One in every three people suffer from cardiovascular diseases. There are many reasons you can have heart problems. But there are simple ways to reduce the risk of a heart disease. One of them is to drink the right beverages. Here are five of the healthiest drinks to help you keep your circulatory system stay healthy.

Green tea

It contains caffeine and antioxidants, which have a positive effect not only on the heart and blood vessels but also on the body as a whole. Caffeine invigorates, gives strength, and energy, but unlike coffee, green tea has a prolonged effect. The vigor effect appears in about an hour and lasts up to four hours. In addition, green tea does not disrupt your sleep. On the contrary, if you drink green tea before 4 pm, it contributes to fast sleep at night and good rest.

Green tea antioxidants suppress the activity of free radicals that can damage the heart and blood vessels. These antioxidants protect the arteries and blood vessels of the brain, so the drink is recommended for people over 45 to reduce the risk of memory and attention impairment.

Water

It was not by chance that plain water was included in this list. It is extremely important for the health of the circulatory system. A sufficient amount of fluid in the body reduces the load on the heart, keeps the blood liquid enough and allows it to move freely through the vessels. When the blood is thick, the heart muscle works with increased stress and wears off much faster.

Drink at least 1.5 liters of water throughout the day, regardless of other drinks. You can calculate your daily water supply using the formula: 30 ml for every 2 lbs of weight. After active physical activity and playing sports, this rate must be increased.

Dry red wine

If you consume this drink moderately, your heart will respond with gratitude. Scientists believe that a small amount of red wine helps the heart stay healthy. The drink contains resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant that is concentrated in the skins of red grapes. It is absent in white wine.

Love of red wine, by the way, is considered the cause of the "French paradox". The French highly value fatty foods: pork and cheese, but at the same time diseases of the cardiovascular system in this country are much less common. Could it be a glass of red wine at dinner? After all, resveratrol reduces the level of bad cholesterol and prevents atherosclerosis.

Pomegranate juice

This drink is your best pal when you ponder on how to prevent heart disease. The juice strengthens the walls of blood vessels and makes them more elastic. Pomegranate juice has a huge amount of antioxidants. Pomegranate juice has even more antioxidants than green tea and red wine, so it is very healthy for the heart.

But for tooth enamel, it’s not so beneficial. Pomegranate juice actively destroys your enamel with frequent consumption. The reason for this is the high level of organic acids that corrode the enamel. Therefore, it is necessary to drink pomegranate juice using a straw, so the contact area of ​​the liquid with the surface of the teeth becomes minimal. 

Coffee

Coffee has long been called the heart's number one enemy. New research has tempered the fervor of ill-wishers. Even five cups of coffee a day are not capable of causing disturbances in the work of the heart muscle. But coffee is a good source of antioxidants since caffeine inhibits free radicals and reduces the intensity of oxidative stress in the circulatory system, brain, and liver.

Still, don’t get carried away with coffee if you have hypertension, since caffeine increases blood pressure. If everything is alright with your blood pressure, you can and should drink coffee.