The hypothesis was that the mild version of non-freezing cold injury might damage the ability of your blood vessels to dilate and bring warm blood to your extremities, and compromise your ability to detect subtle changes in temperature.
This in turn often causes anemia, a perpetual shortage of red blood cells, and clogging of the blood vessels, which can result in organ and tissue damage, pain episodes, infections or sometimes more serious complications requiring hospitalization.
Following these people for 25 years, researchers looked for coronary artery calcification, or CAC, a hardening of blood vessels that can signal future heart disease.
Hawthorn berry extract decreases the likelihood of arrhythmia, and promotes the relaxation of blood vessels, which in turn result in better circulation.
Over time, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and nerves that control the heart, high blood pressure can damage artery walls, and smoking as well as unhealthy levels of cholesterol or triglycerides can harden and narrow the arteries.