Vitamin B-6 is probably one of the most ignored and neglected of the B vitamins. By now, you would probably agree that I would, or have made that claim about most all of the nutritional elements I’ve discussed so far. Kind of like my many ‘most favorite’ scripture verses.
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome is a very specific outcome of B-6 deficiency, just as Rickets is a vitamin D deficiency. This all has to do with fibrous tissues, as I will explain later.
Your pituitary gland requires B-6 to balance your electrolytes. Because of this, a deficiency can initiate repeated kidney stone production. Other electrolyte imbalances resulting from this include arthritis, and excessive fluid retention as seen in edema, and can be life threatening when resulting in congestive heart failure.
B-6 is required to build red blood cells. Anemia isn’t just reserved for iron deficiencies. A low mean corpuscular volume can either be iron deficiency or a B-6 deficiency.
Mental function is highly dependent on B-6 to support nerve function, preventing depression and nervousness.
Loss of muscular control, migraine headaches and senility are potential outcomes of deficiency when a B-6 deficiency involves the nervous system.
Liver clearance of various elements depends heavily on B-6. One critical pathway which can be impaired by a deficiency involves clearance of both caffeine the hormone estrogen. When estrogen levels rise, if there’s a deficiency of B-6, various tissues can become hardened with fibrocystic tissue. This can involve breast tissue as well as uterine and ovarian tissue. When coupled with caffeine consumption, the results are amplified.
If you are negatively affected by drinking coffee, you need to seriously consider the potential that you’re deficient in B-6 or that liver pathways have been impaired by hormone overloads. When there’s competition for clearance between estrogen and caffeine, which exceeds your available B-6 stores, fibrocystic activity may become a serious result.
As I mentioned originally, Carpel tunnel syndrome can be directly linked to a B-6 deficiency, with an end result of hardened tissues in the wrist. The flexor retinacula is designed to hold nerves, tendons, and vessels within a safe structure, allowing full flexion of the wrist. When the flexor retinacula becomes fibrous and shrinks, it compresses the structures within the tunnel causing all the symptoms of weakness, pain and loss of strength that is experienced in carpel tunnel syndrome.
The medically accepted way of treating this condition involves severing the tendon, relieving the pressure on the underlying structures. Unfortunately, what the body was trying to tell you goes unheard, and the deficiency continues until something else shows up. Besides not getting to the root of the problem, surgery weakens your grip and usually puts the patient out of commission for a while.
B-6 aids in the absorption of B-12, and acts as a catalyst for healing a wheat allergy. Since B-6 occurs in wheat germ and wheat bran, the refining of grains, resulting in destruction of these elements, suggests a reason why wheat allergies occur. Obviously if required nutrition for proper metabolism of the grain is missing, you’re bound to experience repercussions of that deficiency, suggesting the origin of some grain allergies.
Dr John Ellis out of Texas authored a book entitled “The doctor who looked at hands.” In his book he says that vitamin B-6 is one of the most underused essential vitamins. The title of his book relates to stiffness of the hand with difficulty making a fist being a sign of arthritis which is directly related to deficiency of this critical vitamin.
Lastly, if you’ve dealt with morning sickness during pregnancy, you probably were suffering a lack of this vitamin. In many cases where the mother was seriously deficient in B-6, the baby ends up with a case of cradle cap. This shows that the baby is also deficient.
Carpel Tunnel Syndrome is a very specific outcome of B-6 deficiency, just as Rickets is a vitamin D deficiency. This all has to do with fibrous tissues, as I will explain later.
Your pituitary gland requires B-6 to balance your electrolytes. Because of this, a deficiency can initiate repeated kidney stone production. Other electrolyte imbalances resulting from this include arthritis, and excessive fluid retention as seen in edema, and can be life threatening when resulting in congestive heart failure.
B-6 is required to build red blood cells. Anemia isn’t just reserved for iron deficiencies. A low mean corpuscular volume can either be iron deficiency or a B-6 deficiency.
Mental function is highly dependent on B-6 to support nerve function, preventing depression and nervousness.
Loss of muscular control, migraine headaches and senility are potential outcomes of deficiency when a B-6 deficiency involves the nervous system.
Liver clearance of various elements depends heavily on B-6. One critical pathway which can be impaired by a deficiency involves clearance of both caffeine the hormone estrogen. When estrogen levels rise, if there’s a deficiency of B-6, various tissues can become hardened with fibrocystic tissue. This can involve breast tissue as well as uterine and ovarian tissue. When coupled with caffeine consumption, the results are amplified.
If you are negatively affected by drinking coffee, you need to seriously consider the potential that you’re deficient in B-6 or that liver pathways have been impaired by hormone overloads. When there’s competition for clearance between estrogen and caffeine, which exceeds your available B-6 stores, fibrocystic activity may become a serious result.
As I mentioned originally, Carpel tunnel syndrome can be directly linked to a B-6 deficiency, with an end result of hardened tissues in the wrist. The flexor retinacula is designed to hold nerves, tendons, and vessels within a safe structure, allowing full flexion of the wrist. When the flexor retinacula becomes fibrous and shrinks, it compresses the structures within the tunnel causing all the symptoms of weakness, pain and loss of strength that is experienced in carpel tunnel syndrome.
The medically accepted way of treating this condition involves severing the tendon, relieving the pressure on the underlying structures. Unfortunately, what the body was trying to tell you goes unheard, and the deficiency continues until something else shows up. Besides not getting to the root of the problem, surgery weakens your grip and usually puts the patient out of commission for a while.
B-6 aids in the absorption of B-12, and acts as a catalyst for healing a wheat allergy. Since B-6 occurs in wheat germ and wheat bran, the refining of grains, resulting in destruction of these elements, suggests a reason why wheat allergies occur. Obviously if required nutrition for proper metabolism of the grain is missing, you’re bound to experience repercussions of that deficiency, suggesting the origin of some grain allergies.
Dr John Ellis out of Texas authored a book entitled “The doctor who looked at hands.” In his book he says that vitamin B-6 is one of the most underused essential vitamins. The title of his book relates to stiffness of the hand with difficulty making a fist being a sign of arthritis which is directly related to deficiency of this critical vitamin.
Lastly, if you’ve dealt with morning sickness during pregnancy, you probably were suffering a lack of this vitamin. In many cases where the mother was seriously deficient in B-6, the baby ends up with a case of cradle cap. This shows that the baby is also deficient.
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