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Why is exercise important to circulation?
One of the best ways to help support your circulatory system is to keep active. Prolonged sitting can lead to a build-up of fatty material in your blood vessels making it hard to circulate blood throughout the body. Research published in the journal Experimental Physiology found that just 10 minutes of sitting can impair leg microvascular function and reduce blood flow(2) – this makes regular use of your Revitive Circulation Booster and daily exercise vital to your leg health.
The British Heart Foundation advises that you need to get active daily to reduce your risk of developing heart or circulatory diseases.
While movement of any kind is great for your heart health, there are several exercises and types of physical activity you can do to improve and maintain healthy leg circulation
Some of these include:
Try walking briskly for 20 to 30 minutes per day and you’ll quickly start to reap the cardio benefits of this enjoyable way to keep fit.
Using a foam roller on your legs can help to boost circulation by enhancing blood flow and reducing muscle tension.
All Revitive Circulation Booster devices include our patented IsoRocker; a feature that replicates heel-toe raises, helping to improve circulation in the legs and feet.
What should I eat for better blood circulation?
What you eat is also important and several foods can help to improve your blood circulation. What you put into your body has a key role in blood flow so what you eat can positively or negatively impact your blood circulation3.
Fruits and vegetables are a great source of circulation-boosting options.
Here are some of our top picks.
This versatile high-nitrate vegetable is also a rich source of many nutrients including vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, iron, folate, and potassium. Dietary sources of high nitrate content foods can help to improve vein health by widening your blood vessels to create more room for blood to move through. In addition, it can help to tackle elevated blood pressure(5).
This earthy root vegetable is another one that’s rich in nitrate, which your body can convert into nitric oxide. Nitric oxide helps to relax your blood vessels to improve blood flow and prevent the formation of blood clots. Its anti-inflammatory effects can also further benefit your heart health as beetroot juice has been found to lower your systolic blood pressure – that’s the first number in a blood pressure reading(7,8).
This golden-yellow spice is renowned for its anti-inflammatory properties, due to a compound found in turmeric called curcumin. Curcumin boosts the production of nitric oxide, which improves the flow of blood to the heart. Turmeric also helps to encourage anti-platelet activity, reducing the risk of plaque build-up in the arteries11.
Here are a few other foods that will assist in boosting your circulation:
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Ensuring you stay on top of your healthy lifestyle and daily use of your Revitive Circulation Booster are key factors in helping to improve your circulation - so you can keep doing the things you love.
Resources for Healthy Living
1. Arnold M and Vernikos J (2020) Mobility-non-exercise physical activity (NEPA) is the key to health and longevity https://www.peertechzpublications.com/articles/JNPPR-7-167.php
2. Robinson J (2020) How to improve your blood circulation https://www.webmd.com/dvt/ss/slideshow-dvt-improve-circulation
3. Tinsley G (2021) Foods to help increase blood circulation: what to know https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/foods-that-increase-blood-flow
4 Roelofs EJ (2017) Effects of pomegranate extract on blood flow and vessel diameter after high-intensity exercise in young, healthy adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5563971/
5 Jovanovski E (2015) Effect of spinach, a high dietary nitrate source, on arterial stiffness and related hemodynamic measures: a randomized, controlled trial in healthy adults https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4525132/
6 Dohadwala M (2009) Grapes and cardiovascular disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2728695/
7. Zelman KM (2020) Foods to help improve your circulation https://www.webmd.com/dvt/ss/slideshow-foods-for-circulation
8. Raubenheimer K (2017) Acute effects of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on blood pressure, hemostasis and vascular inflammation markers in healthy older adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707742/
9. Fairlie-Jones L (2017) The effect of anthocyanin-rich foods or extracts on vascular function in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5579701/
10. Juturu V (2016) Capsaicinoids modulating cardiometabolic syndrome risk factors: current perspectives https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893589/
11. Pukka Herbs (2021) Benefits of turmeric https://www.pukkaherbs.com/us/en/wellbeing-articles/benefits-of-turmeric.html
12. Ried K (2018) The effect of kyolic aged garlic extract on gut microbiota, inflammation, and cardiovascular markers in hypertensives: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2018.00122/full
13. Kim Y (2017) Benefits of nut consumption on insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors: multiple potential mechanisms of actions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5707743/
Resources For exercise
1 British Heart Foundation (2018) Physical inactivity https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/risk-factors/physical-inactivity
2 Vranish JR et al (2018) Brief periods of inactivity reduce leg microvascular, but not macrovascular, function in healthy young men https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1113/EP086918
3 Rabbitt M (2017) Five exercises that will improve your poor leg circulation immediately https://www.prevention.com/fitness/a20438930/5-simple-exercises-to-improve-circulation/
4 Nike (2021) 10 easy yoga warm-up poses to improve blood circulation https://www.nike.com/a/yoga-warmup-poses-for-circulation
5 Robinson J (2020) How to improve your circulation https://www.webmd.com/dvt/ss/slideshow-dvt-improve-circulation
6 Hotfiel T et al (2017) Acute effects of lateral thigh foam rolling on arterial tissue perfusion determined by spectral Doppler and power Doppler ultrasound https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2017/04000/Acute_Effects_of_Lateral_Thigh_Foam_Rolling_on.4.aspx
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