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Healing the Disabling Pain and Numbness of Peripheral Neuropathy

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Suffering with numbness, prickling or tingling in the toes or fi ngers? Is it spreading to your feet, legs or of your arms? Are you kept up at night by burning, throbbing or shooting pains in your extremities? Then you may be developing a condition known as peripheral neuropathy. You are not alone, peripheral neuropathy is a condition that affects people in every walk of life. In fact, the Neuropathy Association estimates that 20 million Americans and 60% of diabetics now suffer from this disabling disorder. Peripheral neuropathy means that you have damaged the nerves peripherally in your extremities. While some peripheral neuropathies progress slowly over many years, other types can develop quickly. You may only become aware of this nerve damage after it is well established and it starts to cause you pain and/or numbness, usually fi rst in your toes and feet. Generally, the symptoms start off as an occasional mild problem that can be easily ignored until the pain and numbness becomes constant. However, with a proper neurological exam a doctor can fi nd evidence of peripheral neuropathy even before you’re aware of any symptoms. These neurological fi ndings followed up with proper laboratory tests can identify the underlying metabolic cause of the neuropathy before it does extensive damage. This is the ideal way I like to treat this condition; however, most individuals wait until the symptoms drive them in to see me. The underlying cause of the nerve damage is related to systemic infl ammation, reduced blood fl ow, oxygen deprivation and nutritional defi ciencies for the involved peripheral nerves. A common cause is a poor diet and/or malabsorption leading to nutritional defi ciencies in your nervous system. Some of the more common defi ciencies are low tissue levels (not blood levels) of vitamin B12, folic acid, B6 and vitamin D. Unless a doctor runs the proper laboratory tests for malabsorption and tissue specifi c nutritional defi ciencies, you can go undiagnosed for years leading to many health issues including peripheral neuropathy. Today diabetes is the most common cause of peripheral neuropathy which can develop over time from elevated blood sugars causing reduced blood fl ow, oxygen deprivation and nutritional defi ciencies in the peripheral nerves. However, many individuals not yet diagnosed with diabetes are in fact developing early neuropathy from metabolic syndrome with its insulin resistance and elevated blood sugars. Individuals with autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis also commonly develop peripheral neuropathy. Toxic neuropathies are those caused by substances that are poisonous overtime to the peripheral nerves. A primary example of this is the toxic neuropathy found in excessive alcohol use, which causes a specifi c peripheral neuropathy. Certain medications can and will also cause damage to peripheral nerves over time. For example, common drugs that treat high blood pressure over time can cause nerve damage. Foods such as sugar, junk foods, fast foods, processed foods, sodas of all types, foods sprayed with pesticides or containing trans-fatty acids, artifi cial sweeteners such as aspartame also negatively impact the nervous system. MSG is deadly for the nerves. As you can see there are many ways and causes to develop this very painful disabling disorder and there are no drugs that can cure it. Eventually peripheral neuropathy will lead to greater disability, that of muscle weakness and loss of balance and coordination. It is; therefore, vital that all the underlying metabolic factors be uncovered and properly treated, or these burning, tingling, throbbing pains will never ever let up. To conquer this disabling condition a proper diet must be utilized, along with gentle aerobic exercise. Alcohol and tobacco must be eliminated if healing is to occur. An individualized balanced intake of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, based on an Essential Fatty Acid Profi le lab test, is vital in healing peripheral neuropathy. Additionally, a doctor knowledgeable in the care of it, and the specifi c laboratory tests to discover it, can utilize supplements and herbs shown to correct the underlying issues of chronic infl ammation, reduced oxygenation of cells, and help in the removal of toxic free radicals from the nerves. Would you like to know more? Attend my FREE SEMINAR! See notice below. Call 763-862-7100 to reserve your space, seating is limited.

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► On April 27, 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to 17th-century German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler. Scientists in the 20th century developed the Big Bang theory, which showed that Kepler’s calculations were off by about 13.7 billion years.

► On April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The original plan involved a simultaneous assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward.

► On April 24, 1936, a group of fi remen responding to an alarm in Camden, N.J., is televised. It was the fi rst time an unplanned event was broadcast on television, anticipating the development of live TV news coverage.

► On April 28, 1958, “The Witch Doctor,” by singer/songwriter David Seville, hits the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s pop charts. The song used the unusual technique of recording the singer’s voice at a speed different than the music.

► On April 29, 1974, President Richard Nixon announces to the public that he will release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in response to a Watergate trial subpoena. On Aug. 8, 1974, Nixon avoided a Senate impeachment trial by becoming the fi rst American president to resign from offi ce.

