便秘對心臟和腦部健康的影響

How often do you have a bowel movement? Constipation affects more than just...Bowel HealthIt can damage the brain and heart, and even increase the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases.
Kenji Motokura, a professor in the Department of Public Health at Tohoku University in Japan, recently published a study that included 45,112 participants aged 40 to 79 living in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture. They used questionnaires to understand the residents' bowel movement patterns, with options including more than once a day, once every two to three days, and once every four days.
This 13-year study, which began in 1994, found that 2,028 people died from cardiovascular disease during that period. Compared with residents who defecate more than once a day, those who defecate once every two to three days had a 1.21 times higher mortality rate from cardiovascular disease; those who defecate once every four days had a mortality rate 1.39 times higher.
Among cardiovascular diseases, the number of residents who died from stroke who only had a bowel movement every 2-3 days was 1.29 times higher than those who had a bowel movement more than once a day; the number who had a bowel movement every 4 days was 1.9 times higher. (Recommended reading: Mother only had a bowel movement 1-2 times a week for 10 years! Nutritionist helped her throw away "this type of food")
Researchers then concluded that infrequent bowel movements are associated with cardiovascular disease mortality. Scholars believe that frequently requiring significant effort to defecate is a key indicator of constipation, which may increase intracranial pressure, potentially causing intracranial aneurysms to rupture and leading to stroke.
This study, published in the journal *Atherosclerosis*, also points out that in addition to damaging the brain and causing stroke, constipation can also harm the heart if bowel movements are not smooth. The study warns that people who are bedridden for extended periods should pay close attention to their bowel movements to avoid the risk of heart and other cardiovascular diseases, or even death, caused by constipation.

However, the journal also pointed out that since the research data came from residents' self-reports, it was unclear whether the subjects with constipation were taking medication that affected their cardiovascular function, or whether these residents had other health conditions such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, or other endocrine disorders.
As for which typeconstipateCardiovascular disease has the highest mortality rate, and its cause of death is still unclear.
Besides being linked to cardiovascular disease, constipation can also increase abdominal pressure, potentially leading to uterine prolapse in women. (Recommended reading: Are you also constipated? Following the "2 More, 1 Don't" rule can help relieve it)
In children, chronic constipation can also cause loss of appetite, nausea, and weight loss, and in severe cases, it can even affect their development.
Eating more high-fiber fruits and vegetables, drinking more water, exercising more, avoiding prolonged sitting, and using antacids containing aluminum with caution are all helpful.Prevent constipation。