{"id":62109,"date":"2025-10-16T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62109"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:57:14","slug":"nattokinase-shrinks-arterial-plaques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62109","title":{"rendered":"Nattokinase shrinks arterial plaques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nattokinase_and_Atherosclerosis.jpg\" alt=\"Nattokinase and Atherosclerosis\" width=\"682\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nattokinase_and_Atherosclerosis.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Nattokinase_and_Atherosclerosis-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>High doses led to:<br \/>\n\u2606 36% drop in carotid plaque area<br \/>\n\u2606 21% decrease in carotid intima media thickness Nattokinase acts by being proteolytic &#8211; it shreds up certain proteins and:<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u2606 Improves blood flow (critical for endothelial health)<br \/>\n<\/span>\u2606 Prevents blood clotting<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u2606 Has antioxidant properties \u2606 Reduces lipids for an overall cardioprotective effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Outdoctrination\/status\/1978211145996472518\">https:\/\/x.com\/Outdoctrination\/status\/1978211145996472518<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High doses led to: \u2606 36% drop in carotid plaque area \u2606 21% decrease in carotid intima media thickness Nattokinase acts by being proteolytic &#8211; it shreds up certain proteins and: \u2606 Improves blood flow (critical for endothelial health) \u2606 Prevents blood clotting \u2606 Has antioxidant properties \u2606 Reduces lipids for an overall cardioprotective effect. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62109\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nattokinase shrinks arterial plaques&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62111,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62109\/revisions\/62111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}