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There are not many reliable treatment options for neuropathy. And that\u2019s why we welcome a new study from the Journal of Pain Research.<\/p>\nThere are not many reliable treatment options for neuropathy. And that\u2019s why we welcome a new study from the Journal of Pain Research.<\/p>\n
It shows that one common vitamin reduces neuropathy pain and other symptoms of neuropathy by up to 72%.<\/p>\n
Not only that: you can buy this vitamin in all supermarkets and it\u2019s dirt cheap.<\/p>\n
Up to 50% of all neuropathy cases exist in people with diabetes, according to existing research. The fact that diabetics tend to be deficient in Vitamin D has led to numerous studies investigating the link between neuropathy and Vitamin D deficiency.<\/p>\n
According to nearly all of these studies, low levels of Vitamin D in the blood are associated with more severe neuropathy.<\/p>\n
Some studies have found an improvement in neuropathy symptoms after Vitamin D supplementation, but these studies have either lacked a non-supplementation group for comparison, or they assessed this improvement based on too few symptoms.<\/p>\n
Therefore, a team of Indonesian scientists decided to test the effectiveness of Vitamin D supplementation on patients with diabetic neuropathy.<\/p>\n
They recruited 68 diabetic neuropathy patients from a hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; they had an average age of 64 years, and just over 60% of them were female.<\/p>\n
Since they recruited their subjects from a hospital, they were all receiving medication for neuropathy. The scientists divided them into two groups: one group received 5,000 IU of an oral Vitamin D supplement for eight weeks, while the other group received no treatment beyond what they were already receiving.<\/p>\n
Before the eight-week treatment, the researchers collected lots of information from all of their subjects, including age, sex, height, weight, marital status, education, occupation, the duration of diabetes, and other health conditions.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, they gave participants two questionnaires (the Neuropathy Deficit Score and the Neuropathy Symptoms Score), which they repeated after the treatment period.<\/p>\n
By the end of the study, the Vitamin D supplementation group was definitely better off than the non-supplementation group:<\/p>\n
1. They experienced a larger reduction in pain (-3.34 points versus -2.37 points on the pain scale).<\/p>\n
2. They experienced less burning pain (1.76 versus 6.18), with higher scores indicating more pain.<\/p>\n
3. More of them experienced an improvement in mood (88.2% versus 70.6%).<\/p>\n
4. They had a lot more Vitamin D in their blood (40.02 ng\/ml versus 18.73 ng\/ml).<\/p>\n
This is great news, and it\u2019s so simple to implement.<\/p>\n
The easiest way is to take 5,000 IU of Vitamin D supplementation daily.<\/p>\n
Or, if you live in a sunny locale, you can also walk around for 20 minutes per day with direct sunlight on your bare arms and face between 11 AM and 3 PM, and make up the difference with fortified foods.<\/p>\n