Andreas Moritz
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 Whitish nails indicate the accumulation of fat and mucus in and around the heart, liver, pancreas, prostate, or ovaries. This condition is accompanied by poor blood circulation and low hemoglobin levels (anemia).
Vertical ridges in the fingernails generally indicate poor absorption of food and the disruption of important digestive, liver, and kidney functions. There may be general fatigue. Strong vertical ridges on the thumbnails, possibly with split ends, show that a person's testicles and prostate or ovaries are not functioning properly. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 Keep your nails in good shape, and do not trim them shorter than the ends of your toes. If your vision is poor or you have difficulty safely trimming your nails, have a podiatrist examine your feet and trim your nails.
HEALTHY EYES
Your eyes are delicate cameras that capture the world around you, transmitting its details to your brain to perceive and remember. In the same way that a camera is fragile, several parts of the eye are susceptible to damage. This is true for anyone, but especially for people with diabetes. |
Carl C. Pfeiffer
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 The very thinness of the nails, combined with anxiety, leads to active fingernail biting. The actual nails are no more solid than hangnails, and everyone occasionally tears at hangnails with the teeth. Small wonder nail biting occurs. As is readily apparent when one has a blue spot under the nail, it takes six months to grow a new nail, so the nails will be strong in six months with adequate intake of zinc and B6. We confidently predict the cess-sation of nail biting in six months, and our prediction seldom fails. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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 Sculpted" fingernails, a product whose application and removal require dangerous household toxins, also turn out to be such a breeding ground for bacterial infection that several hospital epidemics have been traced to the artificial nails of health care personnel. |
Steven V. Joyal
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 Keep your toenails short and clean. nails should be cut to the shape of your toes and filed with an emery board. Be very careful not to cut or damage your skin—infection can result.
?See a podiatrist very frequently.
?Do not wear tight or ill-fitting shoes. You should be able to move your toes when standing in your shoes.
Autonomic Neuropathy
Autonomic neuropathy affects the nerves that are associated with the function of various organs and organ systems, including the heart, blood vessels, digestive system, urinary tract, reproductive organs, sweat glands, and eyes. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 Her nails bent very easily.
"Excuse me, but your fingernails aren't very strong, are they?"
"They've been that way all my life. Never have been able to grow nice nails like some women do. Mine, they cracked, peeled, and chipped. I took gallons of gelatin when I was younger, but it never helped. The last few years I've been taking a lot of calcium—it helps a little. They're stronger for awhile, but then they get bad again. Can't really put it together with anything."
"Do you get cramps in your legs?"
"Yes."
"How often? |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 For example, like Lynne C, 59, of Sydney, Australia, you might find that if you kick sugar, your hair and nails will grow more quickly.
"I've been off sugar for four weeks, and a few strange things have been happening," Lynne happily related to my online KickSugar group.
"My acrylic nails usually need to be 'done' every two weeks. This time, after 8 days they were where they should be in 14. I bleach my hair every three weeks, and this time, within two weeks, my black roots grew back so fast that I had to bleach them more often! |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 It fights fatigue for both sexes, diminishes white spots in fingernails, reduces brittle hair and nails, and it can help with menstrual problems, impotence, and painful knee and hip joints. And whether you're a man or a woman, if strengthening your immune system is high on your list of priorities, zinc needs to be an important part of your diet (or supplement program).
Finally, we need zinc to help decode the instructions in our DNA, the genetic version of a user's guide for how to keep our body functioning. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 The more rigid tissues such as those found in skin, hair, and nails have a high content of the protein keratin. Keratin is a type of protein that is tough and insoluble. Disulfide bridges give extra strength to nails and hair by cross-linking the keratin. The more cross-linking, the stronger the tissue becomes. Human hair is approximately 14 percent cysteine. The pungent smell of burning hair is due to the sulfur compounds in hair.
Deficiencies of sulfur are not known except in cases of severe protein deficiency. There are no recommended intakes for sulfur and there are no upper levels set. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 The girls were instructed to keep their fingernails at a precise length, since the nails, never the fingers, were used to pluck the highest quality tea leaves.
