Fruits That Clean Clogged Arteries

Arteries become clogged with cholesterol if your diet contains foods with high levels of fat. Changing the diet to eliminate high-fat foods and starting a new focus on foods that sweep cholesterol out of your arteries will help you prevent or lessen high blood pressure. Eating healthy foods will often help your improve health and help you avoid blood pressure medications.

Olive Oil

Using olive oil in cooking and on salads helps you decrease the level of your low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level. This healthy oil does not cause cholesterol buildup in the arteries. This healthy fat helps improve overall health as long as it is used sparingly because it is a high-calorie oil.

Fruits With Pectin

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Fruits such as:

• apples
  
• strawberries
  
• oranges
  
• grapefruits
  
• grapes contain pectin
  
• a soluble fiber
  
• that works to reduce your level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  
• reports Harvard Medical School 1

These high fiber fruits are healthy snacks that can replace fatty snacks that lead to cholesterol buildup. Eating fruit regularly will improve overall health and reduce the risks of serious diseases, including heart disease and cancer.

High-Fiber Foods

Foods with a strong level of fiber work to clean your arteries by moving cholesterol out of the body so it does not clog your arteries. When these foods are eaten regularly they work to prevent high blood cholesterol levels.

Soybeans And Tofu

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Tofu and soybeans can cause modest reductions in your low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, reports Harvard Medical School 1. Intake of about 25 g of soy per day will decrease your low-density lipoprotein level by about 5 percent to 6 percent. Eating tofu instead of fatty meats will help you avoid high cholesterol levels.

Fish With Omega-3 Fats

Fish that contain omega-3 fatty acids help keep your arteries healthy, lower the risk of high blood pressure, limit development of blood clots and lower the risk of unexpected death due to a heart disease. Fish with strong levels of omega-3 fats include:

• salmon
  
• sardines
  
• mackerel
  
• halibut
  
• lake trout
  
• herring
  
• albacore tuna

Okra And Eggplant

Okra and eggplant are two vegetables that help to clean your arteries to ensure that cholesterol deposits are minimized, notes Harvard Medical School 1. These vegetables have soluble fiber. They work to keep blood flowing strongly in arteries, which is crucial to maintain heart health.

Nuts

Eating a small, palm-sized portion per day of unsalted nuts, such as peanuts, hazelnuts, pecans, almonds, pistachio, walnuts, will work to lower your cholesterol level. You can add nuts to salads, use them in baking, eat them raw and grate them to put on top of yogurt or smoothies. Eating nuts helps clean the arteries to keep blood flow strong throughout your body.