When approaching the summer the French want to see their legs thin and light
 Pushkin insisted that Russia is not slender legs. (It is a pity that Alexander does not live in our vremena- something he would have said about this today!)
But the French still more lenient with their women than ours, Russian men. Here's a story about a woman's legs recently published a major French newspaper. With such here quivering advises women on how to keep their feet Stoynov and light.


Heavy legs - a consequence of poor venous system. Our tired vein responsible for returning blood to the heart, gradually lose their tone and become a "sieve", "and our feet are at the same time heavy and swollen. If a very important role is played by hormones, the main culprits still remain our habits . Sometimes even the most harmless.

On the dock : High heels, hot (bath, sauna, Turkish bath, hair removal wax in a warm, sun-bathing), the habit of putting nogy on foot, heavy gait, alcohol and stress. Sometimes it is enough to give up all of this together, so that your legs become light again, as in childhood.

But instead of bad habits you need to purchase a good: At the end of the shower spray the legs with cool water and gradually raising this procedure until the thighs and even buttocks.
Walk at least 30 minutes a day. (For this you can go a little earlier from the subway or the bus - well, at least for a stop to your house)
Avoid excessive heels (maximum height of 4-5 cm).
Forget the elevators and escalators - climb up your legs!
Organize regular exercise: swimming, and biking are especially recommended!
Put under your mattress at the feet thick unnecessary reference or forgotten all the dictionary.
Arrange on the job at his desk footrest for the feet.
In holiday at the sea, walk in water at depths up to mid-calf.

Cosmetologists also think about your feet:

Stamps cosmetics now offer innovations that allow a good idea to take care of their feet.
Creams and gels with cooling effect, compiled on the basis of refreshing ingredients (menthol, camphor) and extracts from medicinal plants (arnica, St. John's wort). Their result: the effect of "icicle" instantly erases the feeling of heaviness and fatigue.
It is recommended to apply a bottom-up cooling cream, massaging their tired feet.

Beauty salons and institutes also offer good treatments created especially for the legs: pressure therapy, hypothermia. The purpose of these procedures is the same: to rest your feet, unload them.
Lymph procedures consist of a pleasant specific massage, seeking to restore the venous-lymphatic circulation, relieve "clogged zone", which is just developing, by the way, cellulite.

At the same time these procedures can also lose a few centimeters in volume thighs. When selecting the method of this procedure, it is advisable to stop manually, since it is more effective than that carried out by machines.

Foot baths:

Red grapes - can optionally be prepared concoctions (a tablespoon for a liter of water) or taking gelatin capsules, more concentrated in active proportions (Elyuzan or Arkogleyul, for example).
Horse Chestnut - excellent as a natural tonic for the veins. It is taken in the form of gelatin capsules.
Zhingko Biloba is known in China for thousands of years due to its protective properties to the venous system. It is taken in the broth (10 grams sheets, sealed in a cup of hot water) or in gelatin capsules.

7 enemies with your feet :

1. Hotness Too warm bath, sun bath, panel heating.
2. High heels and boots Even if it is high fashion! ).
3. Excessive kg.
4. Tobacco, which damages the veins, and alcohol, which causes their expansion.
5. Standing on the site:   (shopping, queue).
6. Some sports Such as tennis, volleyball and ball games are not recommended, as they weaken the veins.
7. Clothing and overly tight underwear . Pay attention on the garter, which compress the upper leg.