Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

 

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by four major features;

Patients with RLS may also experience sleep disturbances and periodic leg movements either during sleep or while awake.

 

The prevalence of RLS in the general population has been estimated to range from 2% to 15% and it occurs more frequently in women than men. Symptoms of RLS can start at any age but in about 50% of patients the onset of symptoms begins before age 20. RLS often affects members of the same family.

 

Doctors still do not exactly understand what causes RLS. In fact, most cases of RLS are referred to as "idiopathic", meaning that the cause is unknown. Research indicates that RLS can be associated with other underlying medical conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, iron deficiency, pregnancy, hypothyroidism, peripheral neuropathy, and Parkinson's disease.

 

Possibly the most important single nutrient for this condition, Magnesium is relatively deficient in the modern diet and almost all nutritional programmes for general well being include extra magnesium. It is therefore expedient for sufferers of RLS to try adding extra magnesium to their diet.

Cereal grasses such as Barley Grass Juice Powder contain abundant magnesium for a whole food supplement. The green aspect (chlorophyll) contains the bulk of the magnesium in the plant. It is the plants equivalent of hemoglobin, except the magnesium replaces the iron found in hemoglobin.

 

Ionic Minerals & Trace Elements contain a good portion of magnesium, 160 mgs per ten mls (The recommended daily amount of ionic minerals to help maintain essential healthy salts).

 

If you wish to try larger amounts of magnesium for a month or two, then Blackmore’s Magnesium Phosphate tablets are recommended.   However please bear in mind the more beneficial holistic support from Barley grass that helps to build the blood, improve circulation and provide Folic acid, which is also found to be helpful for RLS.

 

About 25% of subjects of RLS have been found to derive great benefit from iron supplementation whether they show signs of rank deficiency or not. Iron can be toxic in artificial form. We whole heartedly recommend Molasses (obtainable from most health shops) as the best source of iron.  Try one heaped teaspoon in a cup of boiling water three times a day or one heaped dessert spoon once daily. You may get loose bowels from this initially, but this is only a natural cleansing process and lasts for only a few days or in some cases a couple of weeks.

 

Using Barley Grass Juice Powder, Ionic Minerals & Trace Elements and molasses as a nutritional regime provides a balanced mixture of minerals to form the core of a health regeneration regime (See our Core Regime information).

 

The addition of Zell-Oxygen to provide anti-oxidants and cell enzymes for correct cellular metabolism provides a comprehensive supplemental regime second to none.

 

Removal of Blocks to Health, Healing and Wellness

We have defined the major blocks to health improvement which should be considered the number one priority for resolution before one goes on to a more specific healing regimen such as that detailed in the programme above. By removing these blocks one will feel stronger and more prepared for a specific programme and will achieve far greater success with it. Please read this essential article here

The Core Regime

Not all of the remedies listed here will neccessarily be needed. We strive to bring you the most effective remedies to resolve your health problems in the simplest supplemental regime possible. We aim to treat the actual root causes of health problems holistically rather than supply remedies that will give temporary or partial relief from only the symptoms. This has been our mission since the founding of Regenerative Nutrition in 1994. As we uncover more fundamental truths about the causes, and therefore the relief, of diseases and health problems we update and revise our product range and recommendations.

Above, we detail targeted remedy recommendations for Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), but we further suggest that you view the core regime article and supplement pages by clicking here

To achieve overall good health and long term resolution of this health problem the remedies selected here should be combined with core regime remedies for the best results.

It may well be that there is some overlap and that many of the remedies in the core regime are listed here also.

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