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The red, green, and purple solution for black and blue bruises

Q: I seem to get bruises from every small bump to my body. Is there anything I can do to stop it?

Dr. Wright: Over the years, I've found that people who bruise easily are usually low on vitamin K, flavonoids, or both.

Blue, red, and purple foods are good sources of flavonoids and eating deep green vegetables can help boost vitamin K levels. You may also want to consider taking probiotics since "friendly" intestinal bacteria help produce vitamin K in the body.

But until the easy bruising goes away completely, you may also want to augment these dietary measures by taking 5 to 10 milligrams of vitamin K daily and use a supplement high in flavonoids, such as bilberry, hawthorne, or ginkgo.

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