Translations:Atheroma/23/en

Treatment

Many approaches have been promoted as methods to reduce or reverse atheroma progression:

• eating a diet of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, berries, and grains;
• consuming foods containing omega−3 fatty acids such as fish, fish-derived supplements, as well as flax seed oil, borage oil, and other non-animal-based oils;
• abdominal fat reduction;
• aerobic exercise;
• inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis (known as statins);
• low normal blood glucose levels (glycated hemoglobin, also called HbA1c);
• micronutrient (vitamins, potassium, and magnesium) consumption;
• maintaining normal, or healthy, blood pressure levels;
• aspirin supplement
• mouse studies indicated that subcutaneous administration of oligosaccharide 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (2HPβCD) can solubilize cholesterol, removing it from plaques. However, later work concluded that "treatment with 2HPβCD is ineffective in inducing atherosclerosis regression".