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Vitamins for Health VITAMINS for HEALTH by Danielle Laflash (With References from Nutrients for Neuropathy by John A Neuropathy Hope Hope through caring, support, research, education, and empowerment October 2015 Issue 10 A newsletter for members of Western Neuropathy Association (WNA) Volume 13 Vitamins For Health VITAMINS FOR HEALTH By Danielle LaFlash (with references from Nutrients for Neuropathy by John A. Senneff) WNA Support Groups Danielle is the incoming leader for the Redwood City Neuropathy Support Group. She has been active in the group for a while and Stan Pashote, who started the group and built it over the past years, is delighted she President’s Message is ready to take this role. Stan has been crossing the South Bay from his home in Fremont to lead this group and they will now have a leader that lives in the area. We are so appreciative of his determination to see an PN Literature Review active group on the Peninsula after a number of years of several others trying before he took the challenge. • The author (John A. Senneff) reviewed and summarized numerous clinical and laboratory studies in humans and animals. Severe Neuropathy • The emphasis in the chapter on vitamins relates only to those vitamins for which there is “credible Due To Inhalant Abuse scientific evidence that supplementation might or will provide neuropathic benefits.” In Adolescents From Pretoria Who Is This Information For? What Is the Best Way to Get Your Vitamins? Anyone who may have neurologic manifestations • Food is the best source of vitamins. Start by Food Interactions With of B vitamin deficiency. Possible symptoms include eating foods that are high in the nutrients we Medications weakness, poor balance, confusion, irritability, need. Good sources of information on the memory loss, nervousness, tingling of the limbs, loss nutritional offerings of foods can be found on the of coordination, sleep disturbances, nausea, poor Internet. The author of Nutrients for Neuropathy, Common Symptoms appetite, and frequent infections (to name a few). John A. Senneff, notes a book, the Nutrition Of Peripheral What Are Vitamins? Almanac, has a “Table of Food Composition” Neuropathy that lists complete nutritional analysis of more • Vitamins are organic nutrients vital for proper than 1600 foods. growth and maintenance of health. Why Take Vitamins? Sacramento Group • The function of vitamins is to act as enzymes May Notes or catalysts or co-factors in chemical reactions If one can get vitamins from the foods eaten then, during cell production, tissue repair, and other why take vitamins? vital metabolic processes. • A balanced diet is sometimes difficult to Levaquin Lawsuit Fat Soluble vs. Water Soluble achieve. Fat Soluble • Vitamin supplements often yield higher efficiencies of digestion and absorption because • Are absorbed by the body using processes that they are more concentrated. The vitamins in closely parallel the absorption of fat. foods are bound to other substances. • Fat soluble vitamins can remain in body tissues • People with PN (and other health concerns) after being ingested and absorbed. may need therapeutic amounts of vitamins not • Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat soluble. available in normal amounts of foods. • Note: Fat Soluble Vitamins can be toxic if too What Form of Vitamin Is Best? much is taken. • Is taking B Vitamins in pill form as good as WESTERN Water Soluble receiving them intravenously or by injection? NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 276567 • Water soluble vitamins are readily flushed from • The author cites several studies that concluded Sacramento, CA 95827-6567 the body. Therefore, they need to be replenished oral administration was comparable to IV or 877-622-6298 888-556-3356 frequently. injection. [email protected] • Vitamins B and C are examples of water soluble • In simple terms, the answer is YES. The www.pnhelp.org nutrients. effectiveness of the pill form of vitamins is Editor’s Note: Benfotiamine is a fat soluble form comparable to other routes of administration. of B1. It is in the Neuropathy Support Formula. – Continued on page 6 Roster of Our WNA Information and Support Groups 2015 CALIFORNIA Folsom Oxnard Alturas 2nd Thursday, 12:30 PM– odd numbered months For information call: WNA Board of Journey Church Bev Anderson (877) 622-6298 Directors For information call: Bev Anderson (877) 622-6298 450 Blue Ravine Rd. 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