Varicose Veins
Author: Joe Fowler
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Last Updated:
January 27, 2026
Varicose veins are a serious disease that is difficult to treat. If you have decided to take care of yourself prophylactically, you need to follow some rules: exercise and choose carefully how to eat for varicose veins.
Varicose veins are a serious disease that is difficult to treat. If you are dealing with the problem yourself or you have just decided to take care of yourself prophylactically, you need to follow some rules: do exercises against varicose veins, water treatments and eat right, of course.
In addition to drugs, the treatment of varicose veins (varicose veins) requires some restrictions in the diet. First of all, the diet should help strengthen blood vessels, improve blood circulation, better metabolism of the legs, reduce blood viscosity, increase the content of elastin and protein in the body and reduce weight.
To this end, people suffering from varicose veins should exclude from their menu all pasta (pies, biscuits, white bread); to limit the consumption of sweets (especially - candies, cakes, cupcakes, creams). Sometimes you can take chocolate, honey, dried fruit.
In addition, it is necessary to limit fat: to exclude pork, fatty broths, butter. It is best to replace meat with fish, which contains unsaturated fatty acids, lowering blood cholesterol, improving the elasticity of blood vessels.
In varicose veins are useful seafood (squid, shrimp, mussels), which contain large amounts of honey. Copper is involved in the synthesis of elastin - the main building block of connective tissue, ensuring the elasticity of blood vessels.
In this disease is very appropriate consumption of seaweed, which improves metabolism due to the iodine contained. As a result, the tone of the body increases and the weight decreases.
It is important to include in the menu products rich in vitamins P, C, E and A. Routine (or vitamin P) contained in chestnuts, hazelnuts, chokeberry juice, sea buckthorn, reduces the permeability of blood vessels, reducing swelling. Sea buckthorn, in addition to routine, contains vitamins C, A, E and is a real cure for people suffering from varicose veins.
Lemons (both the rind, the soft part and the juice) are also useful for varicose veins - there is a lot of ascorbic acid (vitamin c) in the soft part, and rutin in the rind.
Of the fruits, in addition to the above, having the most beneficial effect are: apples, figs, blueberries. Juices should be diluted with water or choose unsweetened.
Contraindicated in varicose veins is the use of alcohol in any form, especially beer. It is necessary to limit products and dishes with large amounts of spices, smoked foods, nutritious broths, spicy spices.
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