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► On April 30, 1927, the Federal Industrial Institution for Women, the fi rst women’s federal prison, opens in Alderson, W.Va. All women serving federal sentences of more than a year were to be brought there, with the vast majority imprisoned for drug and alcohol charges imposed during the Prohibition era.

► On May 5, 1945, in Lakeview, Ore., six people are killed while attempting to drag a Japanese balloon out the woods. The explosive balloon was one of a handful of Japanese attacks against the continental United States, which were

conducted by Japanese submarines and later by high-altitude balloons carrying explosives or incendiaries.

► On May 3, 1952, a ski-modifi ed U.S. Air Force C-47 becomes the fi rst aircraft to land on the North Pole. On the fl ight was Dr. Albert P. Crary, a scientist who in 1961 traveled to the South Pole by motorized vehicle, becoming the fi rst person in history to have stood on both poles.

► On May 4, 1965, San Francisco Giants outfi elder Willie Mays hits his 512th career home run to break Mel Ott’s National League record. Mays would fi nish his career with 660 home runs, good for third on the all-time list at the time of his retirement.

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• Chester Carlson spent a good part of his life perfecting the copy machine, receiving a patent in 1937. However, the world didn’t share his vision of one-touch copying, and 20 companies, including IBM, rejected his presentation before it was fi nally marketed for the fi rst time in 1959 under the name “Xerox 914.” By 1968, Fortune magazine ranked Carlson among the richest people in America. • The 1950s brought all kinds of innovations to the modern home. Velcro, power steering, pocket transistor radios and Legos all hit the scene during this decade. The world’s fi rst credit card, the Diners Club card, was introduced in 1950. Issued in New York City, it offered credit at 27 restaurants. The American Express card came along eight years later. • When your eyes begin to age, you’ll be thankful for one of Benjamin Franklin’s innovations. Our founding father invented bifocal eyeglasses at the age of 79. • Travelers have had the convenience of pulling into a Holiday Inn along the road since the chain opened its fi rst hotel in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee.• Masking tape was developed by the 3M Company, a sandpaper-making fi rm, in 1925. One of the company’s young engineers, Richard Drew, was testing sandpaper at an automobile plant and noticed that painters were having diffi culty painting the newly popular

two-tone cars. Drew went back to 3M and immediately began work on a product to solve the painters’ dilemma. Waterproof transparent “Scotch” tape came along fi ve years later, also the creation of Richard Drew. A 3M co-worker of Drew’s invented the tape dispenser with a built-in cutter blade in 1932. • Thanks to a Chicago inventor, Whitcomb Judson, you can zip up your pants! While experimenting in 1891 with a gadget that would make it easier to button and unbutton shoes, dubbed the “Clasp Locker and Unlocker for Shoes,” Judson came up with the zipper.• The fax machine has been around longer than you think. This device that transmits a facsimile of a document through the telephone system has been around since 1944. And how about another item you’d think has been around forever, the ballpoint pen? It came out the same year as that fax machine. Nine years later, Bic introduced their now-famous brand of ballpoint pen. In 1973, Bic presented its next best-selling gadget, the disposable lighter.• Two unrelated items, the voting machine and waxed paper, were both invented by the same person, Thomas Edison. During the 1880s, this brilliant individual fi led for a new patent on the average of every fi ve days, equaling more than 1,300 items over the course of his creative life. The motion picture camera and

projector, incandescent light bulbs and the phonograph are well-known Edison inventions, with lesser-known innovations being the stock ticker, dictating machine and electric pen. • What would your life be like without computers? Although many would claim the honor of inventing the world’s fi rst computer, a 1973 American court decision offi cially awarded this achievement to Dr. John V. Atanasoff, a physics professor at Iowa State University. Although Dr. Atanasoff had devised his digital computer with a memory drum back in 1939, he was not credited as the “father of American computing” until after years of patent litigation. President George Bush conferred the National Medal of Science and Technology to him in 1990. • The next time you strike a match, consider the fact that this little convenience has been around since 1816, when a Frenchman developed a friction match with a phosphorus tip, providing a simple means of access to fi re. • Do you run faster in your Nikes? No one did, prior to 1972. That’s the year the company introduced its fi rst running shoes, named after the Greek goddess of victory. The company was originally named Blue Ribbon Sports, and remained so until the name change to Nike in 1978. • Listerine wasn’t named after its inventor, Dr. Joseph Lawrence, but rather

after the acclaimed British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister, a pioneer in establishing sanitary operating room procedures. When Lawrence originated the formula in 1879 in his St. Louis laboratory, he intended the concoction to be used strictly in the medical profession as a surgical antiseptic. It wasn’t offered to the public until 1914 when it was marketed as the fi rst over-the-counter mouthwash. • What would sports fans do without instant replays? There was no such thing until 1963, when this was introduced in that year’s Army vs. Navy football game. Fans became so confused, TV stations were fl ooded with telephone calls.• Housewives across the country were thrilled when the Hurley Machine Company of Chicago launched The Thor, the fi rst electric-powered washing machine, in 1908. It was a drum-like machine with a galvanized tub and electric motor. • Due to the efforts of Lillian Gilbreth, we have shelves and butter and egg trays inside refrigerator doors, an electric food mixer, an improved electric can opener and a trash can with a foot pedal lid opener. The mother of 12 children, this industrial engineer was immortalized in the book “Cheaper by the Dozen.”


