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1. New Email for McVitamins
2. What deficiencies can do to your Health.
3. New Test for Neuropathy?

New Contact Information for McVitamins

We're hoping that you did not try and email us this week just to have it returned to you. 

We had a crash on our old email provider.   It has been changed on our site but for those who have the old email.  The new email is chris@mcvitamins.com

This is on the McVitamins server so it won't happen again.

 

What are nutritional deficiencies and what do they do to your health?    

A deficiency is basically a nutrient that your body does not have enough of to function properly.  

What if you forgot to put enough oil in you car?   Despite the fact that it was getting the air, gas, functioning spark plugs and good combustion, the car wouldn’t work properly.  Sure the piston would go up and down and the car would move forward – just like normal.  But soon the engine might run a little hot.  Down in the engine different things might start happening.  The rings around the piston that stopped oil from getting up into the combustion area might be giving way.  The normal straight camshaft might start to bend a little.   The engine just won’t work right. Perhaps the car will need a small repair, or maybe a major overhaul – or ignored the engine will just seize up and “die”. 

It’s the same with your body – except that you can’t just buy another engine and repairs made to a damaged body might not put things back together again.

Let’s look at some of the many varied things that can happen when you don’t put the needed nutrients into the body, and wind up with a deficiency.

Gingivitis is created when plague (sticky deposits of bacteria, mucus and food particles) adheres to the teeth, hardens and irritates the gum. The accumulation causes the gums to become infected and swollen. As the gums swell, pockets form between the gums and the teeth and act as a trap for more plague.  Irritated gums bleed and eventually start to recede.

This irritation can be fought by introducing Vitamin C, which fights the formation of plaque.  Now gingivitis, untreated, can progress to periodontal disease, which means loose teeth and false teeth.   Seems like it would be easier just to get enough C.   C would have fought the formation of plaque to begin with.

Does that sound too easy?  Remember in the fast food lifestyle that we live in, we need a Vitamin C to fight the many problems in that lifestyle – processed foods, polluted air, etc.  You need enough so that your gums get enough.  

Vitamin B12 comes from meat, eggs, fish and milk, but not everyone eats these and they do not eat enough to fight the depletion that happens from day to day living.   Alcohol, coffee, tobacco to name a few can also deplete the body of vitamin B12.

What happens when you have a deficiency of Vitamin B12?  It can bring about nerve degeneration.  Vitamin B12 supports the sheathing that protects nerve cells. Damage to the nerve sheathing can produce numbness, tingling and the pain. It’s called neuropathy.  Neuropathy can be a side effect of cancer treatments, certain medications, toxins, diabetes, and many other things.    And the funny part about it is that all reasons one can get neuropathy could have been prevented in the first place with the proper nutrients.   

We have all heard the problems from someone smoking, but even if you smoke, you can still take vitamins to compensate for the depletion of vitamins that it causes. 

There are a lot of problems that deficiency causes.  One of the reasons for the website is to help you understand those deficiencies and allow you to fix nutritional deficiencies and build good health. 

Remember when you build good health, disease tends to fade away.

What can you do daily?

Because commercial farmland today is extremely depleted of minerals, eating fresh fruits and vegetables no longer ensures you will receive the vitamins and minerals that your body needs to maintain health and vigor. 

As a result, most people supplement with vitamins and minerals. 

Unfortunately the "vitamins" and "minerals" one finds in drug stores and health food shops are just isolated man-made chemicals, manufactured in pharmaceutical plants. 

They are not even close to the real vitamins and minerals found in fresh fruits and vegetables!

That is why Wellness Support Network created a daily vitamin supplement pack called the "Health Basics Pack."

For more information go to http://www.mcvitamins.com/WSN/whole-food-supplements.htm 


New Test for Neuropathy?

We found  article this week  - Triglycerides. Blood Fats tied to  Nerve Loss and a blood test to reveal if you have a problem.

Since the nerve insulation called the myelin sheath is made of fat and if that myelin sheath was breaking down, blood tests could reveal that, it makes sense that a blood test might reveal that.  However, beware of the solution -  what does it say to do abut  triglyerides? use cholesterol lowering drugs?    See our article,  Medications Known to have Neuropathy as a Side Effect  http://www.mcvitamins.com/neuropathy-side-effects.htm 

Article:  http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/05/20/Triglycerides-tied-to-diabetes-nerve-loss/UPI-35751242858736 

For more information on what to do about neuropathy go to http://www.mcvitamins.com/WSN/Nerve-Support-Formula.htm 

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