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1. Damaged Cell Receptors and Diabetes
2. The Truth about Neuropathy & Vitamins
3. The Problem with Herbs and Neuropathy
4. Good Oils Gone Bad:  Recognizing Rancidity and other Defects

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Damaged Cell Receptors and Diabetes

Doctors prescribe medications because they are merely handling a symptom and not the cause.  Certain medications increases insulin secretion while others try to get the body to use it's own insulin more effectively and insulin injections are just that, more insulin.  Medical doctors usually try the oral medications first and when those are no longer effective or maxed out they then proceed onto insulin injections.

There can be a lot of insulin in the body, but the body is insulin resistant because of damaged cell receptors that don’t allow the insulin to do the job it needs to. The doctor’s medications introduce more insulin to force the sugar out of the body into the now damaged cell receptors. Your body just ends up building up more and more insulin resistance/tolerance so that the level of oral medications or injections only go up and up.

High sugar levels are only a symptom of the diabetic condition, they are not the diabetic condition itself! Using drugs to keep the blood sugar down is like having a fire burning in the living room and turning on the exhaust fan in the kitchen to pull the smoke out of the house. The fan pulls out the smoke (a symptom of the fire) but the fire is still burning, and will consume the house unless it is handled.

In the same way, the diabetic condition continues to get worse, until it (not just a symptom) is addressed and handled. You can see the progression in many cases, where the amount of medication needed to control blood sugar levels continues to increase, because the condition has not yet been handled.

What needs to happen is the body needs to resensitize the cells to the insulin your body is making and as a result will lower your blood sugar levels. Diet needs to be used to give you body a rest so that it isn’t dealing with a high amounts of sugar coming in.   A low carbohydrate diet 20-30 carbohydrates a day is recommended until the cells repair themselves.  Carbohydrates are just long chains of sugar molecules.  

For more information go to Diabetes http://www.mcvitamins.com/diabetes.htm

The Truth about Neuropathy & Vitamins

All you have to do is search on the internet for vitamins to take for neuropathy and pages of articles come up regarding what natural method you can use to improve or relieve the neuropathy symptoms. Of course, they are all different. Some of them are similar, but not one agrees on what you should take.

So how to you wade through the confusion of it all and figure out what to take.

Okay, here are the things you need to know.

• Neuropathy is nerve damage. The nerve tissue is damaged.
• The body will repair itself
• The body uses vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty acids in its daily task of energy production and repair. If it doesn’t get these tools, it can’t repair damaged tissue.
• Thus, what does the body need to repair the nerve tissue?

Well, we know we can rule out the use of herbs. Herbs are medications. They force the body to do something it normally wouldn’t do, just like drugs. However, they are superior to drugs as they are natural not made in a laboratory.

When using herbs you do need to know who is creating the herbal remedies as quality of the herb and manufacture of the herbal remedy can vary. But simply put, the body doesn’t use herbs to repair itself.

A lot of articles written by medical doctors and medical professionals will only talk about using vitamins when the cause of the neuropathy was a deficiency of B12.

But the simplicity is that the body uses amino acids, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids to repair damaged tissue.

So what vitamins are actually needed for nerve repair?

B1 – Vitamin B1 functions along with other B vitamins to turn nutrients into energy, normal heart functions, formation of blood, HCL in the stomach for digestion, and proper functioning of muscles, Vitamin B1 supports the normal function of the nervous system. It is required for nerves to function correctly, and helps in the maintenance of healthy nerves. It is required for regulating the transmission of particular types of nerve signals along the brain and the spinal cord.

B12 –Vitamin B-12 is necessary in human health for the formation of proteins and red blood cells, and for the functioning of the nervous system. It is vitally important in maintaining the health of the outer sheathing (protective covering, also called the myelin sheath) that surrounds nerve cells.

B2 - Vitamin B2 riboflavin helps produce red blood cells and protects the nervous system.

B6 - Vitamin B6 helps in the production of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that allow brain and nerve cells to communicate with one another, ensuring that metabolic processes such as fat and protein metabolism run smoothly, Vitamin B6 helps the body make several neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry signals from one nerve cell to another.

Folic Acid - Vitamin-B12 and folic-acid work together. Folic acid is needed to activate B12. Both vitamins together help nerves to function properly.

D3 induces nerve growth factor production in the human body.

Together these vitamins give the body what it needs to repair the damaged nerves which is called Neuropathy.

There is one vitamin formula that does have all of these together. You can read about it here

The Problem with Herbs and Neuropathy

There are a number of products on the market for Neuropathy. While some of them have some or even most of the B vitamins necessary for the body to be able to repair the nerve damage, they also include different herbs, supposedly to help with nerve repair or to relieve the symptoms.

While many of them can relax the body, or give some relief, herbs do not repair nerves.

Herbs are not vitamins. They are natural substances that grow in nature, but they aren't the vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids & amino acids that the body needs to function and to repair itself.

Herbs are similar to drugs in so far as (in therapeutic dosages as found in the herbs that you can buy) they make the body do what it wouldn't normally do. Repairing itself is a normal function of the body.

Herbs cannot be taken in some cases with certain medications. You need to check with your pharmacist to see if the herbs and your medications are compatible.

There are no clinical trials showing that any herb can help repair the nerve damage that is neuropathy. they do have some value in increasing blood flow, or calming the body, but not in the actual repair of the nerve which is what causes the neuropathy symptoms.

There are many products being advertised as helping neuropathy with 4 or 5 different herbs extracts in them. It is questionable whether they have been tested together, and since there are no trials regarding neuropathy, questionable as to whether they will help or not.

A number of herbs taken together often causes stomach problems, such as heart burn.

Check out all the herbs in a formula. Remember, this is not like a herb tea, made by boiling the herb leaves, or sprinkled in your salad. These are herb extracts in much more potent amounts then found in nature.

See our list of herbs, what they do and possible side effects

See a Pharmacists Video on How to take Supplements Safely

Good Oils Gone Bad:  Recognizing Rancidity and other Defects

Olive oil is also highly perishable, making it vulnerable to oxidation when it’s exposed to air, light or heat

Olive oil is one of the most commonly adulterated foods and is often diluted with less expensive oils like soybean oil (that is not listed on the label); choose trusted brands only

Olive oil is excellent for cold dishes but should not be used for cooking

For the entire article go to:  Good Oils Gone Bad

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