Blood clots may be prevented naturally!
90% of blood clots occur because of our lifestyle. Our messy lifestyle is the reason we face heart attacks or strokes due to blood clots.
Do you know what’s a positive here? You can change your lifestyle and eliminate the risk of clotting your blood or facing heart attacks and strokes.
In this blog, I will discuss the best blood thinner foods, the foods that you must avoid that help you prevent blood clots naturally and increase your heart health. Let’s get straight into it for the sake of your longevity.
4 Best blood thinner foods that help you naturally prevent blood clots
Eating a diet that your biochemistry dictates on a Hair Mineral Analysis is always the most precise as it can tell you exactly what you are lacking. This gives you the advantage of honing in on foods that will increase your mineral level and target the precise supplementation your body (& blood) needs.
Here are the 4 BEST foods that keep your blood thin;
1. Ginger and garlic
Ginger and garlic are powerful natural blood thinners. Gingerroot contains salicylates, which work similarly to aspirin by reducing blood clotting. Garlic has sulfur compounds that help to prevent platelets in your blood from clumping together. To benefit, incorporate fresh ginger into teas or smoothies and add garlic to your daily meals. Both can be used raw or cooked, but fresh forms are most effective.
2. Food that contains Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant that helps thin the blood by preventing platelets from clumping together, which can lead to clots. Nuts, seeds, spinach, and broccoli are excellent sources of Vitamin E. To ensure you’re getting enough, include a variety of these foods in your diet daily. You can also drizzle Vitamin E-rich oils like organic/non-GMO sunflower or organic/non-GMO wheat germ oil over cooked vegetables or use them in cooking to enhance your intake.
3. Grape Seed Extract
Grape seed extract is rich in antioxidants, particularly flavonoids, which help protect blood vessels and prevent blood platelets from sticking together, reducing clot formation. It’s available in supplement form, but you can also consume it naturally by eating grapes (if Hair Analysis allows), especially those with seeds. Add them to your foods, snacks, or smoothies occasionally. If you choose supplements, follow the recommended dosage to ensure effectiveness without overdoing it.
4. Mediterranean foods or diet
The Mediterranean diet is one of the best and most abundant foods that help keep blood vessels healthy, reduce clot formation, and protect against cardiovascular disease. Key components like Extra Virgin Olive Oil, nuts, whole grains, and wild-caught fatty fish provide healthy fats and antioxidants that protect the cardiovascular system.
Please completely avoid Pacific fish with radiation and heavy metal toxicity. To adopt this diet, focus on meals rich in vegetables, fruits (if indicated on a Hair Analysis), legumes, and lean proteins like fish. Regularly consume these foods to support heart health and naturally prevent blood clots.
Food items that you must avoid
There are a few items I would not advise such as:
- Potatoes and nightshade vegetables cause inflammation.
- Fruits that we can get the same vitamins from within our cooked vegetables and eliminate the natural sugars that raise your risk of diabetes. If your Hair Analysis doesn’t indicate any sugar issues, a piece of organic, non-GMO fruit may be fine.
- Fish and seafood (due to large amounts of heavy metals).
- Whole grains regularly as they can trigger inflammation and are soaked in pesticides.
Important Note: Naturally dense blood is a good sign as it indicates a healthy amount of platelets. In some people, there is a genetic disorder that causes blood clotting, so they should opt for blood-thinning foods and be regularly monitored by blood tests.
To keep your blood and body in check, you must always do physical activities like weight resistance training, gentle yoga or stretching, and walking. Avoid gaining weight (obesity) by gaining or maintaining your muscle mass with adequate protein in your diet too.
What are the causes of heart attacks and strokes?
1. Blood clots
Blood platelet aggregation (clotting) can cause a cardiovascular issue as well as a stroke. One food that will help to eliminate clumping is EVOO. It contains apoA-IV, a component that prevents the “sticking” of the platelets that cause clots. By boosting your apoA-IV in your HDL or good cholesterol, you are helping to stop the clot that is often called thrombosis.
2. Stress
In 2013 Harvard Health explained how anger or chronic stress will amplify our fight or flight triggering anxiety. It also shows that an acute trauma, such as a sudden death of a loved one can cause a heart attack. Using the methods I’ve mentioned for stress relief, is key to lowering the adrenal burnout to lift some of the burdens on your heart.
3. Heavy metal toxicity
The Isr. Med. Assoc. Journal found a direct link in 2004 to heavy metals as a trigger for the first event of an acute coronary syndrome:
“The ingestion of heavy meals can trigger the onset of an ACS event. Education of the population to avoid heavy meals, especially in people at high risk for coronary heart disease, should be included in the prevention of ACS. Research regarding specific nutrients that may act as potential triggers for ACS should be considered.”
When you see the heavy metal accumulation on a Hair Analysis Test, you can then utilize my expertise in removing them as a possible threat. They not only affect your heart but also other tissues as well as your mental and emotional states.
What can blood clots do to you?
A blood clot can stop the flow of blood to the heart or brain, not to mention the lungs. Those found with low levels of blood flow often have cardiac-related issues or diseases. By preventing the cells from clumping, you can cut your risk significantly.
What time of day do most heart attacks and strokes occur?
Researchers have found that 6 a.m. is the most common time as apoA-IV is at its lowest, allowing for clotting. Eating foods that are heart-healthy at your dinner meal or snack can help to keep your apoA-IV higher throughout the night.
After we eat a meal the platelet activity increases along with the fat levels found in the blood. We also have higher sugar levels and internal inflammation. In a 2018 study, mice with adequate apoA-IV had no clots developed during an artificial inducing clot procedure! The mice that lacked the gene for apoA-IV developed an artery-blocking clot in small and large vessels.
If you want to significantly improve your cellular health I highly recommend taking a Protandim supplement. It activates an NRF2 pathway at the cellular level to remove rogue cells. It has been scientifically proven to reduce up to 40% of your oxidative stress (free radicals) that cause disease in just 30 days.
Does Olive Oil prevent blood clots?
One big part of a healthy diet would include healthy fats such as Extra Virgin Olive Oil or EVOO. It is a monounsaturated fatty acid that may decrease the amount of LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood. It is rich in polyphenols that protect your tissues against oxidative stress or cell death. EVOO can also aid in lowering glucose (blood sugar) levels after a meal.
How does EVOO help the heart?
The Western diet is particularly high in cheap and harmful palm oil as well as canola oil. A study in 2007 found that boosting the apoA-IV levels with EVOO decreased important factors including:
- Inflammatory response
- The size of accumulated plaque
- The lesions found in the arteries of those with atherosclerosis (fatty deposits and calcification)
The amazing thing about this mouse study is that these benefits were found even when the mice were still eating palm oil!
What are some heart-healthy foods?
Foods such as EVOO can be seen as a neutraceutical which is a food or natural supplement thought to prevent disease. By simply changing your choice of oil you will lower your risk of cardiovascular disease with this protective component naturally.
If you want to significantly improve your cellular health I highly recommend taking a Protandim supplement. It activates an NRF2 pathway at the cellular level to remove rogue cells. It has been scientifically proven to reduce up to 40% of your oxidative stress (free radicals) that cause disease in just 30 days.
Hair Analysis and Blood Clots:
The takeaway is that there are foods you can integrate to nourish and heal your body. The choices and consequences of your health are 100% in your hands and mouth.
If you are ready to make better choices and feed your body exactly what your Hair Analysis shows you need,
LET’S CHAT about your health goals!
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References:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15609883/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30190457/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/stress-and-your-heart
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25883568/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30959835/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/atherosclerosis/vol/194/issue/2
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