Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Remedies
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"While many people with peripheral artery disease have mild or no symptoms, about one in 10 experiences leg pain when walking (intermittent claudication).
Intermittent claudication is characterized by muscle pain or cramping in your legs or arms that's triggered by activity, such as walking, but disappears after a few minutes of rest. The location of the pain depends on the location of the clogged or narrowed artery. Calf pain is most common.
The severity of intermittent claudication varies widely, from mild discomfort to debilitating pain. Severe intermittent claudication can make it hard for you to walk or do other types of physical activity." The Mayo Clinic
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04/21/2009: Mic from Milton, FL writes: "I have pain in my legs caused by PAD. I understand that Lecithin and Fish Oil are effective in help flush out the plaque. I am having difficulty finding a product without gmo soy and what about the soy? I have seen warnings which say use only soy products made from non gmo seeds. I also thought that only soy products that have been fermented are safe to consume. Can you help?"
04/22/2009: T from Maryland, USA replies: "You don't need to get your lecithin from soy - see a post I made here:
http://www.earthclinic.com/Supplements/lecithin.html#RC"
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08/19/2009: Kelly from Mt. Healthy, Ohio writes: "Please let me suggest, that with the rise in diabetes, that you also include a page for PAD. PAD- PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE is being diagnosed more frequently as being linked to diabetes. Thankyou."
EC: Thank you for the suggestion. We do already have a page for PAD -- created November, 2008.
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11/18/2008: Janis from Renton, Washington writes: "My step father has plaque build up in his legs.When he sits they don't hurt but when he gets up and walks around his legs hurt so he sits most of the time.
Do you know what a person can do about Peripheral Artery disease of the legs ? Janis"
11/23/2008: Joyce from Joelton, Tn replies: "Hello Janis, I don't think there is any rapid cure but a couple of things should help keep his circulation going in his legs (your step-dad's).
First off is vitamin E 400 IU's 2 or 3 times a day. Another is vitamin C 4 to l0 grams per day divided out into several times a day (even less is excreted in the urine if taken every hour while awake).
I remember reading (medical journal) about a nursing home starting their elderly patients on 500mg. vitamin C four x a day because (believe it was Linus Pauling who said) it would lower cholesterol. They ended the study much earlier than planned because instead of the cholesterol being lowered, all of their cholelsterol levels soared and scared the dickens out of the ones doing the study. The question that came to my mind when reading this was: Did their cholesterol levels soar because it was being flushed out of their blood vessels?
You might also look up some of those detox & oral chelation recommendations in those section of EC. One recalled was 1 cup of EV Olive oil, 2 large bunches of Cilantro, and 8 cloves of garlic pureed in blender. Not sure but think the recommendation was l tsp. 3 x a day. Look for it in the above sections.
He also needs to stop all transfats (Crisco, margarine, etc.) and everything that list hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
in their ingredients lists."
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