Brief Summary
Dr. Berry debunks a popular internet remedy for unclogging arteries and offers a science-based approach to slowing the progression of arterial clogging and potentially reducing existing blockages. He emphasizes the importance of a diet that is low in carbohydrates, anti-inflammatory, and rich in healthy fats and proteins from sources that humans have consumed for thousands of years. The key points include monitoring coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, achieving ketosis through diet, and prioritizing whole, unprocessed foods.
- Debunks internet remedies for unclogging arteries.
- Promotes a science-based approach to slowing and potentially reversing arterial clogging.
- Emphasizes a low-carbohydrate, anti-inflammatory diet rich in healthy fats and proteins.
Dr. Berry starts by addressing a viral video claiming to unclog arteries with a lemon, garlic, and Wakanaka root concoction, which he dismisses as unsupported by science. He contrasts this with his evidence-based approach to decreasing the progression of arterial clogging and potentially reducing existing blockages through diet and lifestyle changes.
The primary method for measuring arterial clogging is the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, obtained through a CT scan of the heart arteries. The average person's CAC score increases by 20-25 points annually. However, individuals following a ketogenic diet often experience a slower increase, with some maintaining the same score or even seeing a decrease.
To slow the progression of arterial clogging or reduce existing blockages, Dr. Berry recommends a diet based on three main principles. First, the diet should be anti-inflammatory, consisting of real, whole foods that humans have consumed for at least 12,000 to 15,000 years, avoiding recently discovered or processed foods that can cause chronic inflammation. Second, the diet should be rich in healthy fats and proteins, particularly animal fats and proteins, which are essential for the structure and function of arterial walls. Third, the diet should be very low in carbohydrates to promote ketosis.
Following these dietary principles won't unclog arteries overnight, but it will slow the progression of clogging and gradually improve existing blockages. A very low carbohydrate diet helps maintain normal blood sugar and insulin levels, reducing damage to artery linings. An anti-inflammatory diet allows the artery linings to heal and existing plaques to resolve. Dr. Berry directs viewers to his other videos for more information on ketosis and how to achieve it through diet.
Dr. Berry concludes by advising viewers to ignore unscientific remedies and instead focus on a low-carbohydrate, anti-inflammatory diet to reverse clogged arteries.
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0:00 in today's video i'm going to tell you how to unclog your arteries in just a few days you're going to take the juice from three organic lemons squeeze it into a container it must be organic non-gmo lemons and you're going to add three cloves of garlic and then you're going to get the powder from the root of the wakanaka plant from the himalayan mountains now this is very expensive but you got to get some of that and put in there you're going to mix that up and you're gonna drink eight ounces every morning and this is gonna unclog your arteries there's absolutely no science to support this but some videos on youtube have 16 million views with this very recipe okay i am going to actually tell you in
0:46 this video how you can decrease the progression of clogging of your arteries and in many cases actually reduce that clogging but unlike my friend we're going to actually talk about this from a scientific perspective a medical and nutrition perspective so the way that we currently measure clogging or blockages in your arteries is with a coronary artery calcium score this is a ct scan of your heart arteries takes just a few minutes there's very little radiation involved and it allows us to see how much clogging there is in your arteries of calcified plaque now the average cac score of the average
1:32 person goes up it increases from 20 to 25 annually so if you checked it this last year and it was 100 and you recheck it this year it should be somewhere between 120 and 125. well what we're seeing in the ketogenic community is people whose cac score is not going up that much it's maybe only going up over a year by 10 percent and in many many cases we're seeing people whose cac score is remaining the same and then some are actually decreasing their cac score now this is a very slow process these plaques are calcified so they're not going to go away overnight regardless if you drink our friend's
2:17 concoction or not that's not going to help at all what's going to actually help you either slow the progression of the clogging of your arteries or actually decrease the clogging already in your arteries is to eat a diet that follows the following principles first and foremost it is going to be a diet that is very uninflammatory and this is going to involve eating real whole foods that human beings have been eating for at least 12 to 15 000 years during our existence on this planet if you're eating things that were just discovered 20 50 100 years ago then chances are you're causing inappropriate chronic inflammation all over your body including in your arteries the next
3:04 principle is you want to eat a diet that is full of healthy fats and healthy proteins your arterial walls and the cells that make them up are made of fats and proteins and so again i would opine that you should eat proteins and fats that human beings have been eating for more than 15 000 years which is going to be animal fat and animal protein the next principle is that you need to eat a diet that is very very low in carbohydrates now i've got some research down in the show notes below that that supports this very strongly but basically when you eat a very very low carbohydrate diet you're going to be in ketosis and the study i posted below shows that the deeper in ketosis people were
3:52 the less arterial blocking blockages that they had in their arteries so when you follow these principles you're not going to unclog your arteries overnight but you are going to slow the progression of that clogging and in many cases very slowly you're going to improve the clogging that currently exists in your arteries around your heart by eating a diet very very low in carbohydrates you're going to keep your blood sugar normal you're going to keep your serum insulin level normal and this is going to slow down the damage done to the linings of your arteries and when you eat a diet that's very uninflammatory by design by evolution then you're going to give the lining of
4:38 your arteries a chance to heal and for the previous previously placed plaques they're going to have a chance to resolve and actually get smaller i have videos on this channel about what ketosis is and videos about how to get into ketosis what kind of diet what does that i'm going to pop those videos up and also put them in the show notes check those videos out if you would like to reverse your clogged arteries then don't worry about the lemon juice and the garlic and the wanaka plant extract just eat a low carbohydrate diet that does not cause inflammation hope this video helps this is dr berry i'll see you next time
