{"id":67051,"date":"2026-09-08T17:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67051"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:21:18","slug":"foods-that-decalcify-your-arteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67051","title":{"rendered":"Foods That Decalcify Your Arteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arteries_Before_and_After.jpg\" alt=\"Arteries Before and After\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arteries_Before_and_After.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Arteries_Before_and_After-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several nutrients can help decalcify your arteries.<\/p>\n<p>The first is vitamin K2, a fat-soluble vitamin that transports excess calcium from your arteries to your bones. Try the natural version, MK-7.<\/p>\n<p>Next is vitamin D3, another fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin D3 works with vitamin K2 to transport calcium. Try taking them with a meal, and not on an empty stomach, so they\u2019ll be absorbed better.<\/p>\n<p>Third is magnesium, which helps bring down excess levels of calcium.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth is IP-6 or phytic acid. It\u2019s an excellent inhibitor of calcification in your arteries because it\u2019s a chelator. This means it binds with calcium and other minerals like iron, and helps to pull them from your arteries.<br \/>\nDr. Eric Berg, DC, not MD; information only<\/p>\n<p>Lecithin helps unblock arteries.<\/p>\n<p>10,000 CFU per day of Nattokinase has been proven in trials to help decalcify your arteries. Smaller amounts do not do the same job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several nutrients can help decalcify your arteries. The first is vitamin K2, a fat-soluble vitamin that transports excess calcium from your arteries to your bones. Try the natural version, MK-7. Next is vitamin D3, another fat-soluble vitamin. Vitamin D3 works with vitamin K2 to transport calcium. Try taking them with a meal, and not on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67051\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Foods That Decalcify Your Arteries&#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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67051","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=67051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67053,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67051\/revisions\/67053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}