Teaching is the noblest professions across the world. Teachers have the power to shape the character, caliber, and future of individuals and they are responsible to lay the foundation of good society and strong nation.
However, this noble profession comes with its own challenges in shape the great physical and mental demands that often put teachers at risk of serious health risk. One of the common health hazards that teachers commonly face is varicose veins – caused by prolonged standing.
A teacher’s day is often spent interacting with students, parents, and faculty, which may involve a lot of standing and walking in classrooms. Prolonged periods of standing, increases the pressure within the leg veins and the likelihood of developing varicose veins.
According to India’s Top Nutritionist Avni Kaul, teachers can prevent varicose vein with the right diet and nutrition intake and here are some of them.
Take foods high in Rutin
Rutin, also called rutoside is the glycoside combining the flavonol quercetin and the disaccharide rutinose. It is a citrus flavonoid found in a wide variety of plants including citrus fruit. This miraculous flavonoid has an array of benefits and one of the most essential is the ability to strengthen capillaries that are weak and most apt to develop varicose veins.
As well, rutin is a vasoprotective (protects of blood vessels), anti-inflammatory, antithrombotic, (protect against blood clots) and antioxidant. Natural sources of rutin are an apple, buckwheat, grapes, cherries, and blackberries.
Vitamin E rich diet
Vitamin E improves the health of our veins and blood circulation. It helps in keeping platelets from sticking together and adhering to the side of blood vessel walls. Hence Vitamin E diet intake can give relief from painful cramps in the calf caused by narrowed or hardened arteries and veins and it can also help in the prevention of varicose veins.
Natural sources of Vitamin E are broccoli, spinach, almonds and hazelnuts, Vegetable oils (from sunflower, safflower, soybean, and wheat germ)
Vitamin B
Varieties of B vitamins from the B complex group also help treat and prevent varicose veins by strengthening the blood vessels. Diet rich in B vitamins like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate (folic acid), vitamin B6, vitamin B12, biotin, and pantothenic acid will improve vein health.
Natural sources of B Vitamins are whole, unprocessed foods such as brown rice, wheat, and barley. Meat products such as liver, turkey, and tuna include concentrated levels of vitamin B and other excellent B vitamin sources are potatoes, bananas, lentils, chili peppers, beans, and molasses
Anti-inflammatory foods
Certain foods help reverse inflammation and improve blood flow, making it possible to heal varicose veins faster and prevent future ones from forming. Some of the best anti-inflammatory foods for reducing the appearance of varicose veins include:
a. Ginger is an anti-inflammatory superfood that can help prevention and cure of varicose veins! Ginger can help improve circulation and to dissolve fibrin in blood vessels. Fibrin is what causes veins to become hard and lumpy, people with varicose veins have difficulty breaking down this substance so increasing your intake of ginger will help to tackle the task.
b. Olive oil Increasing blood circulation is essential to treating varicose veins. Massaging the skin with olive oil can help increase circulation and reduce pain and inflammation. Mix equal amounts of olive oil and vitamin E oil and warm it slightly. Massage the veins with the warm oil for several minutes.
c. Apple cider vinegar is a very effective treatment and prevention of varicose veins. It is a natural body cleansing product and also improves blood flow and circulation. When the blood starts flowing naturally, the heaviness and swelling of varicose veins will decrease to a great extent.
Avoid Poor Diet
Just like taking key nutrients is important to fight varicose veins similarly it’s important for the teacher to avoid poor diet. A poor diet means food in containing the high level of unsaturated fatty acids, excess sugar, caffeine and alcohol. Hence start saying no to junk, fast and processed foods
In Buenos Aires, 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games Nutritionist Avni Kaul was the Advisor (Nutrition) from India. She is a Gold-medallist master’s science graduate from the University of Delhi in the subject of Food and Nutrition. Avni Kaul is a diet and nutrition columnist in some of India's leading newspapers and magazines like -
Columnist at TimesNow
Columnist at NDTV Food
Columnist at Grazia
Columnist at Deccan Herald
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