Unsightly and often painful spots on the body that change color day by day until they disappear again – these are bruises that we definitely do not care about. While some people are hardly affected, others need a careless, stronger touch, and the world is in trouble. How to prevent them in the best and easiest way?
Nobody wants bruises, but sometimes they just happen. If it is an exceptional situation, we will certainly put up with it better than when such “images” are shown on different parts of the body practically at any time. Just rub lightly on the corner of the table or bump against the chair and the next day it will appear on the skin a bruise playing with all colors. What’s up with that and why does it happen to someone often and another remembers the last bruise from the fifth grade?
For example, try the spinach soup according to the following video:
What is a bruise?
Bruises are subcutaneous blood spurts and we usually perceive them mainly as an aesthetic defect. However, their excessive production can already be a clear signal of the body that it lacks at least one very important nutrient for the proper functioning of blood circulation. If bruises form “for no reason” or even after a gentle impact, it’s time to examine the plate and add more leafy vegetables to the diet. Fresh spinach will play the main role this time.
It’s not iron, it’s vitamin K
Although we now know well that spinach definitely does not contain such huge doses of iron as Pepek the sailor thought, it is still the main hero in the fight against unnecessary bruises. This time he will use the body especially vitamin K (specifically its form K1 – phylloquinone)which can be found in abundance in green plants. It is he who is largely involved in blood clotting. As soon as there is a lack of it in the body, blood clotting is slower, blood vessels are more fragile and their damage is unfortunately very easy. Blood leaks out of the closed system even with gentle pressure when the fragile capillaries burst.
Biological glue heals small wounds
The blood that gets into the surrounding tissues in this way then forms the aforementioned bruise. But vitamin K works as a kind of “biological glue” in the bodywhich, simply put, maintains the strength and elasticity of the blood stream and ensures that small wounds under the skin are repaired as quickly as possible. From this short layman’s explanation, it is already clear how important it is to include leafy vegetables, and especially spinach, in the daily menu.
One handful a day is enough
How much spinach should we consume daily to get enough vitamin K? You might be surprised, but it’s about just a single handful of raw vegetables. If we put everything together and think about the pluses of such a small thing, we can hardly come up with any other result than that we would be committing an almost criminal act against ourselves if we avoided spinach.
It will also help the bones
In addition to blood clotting, vitamin K also has a major effect on bone health because it works very hard to channel calcium in the body properly. It is therefore a comprehensive protection of the body, which manifests itself externally in a more resistant skin without bruises and internally in the strength of the support system – i.e. bones. That’s not enough at all…
Add a few drops of fat
In order to use vitamin K to the last molecule, it is important to realize that it is about a fat-soluble vitamin. Therefore, in order for the body to get the most out of spinach, it is necessary to supplement it with a little healthy fat. It is quite enough to drizzle fresh leaves in the salad with good quality olive oil or add a few pieces of avocado.
Heat treatment? No problem…
In addition, due to its stability, vitamin K is largely preserved even during heat treatment, which makes this vegetable a universal helper in the kitchen. Very good allies in the aforementioned fight will be, for example, kale, broccoli or Brussels sprouts, which are closely behind spinach in terms of phylloquinone content.
A change in the resistance of your blood vessels will not appear overnight, but long-term and regular intake of leafy vegetables can do wonders. Try it and next summer you will only remember the bruises.
