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5 Foods That are Clogging Your Arteries

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Do you have a history of high cholesterol or diabetes in your family? If so then it’s time to make some changes to your diet. There are many foods people consume daily that are harming them and they are unaware. Here, you can learn about foods that can make you overweight or clog your arteries. Clogged arteries is a buildup of plaque in arteries. Plaque is a mixture of fibrous and fatty accumulation that can narrow your arteries. Clogged arteries make the movement of oxygen and blood throughout your body more difficult. Certain foods, especially those that elevate your blood sugar or have a lot of bad cholesterol, can increase your risk of clogged arteries.

Clogged arteries can be extremely dangerous especially as you get older. If you have clogged arteries, one of the symptoms you may experience is pain in your limbs or poor circulation.

Clogged arteries can lead to conditions like heart attacks, heart disease, peripheral artery disease and stroke.

Even though they’re best known for negatively affecting the health of your heart, clogged arteries can occur anywhere in your body.

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When arteries get clogged it could be caused by many different factors, like high blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol. Certain foods can increase your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol and eventually lead to clogged arteries.

Other factors, like whether you exercise and smoke, can also increase your likelihood of having clogged arteries.

These are the 5 foods that lead to clogged arteries:

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