The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

In addition to adding these foods to your diet for unblocking your arteries, it's important to avoid toxic habits like consuming alcohol and tobacco. You also need to exercise.
The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries
Elisa Morales Lupayante

Reviewed and approved by the pedagogue in physical education and nutritionist Elisa Morales Lupayante.

Last update: 10 October, 2022

Choosing foods that help us unclog the arteries is key to maintaining good health. People who eat an unhealthy diet often suffer consequences, such as obesity or high cholesterol, and are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease. To enjoy good health, we’d like to propose 12 foods that will help you unclog your arteries.

Foods for unclogging your arteries

Progressive artery blockage (atherosclerosis) is a problem that is more and more common in Western countries. It causes more deaths per year than smoking or alcohol. Worst of all, it’s a silent enemy that doesn’t have any signs.

If your diet is based on calorie-rich, fatty, sugary foods, it’s more likely that you’ll have cholesterol, high blood pressure, and circulatory problems. Also, this diet increases your risk of suffering from heart diseases.

To avoid these diseases and live better, we recommend that you add the following foods to your diet for unblocking your arteries.

1. Garlic

The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

Garlic is rich in antioxidants and it has the ability to fight free radicals. It also reduces your cholesterol levels, reduces your blood pressure, and improves your blood flow.

A clove of raw garlic per day unblocks your arteries. It also prevents the accumulation of fat.

2. Olive oil

This is a very versatile and healthy oil, which has not been shown to increase blood cholesterol. In fact, it’s recommended for heart health in general.

Even so, moderate consumption is recommended due to its calorie content.

3. Avocados

The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

Avocados have properties similar to olive oil. They have essential fatty acids, that prevent the oxidation of fat accumulated in your arteries. They also reduce your cholesterol and make you feel full.

4. Oats

Oatmeal is a satiating food that provides a lot of energy and has properties to neutralize the ability of cholesterol to stick to the walls of the arteries.

5. Fruit

The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

This includes strawberries, apples, grapefruit, and grapes, among others.

These are fruits with a large amount of pectin. Pectin is a soluble fiber that reduces your low-density lipoproteins (LDL).

In addition, fruits, thanks to their high content of vitamins and minerals, are recommended in all types of diets.

6. Asparagus

This is a vegetable that’s very healthy with excellent properties.

Asparagus helps unclog arteries naturally. It also helps reduce the levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) in your blood. In addition, it prevents the formation of blood clots.

7. Pomegranate

This rich purple drink reduces the damage caused by fat when it accumulates in your arteries.

8. Soy

Soy and its products (including tofu) slightly reduce your bad cholesterol (LDL). Eating 3 tablespoons of this cereal per day is synonymous with enjoying good cardiovascular health.

9. Broccoli

The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

This delicious vegetable from the cabbage family has a lot of vitamin K. This helps the calcium aid your natural processes. Also, broccoli gives you a good amount of fiber and promotes good arterial health.

10. Oily fish

This group of fish is made up of:

  • Salmon
  • Tuna
  • Herring
  • Mackerel
  • Sardine
  • Trout

These are healthy fish because they give you omega-3 fatty acids. These acids are necessary for unclogging your arteries. Also, they prevent the formation of blood clots and balance your blood pressure.

11. Eggplant

The 12 Best Foods for Unblocking Your Arteries

This dark-colored vegetable cleans your arteries and reduces the cholesterol in your blood as much as possible. This is because eggplants have soluble fiber. This is an essential nutrient for good heart health.

12. Turmeric

This orange-colored spice has anti-inflammatory properties and helps reduce damage caused by accumulated fat on artery walls. It could also reduce the risk of blood clots.


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