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It should come as no surprise that the Great Wall of China is the world’s longest wall. So what are some things you don’t know about this work of ancient architecture? Here are some highlights. • Construction began on this edifi ce in the 7th century B.C. by feudal warlords. At that time, China was broken up into many small states, with each state having its own walls of defense, in essence, several short Great Walls.• During the Qin Dynasty in the 2nd century B.C., the northern part of China was in danger of attack by the Mongolian and Manchu empires, and the emperor of China ordered that all the northern sections be joined together to create one unifi ed defensive wall. Once that was completed, the Wall stretched more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) across the country. • The Han Dynasty followed the Qin, and the Wall was at its longest up to that point, more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km). • As the years wore on, the Wall suffered erosion, was rebuilt and added on to many times. The Ming Dynasty, 1368 – 1644, was the time of the most recent construction, bringing the Wall to what we know today. A 2009 investigation determined that the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty totals 5,500 miles (8,852 km). It includes 723 beacon towers, 7,062 lookout towers and 3,357 wall platforms. It’s diffi cult to estimate the actual length of the Wall, considering all the side branches that don’t actually contribute to its west-to-east length. It is believed that the fortifi cations extending in all directions throughout all of Northern China added together exceed 13,000 miles (50,000 km). • It is estimated that more than a million workers perished during the various states of construction of the Great Wall, earning it the nickname of “the longest cemetery on Earth.” Laborers included peasants, unemployed intellectuals, disgraced noblemen, guards and convicts. Family members of the dead workers traditionally carried a coffi n with a caged white rooster on top. The rooster’s crowing was said to

keep the spirit of the dead awake until he had crossed the Wall. If the rooster did not crow, it was thought that the spirit would escape and wander forever along the Great Wall. • Before the Ming expansion, rammed earth, adobe and stone comprised the Wall, mortared with a rice fl our mixture. After the Ming, bricks were used in construction. In some places, the Wall’s height reaches 25 feet (7.6 m). Its average width is about 32 feet (10 m). • Portions of the Wall began admitting tourists in 1955, with the fi nal section opening to the public in 1957. Both sightseers and erosion pose a serious threat to the Wall, and it is considered one of the world’s most endangered monuments. With millions of visitors annually and tourists helping themselves to souvenir bricks, the Wall actually becomes a little shorter each day. • The Wall’s primary purpose has always been to defend the Chinese Empire. The last battle fought along the edifi ce was in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Bullet marks from the battle can be seen along the Wall’s length.

The United States Post Offi ce delivers mail to every city and every town in every state, nearly 151 million homes, businesses and P.O. boxes. Here are some details about the origin and operation of this immense delivery system, one that receives none of its income from tax dollars. • During the early colonial days, mail was delivered by friends, traveling merchants or Native Americans. A service between England and its colonies was developed in 1639, and a Boston tavern became the fi rst post offi ce mail drop for overseas mail. The colonies instituted their own monthly post route between New York and Boston, known as the Old Boston Post Road, now part of U.S. Route 1. • Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn established that area’s fi rst post offi ce in 1683. In 1737, 31-year-old Benjamin Franklin, a local printer and publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette, was appointed as postmaster of Philadelphia. Thirty-eight years later, Franklin became the nation’s fi rst Postmaster General, and was paid $1,000 a year for the position. • America’s fi rst postage stamps were issued in July of 1847, with two varieties available. The fi ve-cent stamp featured the likeness of Benjamin Franklin, while the ten-cent denomination honored George Washington. The stamps were pre-gummed, but had to be cut from a sheet with scissors. Washington’s likeness has appeared on more U.S. postage stamps than any other person’s. • Every day, approximately 563 million pieces of mail are processed. That’s about 23 million pieces each hour, and 391,000 per minute. • The Post Offi ce operates more than 215,000 vehicles, making it the largest civilian fl eet in the world. These vehicles drive over 4 million miles each day. Each time the price of gas increases by just one penny, there is an increase of $1 million in costs to the Post Offi ce. However, not every mail carrier drives a vehicle –— about 8,800 deliver the mail strictly on foot and have earned the nickname “The Fleet of Feet.” • In the early 1960s, with the

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