What about an aneurysm?

動脈瘤呢？

An aneurysm can cause a stroke and it can definitely cause you to die.

動脈瘤會導致中風，絕對會導致死亡。

So today I'm going to teach you a little bit about aneurysms, what's involved and what you need to do to prevent aneurysms.

是以，今天我將向大家介紹一下動脈瘤、動脈瘤的相關知識以及預防動脈瘤的方法。

The first symptom or early signs of an aneurysm is there is no symptom.

動脈瘤的第一個症狀或早期徵兆是沒有症狀。

Why?

為什麼？

Because an aneurysm is just like this bulging dilation of your vascular system.

因為動脈瘤就像是血管系統的膨出擴張。

And unless it presses on something, you're not going to feel really any major symptoms at all until it ruptures.

除非它壓迫到什麼東西，否則在它破裂之前，你根本不會感覺到任何嚴重的症狀。

And when it ruptures, you have a hole in your artery.

一旦破裂，動脈上就會出現一個洞。

So the blood's going to come out.

所以血會流出來

And if this happens in your brain, you get a stroke.

如果這種情況發生在大腦中，就會導致中風。

And potentially you might have a limited time to get to the emergency room to do something about it, but not always.

你有可能在有限的時間內趕到急診室，但並不總是如此。

So I think it's important to talk about aneurysms and what it is and what you can do to prevent it.

是以，我認為有必要談談動脈瘤、它是什麼以及如何預防它。

You can have an aneurysm in the brain, around the heart, in the aorta, or in the kidneys, many different places.

動脈瘤可能長在腦部、心臟周圍、主動脈或腎臟等不同部位。

And there's also a simple test that's highly correlated to if a person has an aneurysm.

還有一種簡單的檢測方法，與一個人是否患有動脈瘤高度相關。

And that is called the thumb to palm test.

這就是所謂的拇指和手掌測試。

So if you just take your hand right now, and you take your thumb across your hand like this, and if your thumb can extend to the outer part of your hand, that can mean that you have extra loose collagen.

所以，如果你現在拿起你的手，像這樣用拇指橫握你的手，如果你的拇指能伸到手掌外側，這可能意味著你的膠原蛋白特別鬆弛。

And there's a high correlation between people that have this loose collagen and aneurysms.

膠原蛋白松弛的人與動脈瘤之間有很高的相關性。

Now, it doesn't mean that you have an aneurysm.

現在，這並不意味著你得了動脈瘤。

And if you can't move this over here, that doesn't mean you don't have an aneurysm.

如果你不能把這個移到這裡，並不意味著你沒有動脈瘤。

It's just something to look at.

只是看看而已。

In fact, do this test right now and comment down below if you can extend your thumb past your hand right here.

事實上，現在就來做這個測試，如果你能將拇指伸過手掌這裡，請在下面評論。

I'm really curious to know.

我真的很想知道。

So let's say, for example, you don't have loose ligament structure, and that's not the cause.

比如說，你的韌帶結構並不鬆弛，這並不是原因。

What are some of the causes?

有哪些原因？

Well, we have smoking.

好吧，我們有吸菸。

Now you're probably wondering, like, wait a second.

現在你可能會想，等等。

Smoking goes into the lungs, not the blood, right?

吸菸會進入肺部，而不是血液，對嗎？

Well, where do you think the oxygen and CO2 is being exchanged when you breathe?

那麼，你認為呼吸時氧氣和二氧化碳是在哪裡交換的呢？

Your lungs directly connect with your capillaries, which go right into your blood.

肺與毛細血管直接相連，而毛細血管則直接進入血液。

And if that thing is smoke, you're going to get carbon dioxide.

如果是煙霧，就會產生二氧化碳。

You're going to get a lot of different chemicals that can start to irritate the lining of the artery.

會有很多不同的化學物質開始刺激動脈內膜。

In fact, smokers have a 4x greater risk of getting an aneurysm than those non-smokers.

事實上，吸菸者患動脈瘤的風險是不吸菸者的 4 倍。

And then, of course, we have alcohol because there's certain byproducts and chemicals that can irritate the lining of the arteries.

當然還有酒精，因為酒精的某些副產品和化學物質會刺激動脈內膜。

And I'm talking about like a chronic drinker, not occasionally.

我說的是長期酗酒，而不是偶爾。

And then, of course, we have diabetics and people who consume a lot of sugar.

當然，還有糖尿病患者和攝入大量糖分的人。

So if we expose this layer of the inside of the artery to sugar and hidden sugars like in starches, right?

是以，如果我們讓動脈內層接觸到糖和澱粉中隱藏的糖，對嗎？

Modified food starch, maltodextrin, which is in a lot of different foods.

