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Natural cure #8: Peripheral Vascular Disease

Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:03:21 -0700

 

 

Overlooked Cures

 

Millions suffer from health problems that can be inexpensively remedied by

nutritional therapies. The problem is that these nutritional cures are not put

into practice by modern medicine. Health journalist Bill Sardi reveals

nutritional or simple practical cures for ten different health conditions,

complete with references from the National Library of Medicine, in his latest

series of health tips.

 

Today’s topic: Cure for Peripheral Vascular Disease

 

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Peripheral Vascular

 

Disease

 

One often hears retirees complain of leg Sometimes severe foot pain is

experienced. They often shrug these symptoms off as a part of advancing age. But

it’s a sign of a severe blood vessel disorder called peripheral vascular

disease. Nearly five percent of people in their 50s and 10 to 20 percent of

people over 70 have symptoms of PVD.

 

The arteries in the legs and arms can more easily become narrowed or clogged

with advancing age. About 10 million Americans suffer with this problem which

produces symptoms of leg or hip pain or numbness, particularly when walking or

exercising, but only about half of the people with this condition seek medical

help. The pain is caused when an insufficient amount of blood flows to the leg

muscles during exercise. There is no pain at rest. This is obviously a breakdown

of the collagen structure in the blood vessels themselves.

 

Collagen is produced by vitamin C (along with the amino acids proline and

lysine). Blood serum vitamin C levels are unusually low among patients with

peripheral artery disease, even when compared with smokers whose tobacco

consumption depletes the body of vitamin C. A shortage of vitamin C was found

among artery diseased patients. High levels of

 

C-Reactive Protein seem to be predictive for this condition. [Circulation

103:1863-8, 2001]

 

Copyright 2003 Bill Sardi. Single copy duplication for personal use is

permitted. The information in this report is for information purposes only.

Other sources of information should be pursued before altering dietary or health

regimens. The health claims made for dietary supplements and other natural

remedies in this report are not those of the manufacturers of these products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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