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cardiovascular system
varicose veins
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• low sugar, low fat diet
• high complex whole carbohydrates, high fiber
• protein 12-15% diet
• low cholesterol/cholesterol foods
• low sodium/sodium-restricted diet
• vegetarian cleansing diet or short fasts
• Fasting, General Sample Diet, General Guidelines for Eating, Sample Vegetarian Diet

therapeutic foods:
• foods rich in rutin and silicon, Vitamin C and bioflavonoids, Vitamin E, buckwheat (Airola, p. 158)
• foods high in water-soluble fiber: psyllium seed, flax seed, pectin, guar gum, oat bran
• foods that invigorate the Qi and Xue (Blood), disperse Stagnations
• barley bran, eggplant
• cabbage, also externally as pack (Shefi)
• blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries

fresh juices:
• carrot, celery, spinach, and parsley (Walker, p. 157)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 157)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 157)

specific remedies:
• to protect against varicose veins increase cellulose and hemi-cellulose foods in diet

avoid:
• meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar, cow's milk and other dairy products, white bread, refined foods, processed foods


supplements

• Vitamin B-complex
• Vitamin C
• bioflavonoids (Bastyr)


footnotes