INSTANT CARDIOA morning pickme- up: Coffee can keep your arteries from clogging. While analyzing the cholesterol levels of 10 coffee drinkers, Swiss scientists found that LDL particles soak up java’s antioxidants. As a result, the LDL is 20 percent less likely to become an oxidized form of the bad cholesterol that develops into artery-clogging plaque, says one study author, Cristina Scaccini, Ph.D. The benefit tops out after three daily mugs of joe. Caffeine conflicted? Decaf does the trick, too.