Today I’m going to share three common nutritional deficiencies related to sciatica and carpal tunnel syndrome and ways to tell which one might be affecting you most.

Vitamins B1, B6, and B12 are intimately involved in the nervous system and may be behind these painful conditions.

1. Vitamin B6 benefits

• Helps build the myelin sheath

• Helps produce neurotransmitters

• Helps protect sensory nerve integrity

• Helps increase nerve conduction and velocity

• Is involved in the metabolism of the nervous system

Vitamin B6 deficiency causes:

• Taking the wrong form of vitamin B6 in large amounts

• Gut inflammation

• Celiac disease

• Crohn’s disease

• Age

• Certain medications

• Alcohol

• Birth control pills

• Certain genetic variations

• Smoking

• Diabetes

• Excess coffee consumption

* It’s important to take the active form of vitamin B6, pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P5P).

2. Vitamin B12 benefits:

• Helps support nerve regeneration

• Helps support myelin production

• Helps support nerve growth factors

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes:

• Certain genetic factors

• Lack of animal products in the diet

• Low stomach acid

• Excess consumption of folic acid

• Alcohol

• Diabetes

• Malabsorption

• Birth control pills

* It’s important to take the natural form of vitamin B12, methylcobalamin.

3. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) benefits:

• Helps support blood flow to the nerves

• Helps counter the complications of diabetes

Vitamin B1 deficiency causes:

• Diabetes, prediabetes, and insulin resistance

• Excess coffee consumption

• Excess tea consumption

* It’s important to take the fat-soluble version of vitamin B1, benfotiamine.

DATA:

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

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