改性食品澱粉，即麥芽糊精，它存在於許多不同的食品中。

That can create oxidation and damage to the inside of the arteries if you're consuming it on a regular basis.

如果經常食用，就會造成氧化，損害動脈內部。

And then you have seed oils.

還有種子油。

And that's another thing that can create chronic inflammation.

這也是造成慢性發炎的另一個原因。

And this next one is very interesting.

下一個非常有趣。

Dental bacteria, like bacteria in an abscess in your gums.

牙科細菌，如牙齦膿腫中的細菌。

They found that in the aneurysm.

他們在動脈瘤中發現了這一點。

And they also find it in plaque.

他們還在牌匾中找到了這一點。

So apparently that can leak out into your vascular system and end up creating inflammation because there's an infection going on.

很顯然，這可能會滲漏到血管系統中，最終因為感染而引發發炎。

So that's another cause of inflammation in this layer in the heart.

是以，這也是造成心臟這一層發炎的另一個原因。

Anything that creates chronic oxidation or inflammation can start to weaken this arterial system.

任何造成慢性氧化或發炎的因素都會開始削弱動脈系統。

And then on top of that, if you have high blood pressure, now we get all this pressure with all this inflammation.

除此之外，如果你有高血壓，我們就會在發炎的影響下承受所有的壓力。

Now it starts to break down the arteries to the point where it's starting to bulge out.

現在，它開始分解動脈，以至於動脈開始凸出。

And so you really have to kind of just look at potentially what it could be for you.

是以，你真的要看看它對你來說可能是什麼。

If you have high blood pressure, for example, you want to take more potassium, magnesium, vitamin D.

例如，如果你有高血壓，你就需要多攝入鉀、鎂和維生素 D。

Those are the three things that will help bring the pressure down, including going on a low-carb diet.

這三件事有助於降低壓力，包括低碳水化合物飲食。

There's something else that can cause an aneurysm.

還有其他原因也會導致動脈瘤。

It's not as common, but it's a copper deficiency.

這種情況並不常見，但它是一種銅缺乏症。

Copper is necessary in helping you build collagen.

銅是幫助人體生成膠原蛋白的必要元素。

If you're deficient in copper, you can't make the connective tissue to make everything nice and strong and firm.

如果缺乏銅，就無法形成結締組織，使一切都變得漂亮、結實和堅固。

Copper does a lot of other things too.

銅還能做很多其他事情。

It actually acts as an antifungal, antibacterial.

它實際上起到了抗真菌和抗菌的作用。

And one way to create a copper deficiency is to take a lot of zinc for a long period of time without the copper.

造成銅缺乏症的一種方法是長期大量服用鋅而不服用銅。

So you need that ratio of zinc to copper.

是以，你需要鋅和銅的比例。

So what are all the things that you can do to prevent an aneurysm?

那麼，有哪些方法可以預防動脈瘤呢？

Well, of course, avoiding those things that create inflammation.

當然，要避免那些會產生發炎的東西。

Start to consume antioxidants, okay?

開始攝入抗氧化劑，好嗎？

That can be in the form of herbs or vitamin D or vitamin B, vitamin C, or foods with those nutrients, vegetables.

其形式可以是草藥、維生素 D 或維生素 B、維生素 C，也可以是含有這些營養素的食物、蔬菜。

And then to counteract a lot of the seed oils, we need the omega-3 fatty acids.

為了抵消大量的種子油，我們需要歐米加-3 脂肪酸。

And out of all the foods that are very high in omega-3, you have the cod liver oil, you also have fish, as in salmon.

在所有歐米伽-3 含量很高的食物中，有魚肝油，也有魚類，如三文魚。

Vitamin D is also very, very important.

維生素 D 也非常非常重要。

Vitamin D helps to prevent leaky arteries.

維生素 D 有助於防止動脈滲漏。

You can also have a leaky blood-brain barrier, and vitamin D prevents that, which is interesting.

血腦屏障也會滲漏，而維生素 D 可以防止這種情況，這很有趣。

It's a very powerful anti-inflammatory.

這是一種非常強效的消炎藥。

So getting a lot of sun is very important without getting burned.

是以，多晒太陽而不被晒傷是非常重要的。

And in the wintertime, you take your vitamin D3, minimally 10,000 IUs.

而在冬季，你需要服用維生素 D3，最低為 10,000 IU。

And probably one of the most important things to do regular exercise, because this way you can keep strengthening the arterial system over time so it lasts a long time, so it becomes elastic, so it doesn't become weak.

其中最重要的一點可能就是要經常鍛鍊，因為這樣才能不斷強化動脈系統，使其長期保持彈性，不會變得脆弱。

And exercise in general increases antioxidants that you make yourself.

一般來說，運動能增加自己製造的抗氧化劑。