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1. How to Help a Friend Who Has a Drug or Alcohol Addiction
2. Homeopathic & Herbal Remedies. Do they work? Are they safe?
3. Is there any difference between Diabetic Neuropathy and other forms of Neuropathy (nerve damage)?
4. How to Reverse Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the Arteries)?

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How to Help a Friend Who Has a Drug or Alcohol Addiction

The first thing that you need to know about helping a friend who is a drug addict or alcoholic is that you should not wait. The longer that you postpone taking action to help your friend, the harder it may be for him or her to quit.

Addiction is a progressive condition, one that gets worse as it persists, and it is generally easier to quit earlier in the addiction.

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Homeopathic & Herbal Remedies. Do they work? Are they safe?

The FDA has Changed The Playing Field for Homeopathic Medicines and Natural Remedies (2018)

By Cesar Collado

(This is first of a series of articles explaining more about homeopathic, natural medicines, food as medicine, and pharmaceuticals to provide perspective on many questions readers have asked on these topics.)

This year when you look at the labels of homeopathic and herbal medicines, you may read a new disclaimer warning indicating that the products “have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.”One interpretation suggests that “the medicine is based on outdated theories ‘not accepted by most modern medical experts’and that ‘there is no scientific evidence the product works.’” 1.

So, the next obvious questions are, “Is this supplement safe?” and “Why should I use it, if it may not work?”

It is important to note that the history of the FDA dates back to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act; while many homeopathic and natural medicines have been used successfully around the world for centuries and date back thousands of years! In fact, a significant percentage of existing pharmaceuticals were originally derived from plants.

Hippocrates, the “Founder of Medicine” and Aristotle, his pupil, used medicinal plants for the treatment of diseases. After that, Theophrastus, a Greek scientist, founded the School of Medicinal Plants. Then, Pedanius Dioscorides, a physician and surgeon in the years 75-45 BC, wrote an encyclopedia, called De Materia Medica, to describe 600 therapeutic medicinal plants in the form of a series of scientific studies on medicinal plants. 3.

This irrefutable history makes some interpretations of the recent FDA position paper, titled “Drug Products Labeled as Homeopathic and Industry, Guidance for FDA Staff,” December 2018, disconcerting and impractical.  There is also a lot of misinformation out there as various stakeholders are trying to oversensitive individuals to not use these products that have proven efficacious empirically over the test of time.  In some cases, herbal remedies used thousands of years ago are still used today throughout the world.  In other cases, many FDA approved medicines are derived from natural products that provided medical benefit.  I believe Big Pharma would like to see homeopathic remedies removed as a patient option. Thus, I’d like to offer some explanation of what I believe is really going on.

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Is there any difference between Diabetic Neuropathy and other forms of Neuropathy?

The reason I decided to write this article is because I've had many people question the difference. I've even had several people tell me that when they went to their doctor complaining about neuropathy symptoms, the doctor took a blood test and dismissed it as neuropathy because their blood sugars weren't high.

The term neuropathy has been strongly associated with Diabetes. Diabetes is a major cause of peripheral neuropathy. Current estimates say that 60-70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe neuropathy.

However, it is not the only cause.

Neuropathy is nerve damage. Nerve cells are vulnerable to damage from disease or anything that impairs the body’s ability to turn nutrients into energy, to process waste products, to circulate oxygen or to make cellular repair.

Diabetes does create the nerve cells vulnerable to damage, but there are many ways in which nerves can get damaged.

What are the different ways that someone will get neuropathy?

Diabetic neuropathy is a result of prolonged elevated levels of blood glucose.

Chemotherapy Neuropathy is caused by damage that is done by the drugs that are attempting to destroy the cancer cells.

Alcoholic neuropathy - Alcohol use creates vitamin deficiencies that can lead to nerve damage.

Medications – certain drugs have possible side effects of nerve damage (neuropathy). The biggest known drug is the anti-cholesterol drugs since it blocks cholesterol which the nerves need to repair themselves. It can create deficiencies that contribute to nerve damage.

Autoimmune Disorders – these are disorders where the body attacks its own cells. If it attacks nerve cells it will create neuropathy.

Bacterial and Viral Infections Viruses can attack nerve cells. Bacterial and viral infections can create autoimmune reactions.

Pressure on a nerve - Pressure constricts the nerve, creates inflammation and can cause damage.

Pressure can be put on a nerve in different ways. The spine being out of alignment, herniated discs, a bone spur from arthritis or bones constricting the nerve (i.e. carpal tunnel syndrome or trauma to the body) as well as a growing tumor can put pressure on a nerve. This pressure constricts the nerve, creates inflammation and can cause damage.

Diseases – Kidney disease creating waste products, connective tissue disease such as arthritis, lupus, etc. create chronic inflammations which inflame the nerve and create nerve damage. Shingles is a common cause of nerve damage.

Trauma – any physical injury such as falls, car accidents, and sports injuries can damage a nerve. The nerve can be partial, or completely severed, crushed, stretched or compressed. Broken bones can be associated with nerve damage.

Toxins – from ingredients in food such as MSG, to cleaning products, paint solvents, etc. etc. Drugs are a form of toxin. The chemicals used are toxic to the body.

Surgery – Nerves can get damaged when the body is cut during surgery. It is a form of trauma.

Vitamin deficiencies – Vitamins E, B1, B6, and niacin are essential to healthy nerve function. Lack of B12 damages the myelin sheath that surrounds and protects the nerves.

What do all these causes have in common?

They damage a nerve.

The body, fortunately, can build healthy cells (actually I remember learning that in Biology 101 in high school and probably earlier in grade school). What does the body need to nourish the cells and build healthy nerves?

The body runs on nutrients - it needs protein, carbohydrates and fats. It needs all the enzymes, vitamins, minerals and co-factors normally found in food. It can then build healthy cells.

Most of the nutrients needed for healthy nerves can be gotten in sufficient amounts with a good diet. However, the two specific vitamins that the body needs a lot of for nerves are B1 and B12. These are harder to come by as B1 is water soluble and thus washes out of the body too quickly and B12 needs to be properly absorbed which often can be difficult.

Getting supplements that have the right B vitamins is important.

A formula that doesn’t have any herbs or other additives that might interfere with the medications you might be taking is needed. 

Herbs, you need to remember, are often like drugs. They can give some temporary relief as long as you keep taking them, but in the case of herbs that relieve nerve damage symptoms, you often have to limit how much you take daily, you can’t keep taking them for long periods of time and they can create side effects.

For more information about Neuropathy and treatments. 

For restoring health to nerves by building healthy nerves

How to Reverse Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the Arteries)?

"There’s always some kind of a pre-existing lesion or crack in the artery before the whole chain of events occurs that causes atherosclerosis."  

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