If you have tingling, numbness or pain in your hands or feet, here is good news, a natural way to significantly relieve tingling and numbness.
And it works by addressing the tingling at its root cause. Nerves work like telephone cables: they transport messages from one area of your body to another.
The problem is, as you get older, your nerves transport messages less effectively. They slow down for various reasons including diet, lack of exercise, and environmental toxins like secondhand smoke. Peripheral nerves slow down the worst. These nerves – located in your fingers, toes, hands and feet – have a thinner cable. So any damage slows them down dramatically. So what can you do about it?
Well, doctors have long known that high doses of vitamin B1, called Thiamine, help healthy nerve signals travel from your brain to your toes, and vice versa. Unfortunately, thiamine is water-soluble. So it’s quickly excreted through your urine. As a result, it’s difficult for your body to build up any reserve.
Fortunately, scientists found a way to solve this problem. They created a fat-soluble form of thiamine that stays in the body much longer. This fat-soluble form of thiamine is called benfotiamine. It has been shown safe and effective in dozens of studies around the world. In one study it was found that benfotiamine gets down to the root cause of what causes tingling, numbness and pain: blood sugar. You see, when your blood sugar gets too high, your organs are toast. Literally. The toasting occurs during a process called glycation.
Quite simply, glycation is a process where sugar chemically combines with protein or fat. You’ve seen the effects of glycation in the kitchen. For example, when you put bread in the toaster, the sugars and proteins in the bread combine and cause the bread to turn brown. This same browning occurs any other time you combine a protein or fat with sugar. For example, it occurs when you glaze a chicken, when you barbecue ribs, or when you caramelise onions. It also occurs when you have too much blood sugar.
When you have too much blood sugar, your body can’t metabolise it fast enough. As a result, the excess sugar reacts with the proteins in your cells and the proteins become “toasted.” This leads to the creation of nasty substances called advanced glycation end products, or Ages for short. And it is the Ages that cause your nerves to be tingly, numb or painful.
So if you suffer from tingling or numbness in your hands and feet, benfotiamine is recommended. More on nerve support next week.
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