The inner lining of your blood vessels should be incredibly slippery, like a newly polished ice rink, to allow blood cells to flow without sticking.

Your body has beneficial 'brown fat' which, when activated, acts like a furnace to burn down harmful 'white fat,' especially inflammatory visceral fat.

Polyphenols and sulforaphanes from leafy greens are absorbed into your bloodstream, where they lower oxidative stress and inflammation to protect blood vessel walls.

Certain foods and beverages, including green tea and coffee, contain polyphenols that can activate your brown fat to burn down harmful white fat.

It's important to have self-compassion and allow yourself to occasionally wander off your healthy path, as long as you get back on it.

Polyphenols in tea (EGCG) and coffee (chlorogenic acid) are beneficial for blood vessels because they lower inflammation and oxidative stress.