What Are The Links Between Junk Food and Easy Bruising?

If you are suffering from easy bruising, to the level where you don't even recall how you got the bruise at all, or when just lightly bumping into a cabinet or shelf can cause you to bruise spectacularly, you're probably wondering what the reason is.  You might be dealing with an unknown vitamin deficiency, and one of the reasons for being deficient might be because of your intake of junk food.  Junk food is very appropriately named, and when you ponder about the hollow calories that you are ingesting into your body, particualarly without the slightest bit of help from added vitamins, it leads you understand the reasons why your bruises may be getting considerably worse than they were before.

The first thing that you should analyze is what are the causes for bruises to occur.  As we grow older, our skin thins and becomes more delicate, and a number of separate conditions can then cause our capillaries to become much more fragile.  On account of this frailty, even an insignificant bump can cause the capillary walls to break when they shouldn't otherwise, and that can be the reason you face some fairly spectacular bruises.  The solution for overcoming bruising easily lies with providing your body with the resources it must have to heal the capillary walls, should they be broken, and to strengthen them so that they are not as likely to break in the first place.

The situation that occurs when you eat too much junk food traces from the fact you are getting very few of the nutritional resources that your body requires to shore up its defenses.  Do you know of any junk food products that you can name that will provide you with a good dose of iron, or vitamins C or A?  When you consume junk food, you are really just loading up on complex sugars.  Complex sugars result in an immediate jolt of energy into your system, which can help you weather a rough spot, but you will face a drop (or crash) very shortly thereafter.  After the crash, you are probably going to be irritable, and the urge will then become to seek another high.  On the other hand, simple, or non-complex, sugars will give you a more gradual release of energy, which will give you a much easier time making your temporary burst of energy more tolerable.

If you are eating junk food on a regular basis, you are likely distracted from eating the foods that are right for you're trying to aid your body's ability to heal itself, and depending on your family's medical history, junk food could also be a contributing reason for your contracting diabetes.  Easy bruising is one of the warning signs and symptoms of diabetes, so that is just another reason for you to be more careful about the kinds of food that you eat.  Spend one day and commit everything that you eat to writing.  From your list question yourself, Am I getting the required dosages of the vitamins and nutrients that I should have?   Does your list seem to scream out the likelihood that you have any deficiencies?

Be thoughtful and really consider your diet.  This is a situation where you really need to pay attention if you want to attempt to get rid of that persistent easy bruising.

About the author: 

Carolyn Cooper is recognized as a well known expert on bruising causes through a combination of her educational experience in nutrition and her real life expertise with nutritional supplements for athletes, ranging from children to the professional ranks. You can get a free Special Report on bruising causes and see what she's done to get you beyond the nightmares of easy bruising and help you prevent bruising altogether.