ACHIEVING OPTIMUM BLOOD FLOW FOR PERFORMANCE & RECOVERY
When working out, training, or just going about our daily lives, optimal blood flow is very important.
It's necessary for the fullest recovery after exercise, high energy levels, performance, muscle building, and fat loss. Not to mention, overall health.
Poor blood flow even affects our mood.
It's how the nutrients, water, and oxygen needed for energy creation and cellular repair flow to our cells.
And how the toxins flow out.
If our blood flow is lower, our cells do not get these nutrients or oxygen fast enough and our energy levels go down during high intensity workouts, or in daily life.
This lowers endurance, slows recovery, muscle building, and fat loss significantly, and can leave us feeling exhausted, low energy, and even depressed.
Achieving healthy blood flow then is important for maximum results and maximum overall health.
In an earlier article we covered the truth about cholesterol and blood flow.
It covers the cholesterol hypothesis — and it is only that, a hypothesis (a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation).
This hypothesis states that higher levels of cholesterol, particularly LDL Cholesterol, are associated with lowered heart health and blood flow.
And that to prevent this we must lower our cholesterol intake and lower our liver’s ability to produce cholesterol.
The thing is, there is no evidence to support the hypothesis.
In fact, the only studies we have on the matter not only refute it, but actually show that more often than not, the situation is the opposite.
Heart health among those 60 and above actually lowers as cholesterol is lowered, and raises as cholesterol levels are raised.
And, in a study of 12.8 million adults, it was found that those with the healthiest hearts and highest potential of survival, had cholesterol levels in the 200 to 240 levels, levels that have been considered very high.
In reality, cholesterol is necessary for our cells to operate and produce energy, and for the creation of key hormones.
You can learn more about what cholesterol actually is (a vital component of about a third of your hormones, and each one of your cells) in this article.
But, while the idea that consuming cholesterol causes trouble with blood flow may be a myth, the trouble itself can be quite real.
And the actual cause of it also affects our ability to build muscle, lose fat, keep high energy levels and overall health, keep our hormones in balance, and slow aging.
So let’s see what’s actually happening here and how we can help to raise our overall blood flow for healthy cells and a healthy heart, increase our ability build muscle, and raise our overall levels of energy and health.