Do you need vitamins for varicose veins or dietary supplements to help veins

2023 Author: Alfred Shackley | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:14

Unfortunately, many are skeptical about dietary supplements. Especially when it comes to a disease such as varicose veins. It is more usual for this disease to rub your feet with something, to make a saline bandage or a bath.

In short, to act locally on the problem of the feet. This is perceived as a truly correct treatment aimed at a specific affected area.

And what about vitamins!

All the more vegetable. However, it is not for nothing that there is a tendency to concentrate all drugs related to dietary supplements on the shelves of pharmacies. This means that they are nevertheless equal in effectiveness to drugs, but only to more gentle ones.

Of course, when the vascular pathology of the lower extremities has gone so far that only a surgeon can help, then, as they say, it is too late to drink Borjomi.

Or maybe, knowing about your genetic predisposition to varicose veins, or noticing the first symptoms, do not wait for the further development of a negative scenario, but immediately revise your usual way of life?

Experts say that varicose veins begins with a banal weakening of the antioxidant defense of the body as a whole.

What leads to a decrease in antioxidant protection?

The thing is that modern nutrition is not able to provide a person with a daily flow of vital vitamins and minerals:

• A, C, E - the most relevant vitamins for varicose veins;
• beta carotene;
• complex of B vitamins;
• from minerals, the most important for varicose veins: zinc, selenium, copper, magnesium, potassium;
• essential amino acids;
• essential fatty acids.

An unbalanced diet is aggravated by frequent stress, which in turn leads to an imbalance in the acid-base balance in the intestine, and, therefore, to an increase in free radicals. The most favorable range for this is the pH level 4, 8-6, 3. Then everything happens according to the laws of nature, regardless of whether we know about them or not.

Red blood cells have a negative charge - a free electron. As soon as excess free radicals appear in the blood of a person's venous vessels (they are called prooxidants), they carry along this extra electron of hemoglobin, depriving it of both positive and negative charges (neutralize). And all electrically neutral erythrocytes behave in such a way that they begin to stick together, forming a clot.

Accordingly, all metabolic processes, and therefore venous blood flow, slow down, the blood thickens. With such a low-joy picture, vegetative-vascular dystonia is usually diagnosed, which is a trigger for the further development of diseases of the vascular system, which includes varicose veins. But this is not only varicose veins. Subsequently, severe arterial lesions lead to intermittent claudication (arteritis obliterans) or stroke. To avoid this, it is enough to simply provide your body with antioxidant protection.

How to choose pharmacy vitamin complexes

Varicose veins, like other diseases starting from an excess of free radicals in the body, are called today the diseases of civilization. And not only capillary cells, but also cells of the whole organism suffer. The death of cells of the immune system begins with the fact that mitochondria gradually reduce the production of ATP. Therefore, first of all, immunosuppressants, energizers are needed.

It is not surprising that many pharmacy multivitamin complexes immediately contain antioxidants. But since they are specially designed to protect vitamins themselves from free radicals, doctors recommend, along with such drugs, to additionally consume antioxidants.

The most relevant for varicose veins, as mentioned above, are vitamins A, C and E. Vitamin C is recognized as the most powerful of the antioxidants, but it is much better absorbed in combination with routine. Therefore, when choosing complexes from the pharmacy range, you should pay attention to the drug Ascorutin. It contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and rutin.

The first important component is designed to increase immunity, regulate blood clotting, and help normalize redox processes. Rutin strengthens the walls of blood vessels, improves blood microcirculation in them, thereby relieving pain and inflammation.

This inseparable couple is prescribed at any stage of the disease with complex therapy. At the beginning of the disease, it prevents its further progression, and in severe form as a general strengthening agent and to reduce edema. It is taken as a food supplement during or after meals three times a day, 1 tablet. The course is 3-4 weeks, it can and should be repeated with weak vessels up to twice a year.

C and E are extremely necessary for varicose veins also because they are the basis of collagen, which is part of the connective tissue of the veins. To satisfy the increased need of the body for vitamins A and E and to prevent vascular diseases, you can use the Aevit vitamin complex.

Vitamin A has a beneficial effect on the endothelial lining of the veins. However, the concentration of these two components in Aevit is so high that the drug is classified as a medicinal one.

You should take only 1 capsule per day with 1/4 glass of water for 1-1.5 months. On the recommendation of a doctor, the dosage can be increased, but then the course is usually shortened.

As a rule, in parallel with the above, other multivitamin complexes are also taken. If they contain selenium, then it should be taken into account that then the body's need for vitamin E is much less. The same happens with calcium. In combination with E, calcium supplements can cause hypercalcemia.

In addition to antioxidants, a special place is occupied by varicose veins:

• B1 - to normalize the sensitivity of the limbs;
• B9 (folic acid) - to increase hemoglobin;
• B5 - for the prevention of blood clots;
• K - one of the most effective for varicose veins to normalize the circulation of blood flow in the veins.

Tableted B complex vitamins can also be purchased at the pharmacy.

It contains:

• Angiovitis;
• Neuromultivitis (supplemented with vitamins A, C, D3, phosphorus, calcium);
• Gerimax (multivitamin complex with 10 minerals);
• Milgamma compositum (B1 and B6);
• Mega B complex.

According to the doctor's instructions, B vitamins are consumed daily, 1-3 tablets per day. You just need to take into account that even when taking vitamin supplements, you should carefully study the instructions, because Milgamma can harm you with heart failure. Often, doctors recommend for varicose veins the drug Lactomarin, which is based on seaweed. It is saturated with the listed vitamins and contains more than 40 important micro and macro elements.

Vitaminization of nutrition with varicose veins

In parallel with taking pharmacy complexes, it is important to adjust your diet. This is perhaps the most important point in the treatment of any disease and varicose veins are no exception. It is recommended to eat in small portions, but often, up to 6 times a day. Legumes and cereals are rich in B vitamins. This means that the basis of the diet should be a variety of cereals.

Regular use of vegetable salads, herbs with the addition of vegetable oil is useful. It is better to prefer sea fish to meat. In the blood thinning process, it is good to drink green tea throughout the day. It also contains a sufficient amount of components P and K. The latter are rich in beef liver, potatoes, cabbage, green lettuce.

If the person suffering from varicose veins is not overweight, then no special diet leading to a decrease in kilograms is required. Moderation, a sufficient amount of clean water, a variety of vegetables and fruits are important. Vitamin D has recently been found to have a significant effect on veins, so don't forget about dairy products and lean fish.

Milk also contains enough B5, which relieves unwanted muscle spasms of the legs. And in ginger there is a unique substance - gingerol, which increases blood oxygen saturation by 20%, which is also important for normal blood circulation.

It is worth familiarizing yourself with the experience of dietitians who have developed menus for people suffering from varicose veins over the years. For example, Walker, an American specialist in this area, noticed in practice a beneficial effect on the vessels of freshly squeezed juices.

Moreover, these combinations are recommended:

• carrots and spinach;
• carrots, celery, spinach, parsley;
• carrots, beets, cucumbers;
• carrots, spinach, turnips, watercress.

Folk recipes will help to increase the positive effect on blood vessels.

It's no secret that some pharmacy ointments for varicose veins contain horse chestnut. But it can be taken orally, which is effective even with a complicated form of varicose veins. To do this, about 50 pieces of fruits, together with leaves in a crushed form, must be infused for 2 weeks in vodka or alcohol (0.5 ml).

Use a tablespoon daily 3-4 times a month. Shake well before each use. A good effect is given by tincture of yarrow, hazel bark.