limiting excessive sodium, added sugars, and highly processed foods.
Dietary recommendations should be individualized when someone has diabetes, kidney disease, heart disease, or another condition requiring specific nutritional management.
Do Supplements “Clean” Blood Vessels?
No vitamin supplement has been established as a simple method for cleaning plaque out of arteries.
Advertisements sometimes describe vitamins, herbs, or beverages as substances that “unclog,” “flush,” or “clean” blood vessels. These descriptions can create unrealistic expectations about how atherosclerosis develops and how it is treated.
When significant arterial disease is present, evidence-based management may include lifestyle changes, medications, supervised exercise, and, in selected cases,
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