Are You Glueing Your Arteries Shut By Eating This 1 Popular Food?

 

By Kevin DiDonato MS, CES--Level 1 Certified Precision Nutrition and Certified Personal Trainer


Sometimes, your arteries may get clogged with extra particles and molecules that could slow your blood flow and cause your body to run far below optimum levels.

Oh, and it could lead to a heart attack or a stroke.

But, there’s good news:

There are many foods that could “sweep” your arteries clean, therefore reducing your risk for some pretty serious complications.

However, not enough people follow this diet advice and opt to eat something far less healthy…

Namely, JUNK FOOD!

Most people know that junk food is filled with JUNK – sugar, fat, processed or refined carbs, and other additives.

And these ingredients could clog your arteries, therefore shutting them down and putting your heart at risk!

So what can you do?

Well, there is ONE type of diet that could keep your arteries open – therefore enabling healthy blood flow to your heart AND the rest of your body!

The Diet Keeping Your Arteries Clear

Junk food could be the worst thing for your heart…

All because junk food may clog your arteries, possibly landing you in an ambulance, spending your weekend in the ER with a coronary.

Now, there are many reasons for this - alterations in cholesterol and blood pressure for one thing – but there is something that could be even worse.

Just one junk food meal – a sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich (in this study) – could reduce your arteries ability to widen.

And not just by a little…but by a whopping 24 percent!

Why?

Well, it could be decrease your arteries ability to stretch – or dilate.

This is termed endothelial function – or the ability of your arteries to constrict and dilate.

Poor endothelial function could be a precursor to the development of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.

However, there is something you can do about it!

By eating a Mediterranean-style diet – one that rich in wild-caught fatty fish, nuts, seeds, vegetables, and essential fats (mostly from olive oil) – could lead to improvements in your endothelial function.

In fact, this type of diet could help you maintain normal function of your arteries.

And this could reduce your risk for developing atherosclerosis and improve your endothelial function.

Take Home Message

Endothelial health is an extremely important indicator of your heart health.

In simple terms, endothelial function refers to your arteries ability to constrict and relax in order to maintain healthy blood flow.

However, sometimes the foods you eat could disrupt the health of your endothelium.

And this could increase your risk for heart disease.

But, according to a new study, if you follow a Mediterranean-style diet, it could lead to normal function of your endothelium – which could improve the health of your heart.

By eating a diet rich in wild-caught fatty fish, nuts, vegetables, and essential fats – you could improve the health of your endothelium, therefore you could improve the health of your heart.



 

 

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References:

Cantin J, Lacroix S, Tardiff J, Nigam A.  390 Does the Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Influence Baseline and Postprandial Endothelial Function?  Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2012 — 65th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.  2012 Sep-Cct;28(5):S245.