2023-08-07 18:01:35
Shin Shin-young, medical report reporter
Cardiovascular disease is more likely to occur in summer. Water loss that occurs in summer increases blood concentration and causes diseases. Collagen is a protein that maintains blood vessel elasticity. Supplementing collagen well can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease caused by reduced blood vessel elasticity. / Getty Images Bank
It is known that cardiovascular disease usually occurs in winter, but it is highly likely to occur in summer, so be careful. A study by the American Heart Association also reported that when the temperature rises above 32 degrees Celsius, stroke patients increase by 66% and myocardial infarction patients increase by 20%. According to a research team at the University of London in the UK, when the temperature rises by 1 degree in summer, the overall mortality rate increases by 2.1%, but the death rate due to atrial fibrillation increases by 4.5%.
◇The death rate increases with every 1 degree increase.
In summer, excessive sweating reduces the amount of water in the body and increases the viscosity of the blood, which can cause blood clots to form in the blood vessels and cause acute myocardial infarction. When the weather gets hot, our body increases blood circulation to maintain body temperature and releases sweat. When a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain, a stroke occurs, and when a blood vessel in the heart is blocked, a myocardial infarction occurs.
◇ As we age, the elasticity of blood vessels decreases.
Especially in the elderly, the elasticity of the blood vessels themselves decreases with age, making the blood vessels hard and narrow. If the elasticity of the blood vessels is low due to lack of collagen, the blood vessels become hard and cannot absorb the pressure of the blood, which can cause myocardial infarction and stroke. In addition, lack of collagen makes it difficult to heal blood vessel wounds, and cholesterol or neutral fat sticks to the wounded area. At this time, the blood vessels become hardened or stretched like a soft rubber hose, which increases the chance of suffering from arteriosclerosis or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
◇Manage blood vessels with collagen and biotin
Collagen is a protein that maintains blood vessel elasticity. If you supplement well with collagen, you can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease caused by reduced blood vessel elasticity. In fact, when 30 healthy adults were given collagen daily for six months, the risk of atherosclerosis was reduced. There is also an experimental result that cholesterol concentration decreased and arteriosclerosis index decreased when collagen peptide was injected into diabetic rats.
About 30% of the protein in our body is made up of collagen. It exists all over the body, including the skin, lens, and blood vessels. However, following the age of 40, collagen synthesis decreases rapidly. This is because as aging progresses, the activity of fibroblasts that produce collagen in the body decreases.
To replenish the collagen that has been reduced due to aging, it is good to take ‘low-molecular collagen peptide’ that is delivered directly to the same structure as human body collagen. At this time, a good ingredient to consume together is biotin (vitamin B7). Biotin stimulates collagen production. According to the data of the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, collagen synthesis more than doubled in mice administered with biotin.
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