10 Tips For Healthy Veins

The trick is to eat the right things on a daily basis to improve your circulation and keep your vein walls strong and healthy.

1. Eat a lot of colorful fruit – add berries to your cereal or yoghurt in the morning – Foods like blueberries and raspberries are full of bioflavonoids – natural compounds that work with Vitamin C to help strengthen your blood vessels.

The darker the color the more bioflavonoids they contain. There are two bioflavonoids important for vein health – rutin and quercitin which are found in all citrus fruits, apricots, blueberries, blackberries, cherries, rose hips, and buckwheat.

2. Don’t peel your citrus fruit too carefully – the white bits on citrus fruits are the white membranes of citrus fruit like oranges clementines, tangerines and grapefruit which are also a rich source of bioflavonoids
3. Increase your vitamin C intake – eating a large amount of fruits containing bioflavonoids also delivers high quantities of vitamin C and the two together act to build up and restore tissue, stengthening vein valves and vein walls. Other sources are leafy green vegetables and salad leaves. If you take a supplement combine a high strength vitamin C supplement with bioflavon

4. Avoid constipation with a high fiber diet – lack of regularity makes all vein problems worse because of the added pressure it puts on the vascular system. Add bran to your cereal or buy natural unprocessed muesli, eat nuts and dried fruit as a snack, consume as much fresh fruit and vegetables as you can, use pulses and legumes in soups and stews.

5. Take 120 milligrams of gingko biloba – a daily dose of ginkgo biloba helps to strengthen the tissues that make up your vein walls and increases blood flow around the body.

6. Up your level of Vitamin A (beta carotene) which is important for skin healing and strength – carrots are the best known source but any orange colored fruit and vegetables like mangoes or sweet potatoes are high in beta carotene.

7. Boost B complex vitamins – take a tablespoon of brewer’s yeast or nutritional yeast daily. The eight individual B vitamins in the B complex group are vital for strengthening tissue and improving muscle tone which helps to heal damaged blood vessels, stem leaks and stop further problems arising. Brewer’s yeast is an inactive form of the yeast used in brewing and is full of natural B complex vitamins.
B vitamins are found in all whole foods and whole grains but are very low or completely absent in processed carbohydrates like white flour or sugar. B vitamins in meat or meat products and turkey and fresh tuna are good sources. Other food sources for B vitamins are whole potatoes, bananas, lentils, molasses and chile peppers.

8. Take one tablespoon of lecithin granules daily – lecithin or vitamin F is a wonderful natural substance that improves vascular health by breaking down fatty deposits in the blood allowing the blood to flow freely. It also has a key role to play in restoring and repairing tissue damage. Lecithin is present naturally in foods such as: cabbage, cauliflower, soy beans, split peas, organic meat, seeds, nuts and eggs.

9. Build up your vitamin E supplies – vitamin E acts as an antioxidant protecting vitamins A and C and other important substances in the body so it plays a key role in the health of your vascular system. It can be found in vegetable oils, wheatgerm, hazelnuts and avocados.

10. Make sure you get enough zinc – you may be deficient in zinc because your body may not be metabolizing enough of the zinc you consume in your diet. Low absorption of zinc is a common problem – the body is only able to absorb around 20% of the zinc made available to it through diet. Zinc is vital for healthy connective tissues including capillary walls and vein valves as it plays a big role in collagen formation.

The best sources of zinc are proteins like meat and shellfish. Other sources include: wholegrains and cereals, pumpkin seeds, muesli, sesame seeds and tahini paste, yoghurt and wholemeal bread.

Source : Simply Anitaging