Arteries: how old are yours?

Your body has arteries that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body.

Do you know how old your arteries are?

If you thought as old as you, then the answer is no. Your arteries can be older or younger depending on how you treated them.

Don’t treat the issue lightly. The age of your arteries is a critical factor in measuring risk.

Imagine your arteries have stiffened because they are ageing more than you have. Stiff arteries impair the flow of blood and affect.

Your arteries can widen in case more blood needs to flow through something known as vasodilation. Widening helps keep your blood pressure in check regardless of the amount of blood flowing.

So having arteries that are pliable is valuable.

So how old are your arteries?

I calculated mine and my arterial age came to 39 [link here]. Based on my arterial age, my risk for cardiovascular disease came to 1%. Dont take the number that seriously. It could be more. But thats not the point.

The point is in the variables being asked to measure your risk. Smoking, blood pressure to name a few.

If you understand these risks, you can lower your risk on your own. All the variables they measure can be changed through lifestyle intervention.

Heart risk is also a choice.

Changing your habits will not guarantee outcomes. It lowers risk.

There is a critical difference.

Too often, we get puzzled when people who have otherwise lived a good life become victims of a bad outcome.

But with life, there are no guarantees. Only reducing the probability.

So use that mindset to live a good healthy life. One where you enjoy what you do, but are fit, healthy and capable.

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