Intermittent Claudication Can Be Fixed With Diet and Nutrition

Intermittent Claudication is easy to diagnose. If you get leg cramps or leg pain especially in the calves while walking, stop walking. If the leg pain eases and goes away right away, you probably have claudication. The pain is due to insufficient blood flow in the legs (caused by blocked blood vessels). Intermittent claudication is the most prominent symptom of PAD. Peripheral Artery Disease About half of patients with PAD have this symptom.

I have personal experience with Intermittent Claudication and I have cured it using an amino acid called EDTA and switching to a mainly fruits and vegetable diet. I will admit that along the way I have taken Nattokinase, Acetyls L Carnitine plaque X and other nutrients. All of these helped too.

PAD-related leg pain is relieved only by rest. Leg pain occurs in one leg in 40% of patients and in both legs in 60% of patients. Patients may also experience fatigue or pain in the thighs and buttocks.

Intermittent Claudication seems to be a fairly common aliment among people over 50. The Edinburgh Artery study examined this question. About 4 out of every 100 (4%) people over the age of 55 years experienced symptoms, but there was evidence of hardening of the arteries in a further 25% of patients who were not experiencing symptoms. In general PVD is commoner in men.

Pain develops because there is a narrowing or blockage in the main artery taking blood to the leg due to hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis). Over the years cholesterol and calcium build up inside the arteries. This occurs much earlier in people who smoke and those who have diabetes or high levels of cholesterol in the blood.

The blockage in the arteries means that the blood flow is reduced. At rest there is enough oxygen in the blood reaching the muscles to prevent any symptoms. When walking the calf muscles need more oxygen, but because the blood flow is restricted the muscles cannot obtain enough oxygen from the blood and cramp occurs. This is made better by resting for a few minutes. If greater demands are made on the muscles, such as walking uphill, the pain comes on more quickly. Many patients also notice that if they are carrying heavy bags the pain comes on sooner because the leg muscles are having to work harder.

In some patients the blood flow to the legs can be so restricted that there is barely sufficient oxygen reaching the tissues even while resting. In these patients severe pain can develop particularly at night and it is only eased when the leg is dangled down over the edge of the bed. When this happens and tests show reduced blood flow, then critical limb ischemia has developed and the leg is at risk of amputation.

When Intermittent Claudication is diagnosed most MD's will start the patient on blood thinners and other drugs to improve your circulation. Remember drugs is the key word here. Drugs are dangerous, have many side effects,cause a great deal of problems and possibly death.

My advice, quickly switch to a diet of fruits and vegetables. You of course should also take whole food antioxidant supplements like the ones I use and offer on this site. Supplements can get a great many nutirnts and antioxidants into your body quickly. Doing this dropped my cholesterol from 205 to 160 in six months or sooner It will also drop triglyceride levels too. Always take supplements, nutrients and good food before drugs.

There are many other natural means to improve circulation. One of the best in my opinion is Oral and IV Chelation. The reason I believe is I have talked to hundreds of people myself that have stated Chelation Therapy worked for them. If you do enough research you will find evidence that 100,000's have used EDTA successfully and there are many MD's who now recommend it to patients. Also other health professionals use and recommend it too.

And I am telling you it really worked for me. Without it I am convinced I could very easily have lost feet and legs. Many EDTA users were saved from major surgery.

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