India, Oct. 12 -- There are many food items present in our kitchen that are beneficial for our heart health. One of those items is a spice commonly found in an Indian kitchen and often used in cooking: cloves, also known as laung in Hindi.

Many health influencers and educators online claim that cloves are a superfood for heart health and cholesterol improvement, suggesting eating a single clove every day. But does it actually benefit our heart, or is it just a false claim?

Dr Dinesh Raj, a senior interventional cardiologist at HCG Hospitals, Rajkot, debunked several myths surrounding cloves in an interview with HT Lifestyle. Let's learn all about them:

According to the cardiologist, "Eating one clove a day may help improve heart health...