San Antonio Neuropathy Center - Peripheral Neuropathy - Symptoms, Types and Causes

The Sugar Hype You add it to your morning cup of coffee or tea. You bake it into pastries, cakes, and cookies. You even sprinkle it all over your breakfast cereal or your oatmeal. But that's not all. It's also hidden in many of our…
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Studies Reveal Peripheral Nerve Damage Begins with Pre-diabetes and Obesity Peripheral neuropathy may be more common in patients with pre-diabetes than previously thought, and early interventions may be warranted in this patient…
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Did you ever let your foot fall asleep and suffer first from numbness and then from a tingling, pins-and-needles sensation while it "awakened"? People with peripheral neuropathy suffer from those types of sensations all the time. And…
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Miso has been a staple in Chinese and Japanese diets dating back approximately 2,500 years. Traced from ancient China, where it was known as hisio, a seasoning prized by aristocrats, miso was perfected in Japan from the 7th century to…
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The Common Natural Ingredient You Must Avoid Promises of more volume, shine, and botanical extracts may lure you in as you browse the shampoo aisle, but you may want to turn your attention to the tiny ingredients lists on the bottles to…
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Is My Diet Making My Neuropathy Worse? Peripheral neuropathy is a condition in which nerve damage triggers a burning, tingling or numb sensation in your hands and feet. The specific cause can be difficult to pinpoint, but contributing…
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What are neurotoxins? The English dictionary defines neurotoxins as “substances that interfere with the electrical activities of nerves, thus preventing them from functioning.” How Neurotoxins Destroy Nerve Cells Neurotoxins are…
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OBESITY RISE SPURS ON BARIATRIC SURGERY With 36.5% of U.S. adults suffering from obesity (according to latest statistics by the CDC National Center for Health), we are seeing an ever increasing rise in bariatric surgery.  Approximately…
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83% of adults drink coffee in the U.S., according to the National Coffee Associations online survey-2013.  Coffee has been touted as both 'Hero' and 'Villain' in the topic of health.  Although research has shown that coffee has some health…
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Diabetes and Obesity affect EVERY other American and one in four kids? Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. Type 2 diabetes in America has tripled since the 1980s, and researchers estimate one in three Americans will have diabetes by 2050.…
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