From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, elderly people with qi stagnation and blood stasis in internal organs are more likely to have senile plaques or similar skin diseases. Such people are generally accompanied by impatience, depression, irregular menstruation, soreness of waist and knees, insomnia and dreaminess. So, how to prevent senile plaque in daily life? First of all, reduce fat intake in diet, do not eat fried food, do not eat fat, eat less meat and eat more vegetables; Pay attention to the influence of mental factors, keep a good mood and avoid qi stagnation and blood stasis and spots; Do more facial muscle exercises. In addition to chewing slowly and fully mobilizing facial muscles, elderly friends can often practice their voices, sing songs and sing operas. Improve facial blood circulation and skin metabolism, and avoid the appearance of senile plaque.
Eat dark vegetables often to reduce age spots.
Some dark brown spots often appear on the face, back of hand and calf skin of the elderly, which are medically called senile plaques, commonly known as "senile plaques". The formation of senile plaque is because the human body will produce a strong oxidizing substance called "free radical" in the process of metabolism, and further generate lipid peroxide, which will combine with various protein and carbohydrates to form lipofuscin pigment. This pigment accumulates on the surface of the human body and forms senile plaques. If it gathers in human organs, such as brain cells, it will cause a decline in intelligence and memory; On the vascular wall, vascular fibrosis will occur, causing hypertension and arteriosclerosis.
Some natural antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes can remove the damage caused by excessive free radicals in time. These antioxidants include vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta-carotene, selenium and zinc. Antioxidant enzymes include superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. With the increase of age, the activity of antioxidant enzymes in human body is weakening, and the antioxidant capacity is gradually decreasing, so the role of antioxidants is more important.
Dark vegetables and some fruits are good food sources of vitamin C, vitamin E and carotenoids. Carotenoids are mainly distributed in dark green vegetables such as amaranth and mustard, and red and yellow vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, pumpkins and day lilies. Vitamin C mostly exists in fresh jujube, wild jujube, Rosa roxburghii, citrus, kiwi fruit and other fruits. In addition to abundant vitamin E in plant seeds and nuts, leaves and other green parts of green leafy vegetables all contain vitamin E. In addition, vegetables such as carrots, mustard heads, spinach, celery leaves and day lilies also contain minerals with high selenium and zinc with antioxidant function. Further research also found that dark vegetables and fruits are also rich in phytochemicals with antioxidant properties, such as organic sulfides and flavonoids.
Therefore, the elderly eat more fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidant components, which is helpful to eliminate excessive free radicals in the body, protect the cell membrane, maintain the normal metabolism of cells and the stability of genetic material, thus delaying aging and preventing senile plaque.