Calcium and Your Health: A Balancing Act by Your Body John Hayes Jr

Calcium and Your Health: A Balancing Act by Your Body


Calcium is an element which is essential to life and health. Like potassium and chloride, too much or too little of this key element can literally kill us! Your body has some aging mechanisms built in to keep calcium levels in our blood nearly constant. So much so that, if we consume too little, our parathyroid glands send hormone messengers that break down bone to release more usable calcium.


Calcium is necessary for proper heartbeat and normal nerve function. A disturbance in blood calcium can cause fatal arrhythmia of our heart, and "tetany", which is a severe disabling contraction of our muscles!


Now, if you live in the USA, you probably have been lead to believe that dairy consumption is the only way to get adequate calcium. You might even have been told that calcium consumption alone can prevent or treat osteoporosis.


Neither of these assumptions, by themselves, are true.


For example, John Robbins was one of the first to point out in the '90s that in cultures where daily physical activity and plant-based diets are the norm, osteoporosis was virtually non-existent. These cultures do NOT consume any dairy at all.


Instead, they eat like the NeuropathyDR Diet says to?lots of vegetables, nuts, and lean protein like fish, using animal products sparingly. This diet is far healthier than the typical sugar, fat, and soda consumption of the average modern diet!

A Warm Bath Can Do Wonders Dr. John Hayes

A Warm Bath Can Do Wonders


Warm baths increase blood flow; reduce stress and aid in relaxation. All three of these benefits will make the pain a little easier to tolerate. But a word to the wise, check the water temperature with your elbow or your wrist before you get in the bathtub. The nerve damage in your feet makes them an unreliable source for judging temperature. Use a thermometer. We like 100 degrees Fahrenheit with some added minerals like Epsom salts (don?t be stingy) and antioxidants.

Another Neuropathy Nutrient: Vitamin E

Another Neuropathy Nutrient: Vitamin E


Vitamin E is a key nutrient involved in protecting our cells from damage due to oxidation. At least that is the role that was once presumed to be the most important?researchers are now suggesting its role maybe much deeper than that.


Vitamin E is essential to proper nerve function. The deficiency of vitamin E can cause many different health problems.


Like most nutrients, too much is dangerous. Bleeding tendencies can increase, especially when Vitamin E is consumed at levels above 400 IUs per day in some patients. Bleeding tendency can combine if you are on anticoagulant medication?even aspirin?so please be very careful here. This is also why working with a neuropathy treatment professional, and not just supplementing with single nutrients, is so important to good neuropathy care.


It's also important to understand that there are several different vitamin E variants, called tocopherols. Each of these has slightly different functions. In most modern diets, the gamma component is the largest consumed. This is found in primarily corn and soybean oil, and some other foods.


The most biologically active is the alpha, which is found in wheat germ, sunflower, and safflower oil. Small amounts are also available in other plants, including many vegetables. Avocados and asparagus are reasonably good food sources...
 "John Hayes Jr."


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