Addison'S Disease

Advanced adrenal exhaustion, such as Addison's disease, is characterized by apathy, torturous fatigue, and extreme muscular weakness. Although proteins broken down at the onset of stress come largely from the lymph glands, when stress is prolonged, muscle cells are destroyed as well. Furthermore, exhausted adrenals can no longer produce a hormone that saves nitrogen from the breakdown of worn-out body cells; normally this nitrogen is reused in building amino acids vital to the repair of tissues. Under such circumstances the muscles lose strength rapidly even though the diet may be high in protein.

Exhausted adrenals are also unable to produce sufficient amounts of the salt-retaining hormone aldosterone. So much I salt (sodium) is lost in the urine that again potassium leaves the cells, resulting in still-greater muscular weakness, slowed contractions, and partial or complete paralysis of certain muscles. Taking potassium can increase the amount of this nutrient in the cells, but in this case salt (sodium) is particularly needed, and many of the muscle problems can be alleviated merely by eating salty foods. People with adrenal exhaustion usually have low blood pressure, which indicates that salt should be obtained.

The adrenals quickly become exhausted during a pantothenic-acid deficiency, causing the same conditions brought on by prolonged stress. When volunteers were deficient in this vitamin for only a short period, the output of adrenal hormones fell quickly and severe urinary losses of nitrogen occurred, showing that muscle tissue was being broken down. All experienced muscular weakness. One man developed an abnormal gait, and others had muscular cramps, poor coordination, and tremor of their outstretched hands.

Because stress plays a role in every type of muscle disturbance, emphasis must always be placed on building up the adrenals regardless of the diagnosis. The anti-stress program should be carefully followed, especially by persons suffering from Addison's disease; and recovery is more rapid when the anti-stress formula is taken around the clock. Not one essential nutrient should be overlooked.

Fibrositis And Myositis

Inflammation and swelling of the connective tissue of the muscles, especially that covering the muscle sheaths, is spoken of as fibrositis or synovitis, whereas inflammation of the muscle tissue itself is known as myositis. Both are usually brought on by mechanical injury or strain and, being inflammations, always indicate that the body is not producing sufficient cortisone. A completely adequate anti-stress diet with large amounts of vitamin C and pantothenic acid taken with highly fortified milk around the clock usually brings rapid relief. Because of the damage done, scar tissue may form quickly; hence vitamin E must be emphasized.

These abnormalities are common among women during the menopause, when the need for vitamin E is tremendously increased, especially if estrogen is given; often they result in considerable discomfort and stiffness before the cause is recognized. Marked improvement has occurred when vitamin E was taken daily for myositis; and in one study of 300 middle-aged persons with fibrositis, "the vast majority were cured" after vitamin E was given them.

Multiple Sclerosis

This disease is characterized by calcified patches on the brain and spinal cord, muscular weakness, inco-ordination, strong jerky movements or spasms of the arm, leg, and eye muscles, and difficulty in bladder control. Autopsy studies show a marked decrease in the lecithin content of the brain and the myelin sheath covering the nerves, both of which are normally high in lecithin; and even this lecithin is abnormal, containing saturated instead of unsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, multiple sclerosis is most common in countries where the diet is particularly high in saturated fats, which invariably means that the amount of lecithin in the blood is markedly reduced. Probably because the need for lecithin has been decreased, persons with multiple sclerosis have had fewer bad periods of shorter duration when given low-fat diets. Even greater improvement has been made when 3 or more tablespoons of lecithin have been added to the daily diet.

Probably the lack of any nutrient that prevents lecithin production, whether magnesium, vitamin Bo, cholin, inositol, or essential fatty acids, can make multiple sclerosis worse. Muscle spasms and weakness, involuntary twitching, and inability to control the bladder have been produced in healthy volunteers by a diet deficient in magnesium. These symptoms quickly disappeared soon after magnesium was given. Also when patients suffering from multiple sclerosis have been given vitamins E, B6, and other B vitamins, the illness has been arrested; even advanced cases improved in walking and had better bladder control and fewer arm and leg spasms. The calcification of soft tissues has been prevented with vitamin E.

Deficiencies of vitamins B1, B2, B6, E, or pantothenic acid--the need for each of which is tremendously increased by stress—results in nerve degeneration in both humans and animals; and in animals such damage can be corrected by adding the missing vitamin. Furthermore, multiple sclerosis is often treated with cortisone, indicating that every effort should be made to stimulate normal hormone production.

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