Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Someone asked me last week if I had any tips about the neuropathy they get after chemotherapy. It's not my subject at all, but I did find a potentially useful article about a study done on compression and cold socks and gloves so I share it with you in case anyone else needs that info. …
Wouldn't it be great if we could find something that would slow cognitive loss or the onset of Alzheimer's? Indeed it would. I noticed this interesting article at Life Extension today where researchers study the effects of giving 600mg of Benfotiamine, a form of Vitamin B1, to see what effect it might have. Benfotiamine intake …
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I came across the importance of using a specific form of B1 in diabetic patients to prevent neuropathy many years ago now and have been advising it since then. Some experts even think that diabetes could be a 'thiamine deficiency state' condition, it is that important. However, you need to use the synthetic, fat soluble …
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Interesting - be careful of B12 deficiency if you're on this very common diabetes drug. Daily Express 15.5.18 “IS DIABETES DRUG HIDING A DEADLY SECRET?” Every year 20 million prescriptions are written for Metformin, a glucose-lowering drug given to 90% of the 3 million Britons diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Yet patients are not being …