| The use of Vitamin K in concentrated creams and | | | | that occur from aging, pregnancy or excessive |
| lotions has been shown effective for helping clear | | | | exposure to UV rays from sunlight. |
| unsightly symptoms as well as helping to | | | | Legs are important |
| strengthen vein walls and valve performance in | | | | Legs have their own inimitable importance in |
| and around treated areas. | | | | human life, more so for women. But, spider veins |
| Where as there are a number of effective | | | | have a gender swing towards women and they |
| treatments - injections and lasers - formulas using | | | | are more susceptible to this affliction as |
| Vitamin K are more passive and target healing | | | | compared to men. Beauty of the legs is more |
| and improving the health of the venous structure | | | | important for women and that makes it even |
| - helping to alleviate visible signs of spider veins | | | | more difficult for women affected by visible or |
| and preventing future occurrences. | | | | protruding symptoms. |
| Where is vitamin K? | | | | Generally, spider veins is only a visual venous |
| This vitamin may not be as familiar to many of | | | | disorder and does not merit to be termed a |
| us as A, B,C or D. Vitamins K-1 and K2 are the | | | | disease as such and rarely pose a health risk. Legs |
| two major forms of vitamin K. Getting your daily | | | | are more susceptible because they carry the |
| recommend allowance through diet is relatively | | | | body weight and are exposed to the most stress |
| easy. Green leafy vegetables such as spinach, | | | | and pressure. The veins have a larger role to play |
| broccoli, leaf lettuce, avocado, kiwis, etc. are rich | | | | in the metabolic structure because they receive |
| in in K-1 and K-2. | | | | the blood from the circulatory system and have |
| Fermented food like aged cheese and soy | | | | to pump it back to the heart after traveling down |
| products are rich in K-2. You can add any of | | | | through the arms, feet, hands and legs. |
| these to your diet according to individual taste and | | | | As we approach our middle age, depending upon |
| get the essential components and nutrients | | | | the body weight, our occupations and the load |
| necessary for improving venous health to | | | | that our legs have carried around for several |
| address. | | | | years, the veins tend to become weak and the |
| Vitamin K to your help | | | | thin vein walls become fatigued - causing |
| One of the causes of spider veins has been | | | | microscopic leakage, blocking of vein passages, |
| identified as the lack of vitamin K in your diet. | | | | and inhibiting normal return or outflow of blood |
| Varicose veins as well as result from venous | | | | flow. |
| deficiency but varicose veins are generally more | | | | Added to this, genetic reasons, imbalances in the |
| noticeable and can be accompanied by various | | | | hormone structure particularly during pregnancy, |
| other issues such as deep vein thrombosis and | | | | use of certain contraceptive pills, can influence the |
| improper functioning of valves delivering blood to | | | | occurrence of spider veins. |
| lower extremities. | | | | You are never alone when treating spider veins |
| Matrix GLA protein or MPG, according to scientists | | | | because world over several million people are |
| is a major contributor to the development of the | | | | afflicted year after years. Keeping yourself |
| purple or red marks, star bursts on your legs. | | | | updated of the developments in this area will be |
| Vitamin K has been identified to have beneficial | | | | even more beneficial in addressing your spider |
| effects in treating these superficial symptoms | | | | vein problem effectively - including the use of a |
| that can be aggravated by by weight gain, | | | | well-formulated vitamin K cream. |
| minimal weekly exercise, or hormone changes | | | | |