Posted on 12/15/2020 10:00:01 AM PST by Red Badger
Clogged arteries are is the underlying cause of 50% of all deaths in westernized society, according to a new study published by the National Institutes of Health.
Formally known as atherosclerosis, it is caused by chronic inflammation and experts says you can help prevent — and sometimes even reverse — the plaque buildup in our blood vessels by making lifestyle changes, including improving your diet.
According to Prime, clogged arteries can also be caused by smoking, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cholesterol, so tackling these medical conditions can also help keep your arteries healthy.
Here are 6 foods that may help prevent clogged arteries.
1. Beans. They truly are magical, because the more you eat them, the healthier your arteries will become. Beans are chock full of fiber to help cleanse blood vessels. Eating beans, especially white beans, also keeps both your blood cholesterol level and blood pressure in check, says Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the popular TV show, “The Dr. Oz Show.”
2. Whole grains. The soluble fiber in whole grains helps remove the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol that forms plaque on our artery walls and therefore reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. “The evidence is quite consistent and convincing that people who eat at least one serving of whole grains a day have a lower risk of heart disease and stroke,” reports Mark Pereira, PhD, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.
3. Aged garlic extract. A three-month study in Poland suggests that garlic extract supplementation reduced cardiovascular risk better than a placebo in lowering inflammation, one of the key markers in heart disease and clogged arteries. They found that the study participants who took the garlic extract also had decreased stiffness in the arteries which reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke even further.
Dr. Matthew Budoff M.D. a noted cardiologist from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center tells Newsmax that taking aged garlic extract can also provide extra benefit in reversing plaque buildup.
“Our studies have demonstrated that taking an aged garlic extract supplement daily is a safe and effective way of reducing the accumulation of soft plaque and preventing the formation of new plaque in the arteries. AGE is both beneficial for slowing atherosclerosis and reversing early stages of heart disease,” says Budoff. “These findings provide cardiologists and internists an additional tool for patients at high risk for heart disease.”
4. Berries. Berries are loaded with health benefits, including reducing inflammation in your arteries. The fiber in berries also helps clean the plaque from blood vessels and helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure, according to Prime.
5. Olive oil. Olive oil is rich in mono- and poly-unsaturated fats that are heart healthy. Dr. Oz says that researchers at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that people who consumed at least half a tablespoon of olive oil daily lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease by 15% and coronary artery disease (CAD) by 21%. He adds that it’s best to consume extra-virgin oil which has been shown to not only reduce your risk of high blood pressure and clots, but also to reduce your risk of breast cancer. A research article published in BMC Medicine showed that people who consumed the most extra virgin olive oil, like the Italians, had a whopping 48% lower risk of cardiovascular mortality.
6. Flax seeds. These tiny but mighty seeds are also rich in fiber and healthy fats and contain the important heart boosting minerals, calcium, and magnesium. According to Prime, a government study conducted on rabbits found that consuming flax seeds reduced plaque buildup in the arteries by an incredible 40%. Sprinkle flax seeds on yogurt, cereals, or whirl them into a smoothie.
Oh yeah. At 2 fluid ounces for $37.99 plus shipping, AGE damn well better be more effective than the real thing.
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They only help be replacing things that are worse. Whole grains are better than refined grains. But whole grains in themselves are not healthy. No grains would be the best choice.
Some friends of my mom and dad told about her pranking her Italian husband. She took raw garlic cloves and dipped them in chocolate. He just loved them.
There is supposedly a link between cilantro taste and a particular gene. Asparagus smell in urine is also iirc.
I’m with you on that. When a recipe calls for cilantro I just add a squirt of Dawn dish soap.
The first two items on the list are carb loaded. Eating fat will only make you fat if combined with carbs. Absent carbs, your body will burn fat, including that which is stored in the waistline.
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“I love navy beans. I may start a pot after reading this.”
I’m right there with you but somehow I think the bacon, brown sugar and molasses (an other top secret ingredients) that I add might negate the bean benefit a bit.
“What does ‘aged garlic extract’ provide that garlic does not?”
Maybe it doesn’t give you garlic breath. This company has been around for years and might give some answers.
https://kyolic.com/brands/kyolic/
Great arteriarticle! Thanks!
Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 taken together daily.
You’re Welcome. LOL, in true FReeper fashion I just scanned the article to glean the basic information but not all of the details. I would pass on the alcohol medium and try basic Olive Oil not EVOO to soak it in.
I’d take red wine and wild salmon - it works as just great but much nicer.
HOLY FREAKING MOLY !!! That’s highway damned robbery !!!
Use Coriander, it’s the Ground Up Seed of Cilantro but does not taste like dish soap.
Ketchup
The 6 foods mentioned to help prevent clogged arteries are chock full of oxalates that, as you get older, clog your arteries with plaques, form kidney stones, cause kidney-heart attacks, develop into breast cancer and sand paper the lining of your gut so you end up with leaky gut and ruined metabolism, ruin your thyroid by depositing oxalate crystals on your thyroid tissue (which an endocrinologist will never tell you).
What are oxalates: they are natural pesticide in plants to deter insects from eating the plant. Plants have a natural way to balance the oxalates by the oxidase enzyme but when plants are fertilized with nitrates, the nitrate destroys the oxidase enzyme leaving only the poisonous oxalate. So, organic food grown without fertilizer would be better.
Here is what is better to eat than so-called “health food” listed in the article:
1. Avoid high oxalate foods: spinach, kale, chocolate, almond milk, all nuts, beets, brown rice, beans, potato, wheat berries, raspberries, rice bran, soy, tofu, tea, unfiltered coffee, gelatin, etc. Recipe for kidney stones and heart attack.
2. Take calcium citrate before every meal or drink milk or eat ice cream before meals to get calcium to bind up any oxalate in food and remove it. We need binders like calcium to balance the poisonous oxalates from plants.
3. Take Vitamin B-6 100 mg with meals to dissolve oxalates.
4. Take probiotics with meals to degrade the oxalate.
5. Drink a lot of water to dissolve the gradual build up of oxalate stones in kidney and eventually even in your muscles, thyroid, etc. Insoluble oxalates are sharp razor blade like crystals that deposit into muscles and organs like asbestos does.
6. Substitute low oxalate foods like Romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, butter lettuce, real white bread without the hull or bleached wheat flour bread, coconut, low fat meats, dairy products, peas, watermelon, wild rice, oat bran, white rice, squash, radishes, red peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, butter.
“You’re Buying Fake Olive Oil...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2-iukG80U
(Avoid blends, check for a harvest date)
Have some with lemon every day, good for your arteries. I like the videos of Alan Mandell, he’s not selling anything, he discusses the health benefits of various inexpensive items like olive oil. Here’s a good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR5-MWsY6f0
And of course, knock off the smokes and the sugar!
I am respectably hot and I buy fresh garlic regularly. It doesn't repel anybody in the least!
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