Newsletter 2-11-2011

1. Drugs that can Make You Violent
2. Neuropathy, why the pain, the tingling and the numbness?
3. Taco Bell Beef - Fails to Meet the Definition of Meat?
4. Why Chiropractic?

Some medications have been linked to an increased risk for violent, even homicidal behavior. A recent study identified 31 drugs that are disproportionately linked with violent behavior.

Neuropathy has many symptoms. It may start with a tingling feeling and end up with numbness. It can be a pricking, or burning sensation, loss of reflexes and muscle shrinkage, abnormal sensations, or sensitivity to touch. Its worse symptom is pain, sometimes so excruciating that a person would amputate rather than continue the pain.

It is called many names such as paresthesia, neuritis, neuralgia, dysesthensia, hypoesthesia, hypesthesia, hypalgesia, hypealgesia and hyperesthesia due to its many different kinds of symptoms.

They are created by a specific type of nerve damage. This nerve damage can come from too much sugar in the blood (the reason it is a side effect of diabetes). It can be caused by exposure to chemicals such as cancer treatments, poisons, alcoholism, or a side effect of some medications. It can be the result of kidney or liver failure, infectious disease or nutritional deficiencies especially B vitamins. The reasons are many; the damage they produce is the same.

What creates the problem is damage done to the outer lining of the nerve cell. Cells have coverings much like an electrical wire has an insulation of plastic. Have you ever seen a wire whose insulation is damaged – the electrical current doesn’t flow correctly. It can send electricity out from the area where it is damaged, it can stop the flow of electricity or it can damage what it's supposed to be supplying electricity to.

A damaged nerve covering does the same thing. It can send out “sparks” that cause tingling, it can stop the flow resulting in numbness. It can create feelings of hot or cold or sensitivity due to crossed signals. It can definitely cause pain especially as the damage gets worse.

The idea is to fix this outer covering. This is called the myelin sheath. What is needed are specific B vitamins. The only question is how to get these B vitamins in sufficient amounts so that the body can actually build healthy nerves. Isolated B vitamins that are sold at the health food stores or local drug stores get washed out of the system too quickly to fix the damage. It would be hard to take enough of this type of nutrients to make a difference. You can’t get it from vitamins made in a laboratory.

What is needed is a whole food supplement with methylcobalamine and benfotiamine and other B vitamins that the body can use to build healthy nerve cells. That is one of the functions of the body, to build health. But it does need specific nutrients to do its job.

Nutrients are what a body runs on. A car runs on gas. If you drive the car down the road, it uses up a steady amount of that gas. If you take that same car and speed down the freeway, you will use up a lot of gas. When you take a body “out on the freeway”, or put it under physical stress, it uses up a lot more nutrients. Thus, getting the right supplements in the right amount is important.

Just as a car won’t drive without giving it gas a body can’t or function correctly or build health without the proper nutrients it needs to “drive”. In the case of neuropathy, it needs these B vitamins.

Neuropathy can be a side effect of many things. Although most often it is caused by too much sugar in the blood - Diabetes - there are many factors. Chemotherapy and some drugs have neuropathy as a side effect and it can be caused by surgery damaging the nerves - there are others.

We got lots of different people who got nerve damage from many different reasons who have written up what happened to them.

The word spread like wildfire across the internet: An Alabama law firm had filed a class action lawsuit against Taco Bell in California, saying its meat fails to meet the definition of beef set forth by the U.S. government (and even that's a pretty low hurdle, if you ask me). The lawsuit claims Taco Bell's meat cannot be honestly advertised as "beef" because it claims tests showed the meat was only 35% beef, not the 70% beef required by federal standards.

http://www.naturalnews.com/031147_Taco_Bell_beef.html#ixzz1DOAj9Ev0

Here is some information from a chiropractor talking about his practice.

One can see that I write a lot on the subject of nutrition. Simply stated, there is the most to be gained in overall health with nutrition.

However, chiropractic has an essential place when the nervous system is irritated by stuck joints, tight muscle spasms and over stretched muscles. An imbalance of well being results and over time can have dramatic side effects.

Here are two very recent examples of successes with chiropractic. These people could have needed expensive medical intervention, but a bit of chiropractic turned the tides back to the glory of living.

SUCCESS
A couple of years ago I had slipped on the last stair of my mother-in-law's staircase and ended up with lower back pain ever since. I saw a chiropractor in Toronto who temporarily relieved my lower back pain. After several visits; however, I was never really fully relieved of the pain. Recently the pain came back and was in full force. I was barely able to sit or bend down to pick up my two-year-old without being in excruciating pain. My wife had found Mike Spearman online and he was able to fit me in immediately due to my circumstances and the pain that I was in.

When I arrived, I was greeted with very pleasant staff and was seen by Dr. Spearman right away. I could barely lie down on his table. As Mike worked on me, he was explaining in detail what he was doing and why. He was explaining a muscle resistance technique that he was performing on me which was amazing. When he finished, I sprang up from the table as if I were a new man. Not only did he fix my lower back but he realigned places in my body that I didn't even know were out.

I can't remember the last time that I felt this good. While I was there, I had mentioned to him about nose surgery that I was going to have done. For the past 20 (years) or so, I haven't been able to breathe through my left nostril due to a deviated septum. Dr. Spearman performed a couple techniques on me and once he was finished I was able to breathe through my left nostril for the first time in 20 years. All I can say is Dr. Spearman is amazing and I highly recommend him to anyone. Thank you so much, Mike. Oh, did I mention that all of this was performed in a 1 hour visit?
Clint J.

SUCCESS
I had had dizziness to the point of almost passing out. Having an older body and concerned of a possible stroke, I consulted two doctors, one of whom recommended a CT scan, which I didn't do and went to Dr. Spearman. Turns out I didn't have a stroke, but had a chiropractic; not a medical situation. Dr. Spearman, in a matter of one visit, handled the dizziness and explained what happens when a certain bone in the neck is out. The next visit handled light-headedness with adjustments. What a relief!

I have been going to Dr. Spearman for a number of years and each time he handles the situation with my body effectively and swiftly. He also communicates what is going on which gives me more understanding and he recommends the supplements that increase the health of my body. I have not found a chiropractor who is so knowledgeable and gently thorough and effective with adjustments and recommended nutrition. I can say that Dr. Spearman is and will be my chiropractor from here on. He really cares.

Thanks, Doc.

Your smiling patient,
Anne F.

Sincerely,
Dr. Mike Spearman
Spearman Better Health Center

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