Peripheral NEUROPATHY (Root Cause and Best Remedy) — Dr. Berg

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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In this podcast, we’re going to talk about an amazing natural alternative for peripheral neuropathy. Diabetic neuropathy usually affects the bottom of the feet and sometimes the hands and is one of the first signs of a blood sugar problem. Chemotherapy, hypothyroidism, autoimmune diseases, medications, viruses, and Lyme disease can also lead to peripheral neuropathy. However, high blood sugar and diabetes are the most common causes. Diabetes wears down the myelin sheath over time, leaving exposed nerves at the bottom of the feet. Peripheral neuropathy can feel like hypersensitivity, burning, severe pain, or itching. If it’s not corrected, it can lead to ulcers in the lower part of the body and gangrene. Consuming too much sugar makes it difficult for the mitochondria to get enough fuel. Too much sugar also leads to nutrient deficiencies and inhibits the function of enzymes that bring fuel to the cell. When sugar blocks the body’s mechanism for getting energy to the cells, it utilizes alternative pathways for energy. One of these alternative pathways produces sorbitol, a sugar alcohol. Sorbitol can damage the lens of the eye, leading to cataracts. It can also affect the retina, leading to diabetic retinopathy. Sorbitol affects the cells that compose the myelin sheath. It can also convert to fructose, creating even more problems. Benfotiamine is a fat-soluble form of vitamin B1 that can help support the nerves. Try taking 300 mg of benfotiamine 4 times daily. Lipoic acid is a cofactor for the enzyme that allows you to metabolize excess glucose. Vitamins B5, B2, and B3 are also cofactors for this enzyme. Diabetes damages your nervous system and brain over time, so it’s imperative to correct your diet, which I believe is the root cause of peripheral neuropathy. Learn more about the benefits of a low-carb diet and intermittent fasting in my other videos.

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0:00.0	I'd like to show you how to not only get rid of the symptom of peripheral neuropathy, but also the root cause as well.
0:09.6	Now, many doctors, practitioners will just tell you what remedy to use without really giving you the
0:15.8	understanding of this root mechanism in a simple way. That's what I want to do with you because
0:22.0	once you really understand this
0:24.4	It's very unlikely you're gonna ever get it again because you're gonna know exactly what to do
0:30.0	Diabetic neuropathy is a condition that affects usually the bottom of your feet and sometimes the hands.
0:38.0	Now of course the question is why does it affect those areas?
0:42.0	Well it's one of the first signs that you're having some pretty
0:45.3	severe problems with your blood sugar and because you have very long nerves in the
0:49.0	body, the very last end of the nerve is going to be affected first because that's the area of your body that gets the least amount of oxygen or fuel compared to
1:00.0	some nerves that are closer to the heart and And I'm primarily going to focus on diabetes
1:04.7	and blood sugar problems because there are other
1:07.0	causes of peripheral neuropathy, but not as common.
1:10.7	Like for example, chemotherapy could cause it. Hypothyrrhidism could cause it
1:15.2	some type of autoimmune disease, some medication of virus and Lyme disease. Diabetes tends to affect
1:21.8	four tissues. nerves, arteries, eyes, kidneys. But this peripheral
1:28.7	neuropathy can be a real pain because you have to walk. Sometimes it's hypersensitive, sometimes it's burning, sometimes it's severe pain, and sometimes it's just itching, but there's some weird thing going on with the nerve. the problem is over time if we don't
1:44.5	correct it it can end up with ulcers in your lower part of your body gang green
1:49.6	but when you understand the mechanism, this solution is really simple.
1:54.0	So a couple of things going on with the nerves and the bottom of your feet.
1:58.0	If you look right here, you'll see this insulated wire, right?
2:02.0	This would be compared to an insulation around your nerves, and that
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