When you start to accumulate fibrin inside the blood vessels or injury site, blood starts to become more viscous. What this means is that there is an increased risk of the formation of blood clots, which can appear in the veins, capillaries, and arteries. Your guide to preventing blood clots focuses strongly, therefore, on ensuring proper blood circulation and lowering blood pressure. So how is this done?

Your Guide to Preventing Blood Clots:

    1. Stop smoking. Everybody already is aware that smoking is bad for a person’s health. It releases a number of free radicals that can damage the walls of the arteries. Additionally, it can increase fibrin levels, which means you increase your chance of developing a blood clot. Air pollution is bad enough, so don’t add  the pollution that comes from smoking a cigarette.
    2. Drink less alcohol. Interestingly, you shouldn’t avoid alcohol altogether. Having one or two drinks daily can lower the synthesis of free radicals, thereby diminishing fibrin buildup. However, if drink too much, the blood platelets will become sticky, thereby increasing the chance of clots.
    3. Avoid sugar and carbs. Endothelial tissue damage is often caused by high levels of blood glucose. Artificial sweeteners, sweets, high carb foods like potatoes, and different cereals can all make blood sugar levels rise. Fibrin attaches itself to these sugar molecules, potentially leading to blockages.
    4. Don’t eat too much fat. If you eat a lot of greasy and oily food, then you are eating too much fat. You shouldn’t cut fat out of your diet completely, however. Rather, your guide to preventing blood clots will tell you to eat the right kinds of fats, in the right amounts. Switch to extra virgin olive oil, palm oil, or coconut oil so that you increase your level of omega 3 fatty acids. These are strong anti-coagulants as well. Flaxseed is particularly good. You should also lower your consumption of omega 6 fatty acids, found in soy beans, safflower, and sunflower. This is because it can cause joint pain, inflammation, and higher fibrin levels.
    5.  Avoid stress. Furthermore, you need to avoid stress, both physical and mental. Stress is very bad for a person’s overall health, releasing all sorts of toxins into your body. Specifically, it causes the release of growth hormones, cortisol, and adrenaline. These chemicals have an impact on every part of the body, and they increase the blood sugar level as well, creating a double-whammy of problems. Stress makes the blood more viscous and it makes the development of clots far more likely.
    6. Eat a healthy diet. Last but not least, you need to focus on your diet. You have to eat the right foods and avoid the bad ones, some of which have already been mentioned above. Specifically, increase your intake of fibrin-reducing foods, such as lime, apples, legumes, beans, onions, and garlic. You may also want to consider supplementing your diet with nattokinase, which is an enzyme found in some Japanese foods. This ensures that the overall health of your cardiovascular system remains strong.