You can fix them via this. Don't listen to me I have no medical training. Your doctor can tell you if fixing your stiff arteries would lead to dangerously low blood pressure and the risk of stroke from that.
http://hyper.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/04/22/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01177.reprint
Abstract
Obesity is a major risk factor for
cardiometabolic disease, but the effect of body composition on vascular
aging and arterial
stiffness remains uncertain. We investigated
relationships among body composition, blood pressure, age, and aortic
pulse wave
velocity in healthy individuals. Pulse wave
velocity in the thoracic aorta, an indicator of central arterial
stiffness, was
measured in 221 volunteers (range, 18–72 years;
mean, 40.3±13 years) who had no history of cardiovascular disease using
cardiovascular
MRI. In univariate analyses, age (r=0.78; P < 0.001) and blood pressure (r=0.41; P< 0.001)
showed a strong positive association with pulse wave velocity. In
multivariate analysis, after adjustment for age,
sex, and mean arterial blood pressure, elevated
body fat% was associated with reduced aortic stiffness until the age of
50
years, thereafter adiposity had an increasingly
positive association with aortic stiffness (β=0.16; P < 0.001). Body fat% was positively associated with cardiac output when age, sex, height, and absolute lean mass were adjusted
for (β=0.23; P=0.002). These findings
suggest that the cardiovascular system of young adults may be capable of
adapting to the state of
obesity and that an adverse association between
body fat and aortic stiffness is only apparent in later life.
More explanation about this here: From Imperial College, London.
Body fat hardens arteries after middle age
More explanation about this here: From Imperial College, London.
Body fat hardens arteries after middle age
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