Diet for varicose veins

Proper nutrition and therapeutic diet for varicose plays a huge role in the treatment and prevention of the disease, because it allowsnot only to reduce excess weight, thereby significantly reducing the traumatizing burden on diseased veins, but also, thanks to competent selection of food, to dilute blood and significantly improve the venous cratevegetable.

For the prevention of varicose veins, first of all, it is necessary to eliminate the risk factors that create an additional burden on the venous system, the most damaging of which are the extra pounds.

The more overweight in a person, the thicker its subcutaneous fat layer, the greater the pressure is on the walls of blood vessels, which are not made of concrete.

For this reason, people with overweight, even without obvious signs of varicose veins, are strictly forbidden to lift weights over 5 kilograms, since the additional weight load increases the pressure on the vessels many times and worsens their condition right up to the critical one.

Diet for varicose veins: basic principles ^

The diet for varicose veins is designed to restore proper nutrition, which helps to normalize weight and reduce blood coagulability, the main danger of varicose veins.

As is known, with varicose veins the blood becomes thick and viscous, as a result of which the blood particles "stick together", forming clots in different parts of the body, most often in the groin, behind the knees and on the calves, which is a very dangerous condition. High blood viscosity increases the risk of blood clots in the blood vessels and the heart, so the task of liquefaction becomes paramount.

The dilution of blood contributes not only to a diet, but also a sufficient drinking regime, since blood is 90% water. According to doctors, all vascular patients drink a catastrophically little amount of simple water, although for them it is a matter of life and death, especially in the heat. It is in the heat that the number of heart attacks and strokes sharply increases - a person sweats, loses a lot of moisture, while the blood vessels contract strongly and the blood condenses.

Therefore, to replenish the physiological costs of the body and ensure the usefulness of metabolic processes, it is necessary to drink at least 2 - 2.5 liters of water of good quality every day - this is the first natural remedy for blood thinning, which is always at hand. When you use the same dirty, chlorinated or destructured water, the organism spends a lot of energy on the intracellular level for its transformation.

In addition to water, you can drink green or mint tea, as well as natural fruit and vegetable juices. Especially useful for varicose are juices from red grapes, lemon, orange, tomato, cranberries and any acidic berries. From beer and alcohol should be discarded, as they are diuretic products that promote dehydration and thickening of the blood.

In case of thickening of blood, doctors actively prescribe aspirin preparations to dilute it, as the salicylic acid( vitamin C) contained in it, according to scientists, not only significantly reduces the viscosity of blood, but also reduces the load on the heart muscle and reduces the risk of cardiac andcardiovascular insufficiency, strokes and heart attacks.

But, not everything is as rosy as it might seem at first glance. Admissible safe therapeutic dose of aspirin should not exceed 75-100 mg per day, and its excess not only negates the positive effect, but also leads to the opposite result - from incessant nasal bleeding to fatal internal blood loss.

An increase in the dose of aspirin leads to a diaphoretic effect and a thickening of the blood. Therefore, an independent, without the appointment of a doctor, taking aspirin for "prevention", as many people sin in recent times, using it with handfuls, is completely unacceptable. In addition, it should be noted that aspirin, even with intravenous application, very aggressively affects the digestive tract and causes erosion and ulcers on the walls of the stomach.

Blood thinning products and blood thickening products ^

When preparing a diet menu for varicose veins, you need to know that there are natural products that promote blood thinning as well as aspirin - they must always be present on your table. For example, a few spoons of raspberry jam, in their action replace the tablet of aspirin. Conversely, products that thicken the blood should be eliminated as much as possible from their diet.

Vascular doctors in general are advised to hang in a prominent place in the kitchen two lists - a "white" list of products that dilute blood and a "black" list of prohibited products that thicken it and strictly compare their diet with them. After all, our health, by and large, is read from the dinner table and every food has its own "chemistry".

The diet for varicose veins should primarily be aimed at improving the performance of the liver, as varicosity is observed in all patients with varicose veins. The liver, after all, is called the chemical laboratory of the body - it is responsible for all metabolic processes and produces the necessary substances that do not allow the blood to thicken.

If the liver is healthy, then the formation of blood clots in the vessels is, in principle, impossible. But, unfortunately, bad ecology, malnutrition, alcohol and an abundance of medicines force it to work at the limit of possibilities.

Therefore, the proper nutrition for varicose veins should be as gentle as possible for the liver-it is necessary to limit fats, smoked products, marinades, canned food, sausages, meat broths, jelly, cream and white bread. In addition, bananas, mango, dogrose, lentils, walnuts, chokeberry, chokeberry and pomegranate are among the blacklisted products that thicken the blood.

List of useful products, blood thinning, large enough - flax and olive oil, fish and fish oil, tomato juice, apple cider vinegar, lemons, grapefruit, sunflower seeds, chocolate, cocoa, beets, berries( raspberry, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries,currant, cherry, cherry), as well as onions and garlic. Regular use of garlic in food, according to scientists, can dissolve the existing blood clots by half, so try to regularly enter garlic in your diet.

In addition, it is necessary to include in the menu products containing magnesium, which prevents the formation of clots in the blood. A lot of magnesium is found in oatmeal, oatmeal, oatmeal and ginger.

As for medicinal herbs, patients with varicose veins should be treated with great caution, since herbs are a serious medicine that should be taken by courses under the supervision of a doctor. For example, most popular herbs have the property of thickening the blood, and therefore vascular patients are contraindicated - nettle, St. John's wort, yarrow, corn stigmas, valerian, mountainous pochechuyny.

Of useful herbs that promote the resorption of blood clots and do not allow the adhesion of red blood cells, we can call a hazel, medinitsu, chicory, labaznik( tavolgu) and wormwood. It is useful to cut the leaves of chicory in a salad, a medlitzer and a taiga beet into tea, and use hazelnut in food in all kinds.

As a rule, with the ordering of food and the right diet, soon there is a significant improvement in the course of the disease. Many doctors claim that without surgery, you can cure any blood vessels( not only the vessels of the lower extremities) - if you cleanse the body of toxins in time, regularly eat foods that thin the blood and turn to natural remedies.

If you already have thrombophlebitis, it is very useful to regularly eat a mixture of onions, garlic, honey and lemon. Mix 200 g of onions, 100 g of garlic, 50 g of lemon and 100 g of honey.and take 3 times a day for 1 tsp.

To solve the problem of varicose veins, you will have to reconsider your bad habits, as alcohol, smoking and medications( especially contraceptive, hormonal and diuretic) significantly increase the viscosity of the blood. In addition, it is necessary to protect yourself from stress as much as possible and engage in moderate physical activity, since in hypodynamia, red blood cells literally "stick" to the walls of blood vessels. A complex of special physical exercises that help stop the development of varicose veins and prevent its progression is discussed in detail in an article on our website.
In addition, we recommend that you watch a video of medical experts on how to cope with varicose at home and in what cases you do not need to go to the doctor: