The following foods are recommended to help keep your heart and circulation in tip top condition:

Vegetable Goodness

Fruit, vegetables, and whole grain products, including all cereals, should make up the bulk of a well balanced diet. Vegetables that are particularly beneficial for the heart and circulation include broccoli, cabbage, carrots, spinach, onions and tomatoes

Fabulous Fruit  

Bananas, oranges, grapefruits, grapes, cranberries, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are also good fruits for maintaining healthy leg vein circulation and healthy capillary action.

Other Booster foods

Eat garlic, fennel, beetroot and watercress to your heart’s content. Garlic can help reduce blood fat and cholesterol levels and so maintain healthy arteries and an efficient blood flow. Fennel also helps regulate blood fat and to keep the heart healthy. Beetroot and watercress contain antioxidants (good vitamins to help prevent tissue damage) and help stimulate the circulatory system.

Read on for some mouth-watering ‘healthy circulation’ recipes