black beans. Additional ingredients can include walnuts, peanuts, red dates, etc.
Seasonings: Honey.
Instructions: Wash the black beans thoroughly and soak overnight. Wash them again in the morning, removing shriveled or bitten beans. Then place them in a soymilk machine.
Add an appropriate amount of water, select the soymilk setting, and cook the beans for about 20 minutes until the completion signal sounds.
In a cup, add honey, pour the cooked soy milk, stir well, and enjoy.
The fifth type is oats.
Oats are a common coarse grain rich in protein, amino acids, lysine, glucose, minerals, and other nutrients. Consuming oats regularly can effectively lower the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, assisting in reducing blood lipids. Moreover, oats also help in regulating intestinal flora, blood sugar, and lowering cholesterol. Therefore, we can often eat oats to replace refined rice and white flour.
Recommended dish: [Oatmeal]
Main ingredients: Oats, rice.
Seasonings: Water.
Instructions: Wash the oats, soak in water for a while. Wash the rice and drain the water.
Place the rice and oats in an electric rice cooker, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until done.
About an hour later, when the completion sound rings, turn off the heat and serve.
The sixth type is kelp.
Kelp is a type of seaweed rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, dietary fiber, gelatin, minerals, and other nutrients. The gel in kelp can bind harmful substances in the blood, such as heavy metals, and eliminate them from the body. Therefore, consuming kelp has detoxifying, blood purification, constipation improvement, blood vessel regulation, blood lipid, cholesterol, and blood pressure reduction effects.
Recommended dish: [Kelp Stewed Tofu]
Main ingredients: Kelp, tofu.
Seasonings: Edible oil, salt, green onion, ginger, cooking wine, garlic, light soy sauce, five-spice powder, chicken essence.
Instructions: Select thick kelp near the root for better flavor. Cut the kelp into small pieces, then blanch for 2 minutes and cool. Cut the tofu into small pieces.
Heat water in a pot, add green onion, ginger, cooking wine, and bring to a boil. Blanch the kelp for 2 minutes, remove and cool. Heat oil in a pan, sauté green onion, ginger, garlic, then add the kelp and fry, then add the tofu, sauté, add light soy sauce, five-spice powder, salt, water, and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes, then add chicken essence, stir well, and it’s ready to serve.
These are the 6 beneficial foods for blood vessels. If you know other foods that are good for blood vessels, feel free to leave a comment and share the knowledge with us. Your feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading, and stay tuned for more culinary updates. Feel free to like and share if you found this information helpful, and don’t forget to follow us for more interactions. See you tomorrow.
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