As you may know, there are two types of vitamin B12, methyl-cobalamin and cyanocobalamin.
However, if you want relief from your tingling, numbness or pain, then you want to take methylcobalamin.
Because methylcobalamin is better used by the body and is the form of vitamin B12 which can help reverse the tingling, numbness and pain caused by your nerves. What’s more, is that in a study with rats the myelin sheaths and peripheral nerves were rebuilding themselves after given methylcobalamin.
You may have heard of Alpha Lipoic Acid for its uses as an anti-oxidant, blood sugar balancer and energy booster. But one of the best things about it is it also keeps tingling and numbness from getting worse.
Last week we talked about how sugar leads to AGEs. And AGEs lead to tingling, numbness and pain.
Well, Alpha Lipoic Acid works with your body to keep sugar from ever turning into AGEs.
You see, when you eat, your body begins the “Krebs cycle”.
In the Krebs cycle, your body breaks down glucose, metabolites, amino acids and fatty acids and it creates the fuel your body uses to power your cells.
The problem is, sometimes your body makes too much glucose.
And this extra glucose – sugar – leads to AGEs, oxidation, and aging of your cells. Alpha Lipoic Acid works with your body to transform this excess glucose into energy your body can use.
When this happens, you protect your nerves from getting worse, your body creates less AGEs, and you have more energy and less fatigue.
On top of that, alpha lipoic acid increases circulation, acts as a powerful anti-oxidant, and even assists your body in making glutathione. Sometimes, tingling, numbness, and pain are caused by a deficiency of vitamin B6.
Indeed, vitamin B6 has been shown to promote healthy nerves and support the synthesis of neurotransmitters, which help your nerves communicate more easily. But that’s not all. Your body needs vitamin B6 for more than 100 enzyme reactions involved in metabolism.
Then finely there is Acetyl L-Carnitine because sometimes toxic substances can eat at your nerve endings.
The trouble is, when your nerves are frayed in this way, your body’s natural processes for handling pain become disorganized. Acetyl L-carnitine helps stop this by protecting the mitochondria, the power plants inside your nerve cells.
When the power comes back on, your nerves stop sending these pain messages, and you then experience great relief.
Please talk to your doctor about taking any supplements.
Merry Christmas,
Lizel Britz 072 243 7707.
