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1. Sudden Flabby Thighs & Butt in Menopause
2. The Difference Between Drugs and Nutrition Supplements for the treatment of Neuropathy 
3. Things that Stop Nerve Damage Repair  (Worth reading even if you don't have Neuropathy)
4. Butter or Margarine. Which is Better

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Sudden Flabby Thighs & Butt in Menopause - 
Your Problem May Not Be Fat, but Muscle Atrophy 

Here is a video by Dr. Eric Berg regarding dropping muscles that occur as you get older.   

Sudden Flabby Thighs & Butt in Menopause

The Difference Between Drugs and Nutrition Supplements for the treatment of Neuropathy 

No matter what the cause of your neuropathy, a person has only a few choices about what to do about it.

The Drug Approach

What a drug does is it forces the body to do something that it normally wouldn't do.. When it comes to a medication, the body reacts in certain ways to this medication and it is done in order to achieve a desirable effect.  For instance,  in order to balance itself and handle the effects of a drug, the body has to lower its blood pressure.   If this is what you want to happen because its a blood pressure medication, it's a good thing.   However, there are also various other ways the body can react to the drug and sometimes this is not such a good thing - this is called a "side effect".  It is the reason someone can wind up on 4 blood pressure medications.  Each drug is given in an attempt to balance another drug so as not to create the various side effects of the other drugs.  It is a balancing act. 

The Natural Approach

What a nutritional supplement does is give the body the actual tools it needs to fix the body. 

In the case of neuropathy, it is the nerve cell that is damaged.  The body needs certain tools (nutritional factors) to do this repair.   Drugs don't repair anything; they treat the symptom, not the cause of the problem. 

As with our example of blood pressure, if they don't know what is causing the high blood pressure, the drug just lowers it artificially.  

The cause of nerve damage is known - it can be the result of too much sugar in the blood, the chemicals used in cancer treatments, etc. - but one thing is known,  the damage is done to the cell and this causes the pain.  

You can cover this up with pain killers, or with other drugs that are manufactured to handle this, but the drugs aren't repairing anything.   They are trying to forces the body to not give you pain, not give you numbness, etc.,  And sometimes more damage to the nerve cell might happen due to the drug or other drugs you are taking,

The Nutritional Approach

Nutritional supplements are actually vitamins and minerals that the body needs to repair the cells.

In the case of neuropathy, there are specific ingredients needed by the body to repair the cells.  These are the supplements you want to take.

Another difference is that if you are taking a drug and just covering up symptoms, you have to continue to take the drug to get relief and sometimes even have to increase the drug to get the same relief.

If you take natural supplements, the body can fix the problem, and as long as you don't do anything to damage the cells again, there is an end to taking the supplements.

For more information about  Neuropathy

Things that Stop Nerve Damage Repair  (Worth reading even if you don't have Neuropathy)

While working with our customers to help them reduce and eliminate their neuropathy there are some things we learned that can lengthen the time it takes to see an improvement in one’s neuropathy symptoms.

One of the things we found is that some of our customers are unknowingly creating a vitamin B deficiency as a result of their daily activities. B vitamins are vital for healthy nerves!

For example, some of the things that cause a B vitamin deficiency are heavy drinking of coffee, tea and soft drinks. This includes de-caffeinated coffee, tea and soft drinks. These beverages act as diuretics that cause the loss of both water and water-soluble B vitamins from the body.

Also, heavy smoking or drinking of alcohol, antibiotics, birth control pills, and stress can all burn up B vitamins.

And of course, there are many prescription medications that cause neuropathy as a side effect. 

If you are taking one or more of the medications listed below, it can greatly increase the amount of time it will take for you to see results in repairing and reversing your nerve damage.

The following blood pressure medications are known to cause neuropathy as a side effect: 

Aceon, Altace, Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT), Hydrodiuril, Lisinopril, Perindopril, Prinivil, Ramipril, Zestril.

The following cholesterol medications are known to cause neuropathy as a side effect: 

Advicor, Altocor, Altoprev, Atorvastatin, Baycol, Caduet, Cerivastatin, Crestor, Fluvastatin, Lescol, Lescol XL, Lipex, Lipitor, Lipobay, Lovastatin, Mevacor, Pravachol, Pravastatin, Pravigard Pac, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, Vytorin, Zocor. 

It’s recommended that if you’re taking any of the above mentioned medications, that you speak to your doctor about getting off of these and replacing them with a natural supplement.

Minimally, your doctor should put you on a medication that does not cause neuropathy, so that the  Nerve Support Formula can nourish the cells of your body so that your body can more effectively repair the nerve damage. 

If your doctor is not willing to work with you on this then you should find a doctor who will. 

The Nerve Support Formula is a medical food that is specifically formulated for the dietary management of neuropathy, and it works extremely well.

But remember, if you are trying to put a fire out with one hand, it does not help if you are pouring gasoline on it with the other hand.

Butter or Margarine. Which is Better
Use butter in your holiday recipes rather than margarine

Here's the reason why. Organic butter is in no way harmful to your body. In fact, it is one of the best sources of Vitamin A and is just as important for your immune system as Vitamin C. Butter also contains lecithin, which is the antagonist for cholesterol. Lecithin helps dissolve cholesterol so by avoiding butter you avoid the antidote (Lecithin), the very thing that will keep your cholesterol in a normal range.
 
Margarine, on the other hand, is made from cheap corn, cottonseed and soy oils. The oils are heated to very high temperatures, which destroy any nutritional value and the oils are also hydrogenated (added hydrogens to make a liquid into a solid). What is left is a gray colored, artificial plastic, which doesn't smell good and then it has to be bleached to remove color and smell. Lastly, food coloring and artificial flavoring are added.

Contrary to popular advertising, butter is the healthy choice so use it in your recipes.

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Sidebar: 

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There are close to 60 million people in the US who have some form of joint discomfort. This discomfort can range from being simply annoying, to being so severe that it is crippling and prevents you from having a normal life.

The ingredients in the WSN Joint Support Formula relieve joint discomfort and help maintain normal joint elasticity and flexibility without harmful side effects.

Here is what some of our customers have to say about it:

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"Wow, what a difference! I'm able to walk normally again.

"3 weeks ago our family moved, and in that move, I somehow injured my left knee. I had no real relief for these 3 weeks. The knee was noticeably swollen, and hurt like heck if I got up after sitting for some time. I was walking with a noticeable limp, grimacing all the while.

"This may seem a bit unreal for some, but literally 12 capsules, and I am 80 percent back to normal! I am so glad I got the Joint Support Formula!

"Thanks for creating such a valuable product."

From L.B. in California

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The WSN Joint Support Formula is specifically formulated to nutritionally support the joints of the body.

You can find out more and order the WSN Joint Support Formula by using this link:

Joint Pain & Stiffness

Or you can call me at 888 758-5590

You can call or email us anytime you have a question because we want to make sure you get the results that you are after.