Heart Disease

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turmeric, ginger, garlic, onion, green chillies, black pepper, nutmeg, thyme (ajwain), basil, mint, cardamom, coriander, cinnamon, cumin, oregano, tamarind, parsley, sage, rosemary, caraway.

Clot-busting Foods

9.34 Correct food intake can help keep the arteries clean, elastic and free of hazardous clots. Intake of healthy food does this by preventing cholesterol build-up (if it is already high it can lower it) and by keeping the blood thin and clot-free. Your diet should include foods (especially if you already have a heart disease) that help fight blood clots such as garlic, ginger, turmeric, raw onions, green chillies, broccoli, green tea, flaxseeds, black mushrooms and oily fish like salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines. All these clot-bursting foods function on the common principle that they tend to thin the blood by suppressing platelet clumping, depress fibrinogen levels (high blood levels of fibrinogen is a predictor of heart disease) and improve clot-dissolving activity. The anti-clotting effect happens within 3 to 4 hours of eating, these foods. Therefore, when such foods are eaten regularly in small quantities they can have a powerful pharmacological effect on blood clots and avert heart attacks. Notes: (i) Eat half a raw onion as part of the salad with every meal; (ii) Eat two cloves of chopped raw garlic every day; (iii) Eat half inch piece of ginger everyday with salad once a day; (iv) Consume two tablespoons of flaxseeds (alsi) powder rich in Omega-3 beneficial fats once a day; (v) Eat 250 grams of steamed or baked oily fish 2 to 3 times a week – again rich in Omega-3 fats.