Question 1

what foods or drinks or herbs actually can clear plaques out of arteries?

Accepted Answer

There are a lot: Garlic…grapes, crape fruit juice, cherries sweet.Strawberries, applessweet patato, green tea, hawthorn tea, olive of oil, salmon, spinch, garbanzo beans, tamatos, all of those will to clean the arteries, but please consult your doctor.

Question 2

what would be natural ways to cleanse arteries of plaque build up or potential blockages?

Accepted Answer

It's no mystery!: Balanced diet, good physical condition, exercise, normal body weight (including weight loss if you are overweight) -- and espeically no smoking -- can reduce plaque and lower risk of blockage, but may take months or years. Most people are unsuccessful in the necessary lifestyle changes. Drugs (e.g. a statin and BP meds if BP is high) often are more effective in lowering risk and prolonging life.

Question 3

how is garlic for cleansing plaque and other clogging agents from your arteries ?

Accepted Answer

Useless: Once plaque is there the idea is to prevent FURTHER plaque from occuring and this requires DIET and (often) medications! Be wary of claims that "natural" substances of any kind actually "clear" clogged arteries.. Hope this is helpful!

Dr Z

Question 4

is it have blocked arteries in your early 20's from having a bad diet?

Accepted Answer

Very unlikely: Very unlikely that you do at such a young age.  Still, that is not an excuse for having a bad diet.  Eat healthy young lady!

Question 5

how can i verify if my arteries are clean?

Accepted Answer

Regular check ups: You need to have your cholesterol checked. Stay away from fast food. Maintain a healthy weight. Don' smoke! the only test that verifies clean arteries is an angiogram which looks inside the arteries. This involves putting dye into your system and would not be used to just look for clean arteries.

Question 6

please tell me if it is possible to unharden hardened arteries?

Accepted Answer

Rusty arteries: Yes. See the rice-fruit diet or several very low fat diets that have been shown to do this.

Question 7

what's artery disease?

Accepted Answer

Artery Disease: Artery disease is the broad term for the disease of narrowing of the blood vessels caused by the buildup of plaque. Most applied to the blood vessels that supply the heart, hence the term coronary artery disease (cad). It is assumed if you have narrowing of the vessels within the heart, then you have artery disease throughout your body. Artery disease is a risk factor for heart attacks and stroke.

Question 8

does salt harden the arteries?

Accepted Answer

For short yes: High salt intake "especially in salt sensitive people" is linked to increase in your blood pressure, and having high blood pressure for a long time can harden your arteries...

Question 9

what really clogs your arteries?

Accepted Answer

Atherosclerosis: Most common cause is atherosclerosis which is disease of the wall of the artery caused by multiple factors including high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol , smoking , family history and other causes . Occlusion in the arteries could happen from other diseases like vasculitis, fibromuscular dysplasia , dissection and others.

Question 10

what is cardioid artery disease?

Accepted Answer

Carotid Art Disease: Your carotid arteries are two large blood vessels in your neck. They supply your brain with blood. If you have carotid artery disease, the arteries become narrow, usually because of atherosclerosis. This is the buildup of cholesterol and other material in an artery. If a blood clot sticks in the narrowed arteries, blood can't reach your brain. This is one of the causes of stroke.

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