The freshly picked leaves were graded into classes and processed. The best grades of tea were delivered as tribute tea, and the rest were traded and sold by the regional government. The values placed on the top grades of tea were impressive. A cake of high-grade tea (a quantity that could easily be held in the palm of a hand) might be worth as much as two ounces of gold, while the very choicest grades were simply beyond price. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Horizontal indentations in the nails show unusual or drastic changes in dietary habits. The changes can be either beneficial or harmful. White dots on the nails appear when the body eliminates large amounts of calcium and/or zinc in response to excessive consumption of sugar or sugar-containing foods and beverages. Sugar has highly acid-forming properties and leaches out these minerals from the bones and teeth.
A hard protrusion at the ball of the foot. |
| Hands, nails, and Feet
White, fatty skin on the fingertips is a sign of dysfunctional digestive and lymphatic systems. In addition, the liver and kidneys may be forming cysts and tumors. An excessive discharge of fats may occur, seen as oiliness on the skin.
Dark red fingernails point toward a high content of cholesterol, fatty acids, and minerals in the blood. The liver, gallbladder, and spleen are congested and underactive, and all excretory functions are overburdened with waste products. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS
The skin, hair, nails, and oil and sweat glands are known as the integumentary system. The skin is the largest organ in our body, and its function involves the regulation of body temperature, elimination of wastes, and reception of temperature, pressure, and pain signals. The skin, as a sense organ, also has a connection with the nervous system, and in ayurveda, skin is believed to support both physiology and psychology. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| For example, the annals of railroad date nails record only two brief periods of arsenic use, one in 1871 and another in the late 1920s. Arsenic never caught on until tecently, that is. The recent arsenic renaissance, in the form of chromated copper arsenate (CCA), is a relatively new phenomenon. Over the last twenty years, the blue-green-tinged arsenic-treated wood has become nearly ubiquitous, such as in children's wooden playground installations, welcomed as a relatively safe alternative to the perceived hard-edged dangers of a metal apparatus, for example, a jungle gym. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Signs of vitamin A toxicity include dry skin, brittle nails, hair loss, gingivitis, anorexia, nausea, fatigue, and irritability.
Accidental ingestion of a single large dose of vitamin A by children (100,000-300,000 IU) can cause acute toxicity. This may present as headache, vomiting, and stupor because of the increase in intracranial pressure.9 A study reported in the January 2, 2002, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that vitamin A can be harmful for normal bone function, leading to an increase in hip fractures. |
Tom Bohager
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 Perhaps your hair, skin, and nails have lost their youthful look or you have frequent food cravings. If so, supplementing your diet with a pure and balanced vitamin/mineral product can supply the body with the materials that it requires to maintain and support overall health. |
Marshall Editions
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 Silica: If the emergence of a verucca coincides with poor-quality nails and/or the development of soft corns between the toes, this remedy is worth considering. The soles of the feet may also itch, especially in the evenings.
HERBALISM
Oatmeal: Prepare the oatmeal as if you were going to eat it, let it cool, and spread the paste over the affected area. Cover it with seran wrap and leave it on overnight. Reapply each evening until the wart resolves. Plantar warts are very stubborn and are often resistant even to strong conventional medicine. |
Tom Bohager
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| If the nails are infected, they can become discolored, thick, and even crumble. Athlete's foot usually occurs between the toes. It is particularly prevalent and highly contagious in damp, warm places, such as locker rooms, swimming pools, showers, and gyms.
Recommendations for treating ringworm include eating a well-balanced diet and reducing intake of foods that are high in sugar, which can support the overgrowth of fungus in the body. Enzyme thetapy is used to support the immune and digestive systems and reduce overgrowth of fungus. |
Joseph Campbell
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| Maymunah smote the ground with her foot, and there came out of it an Ifrit blind in one eye, humpbacked, scurvy-skinned, with eye-orbits slit up and down his face; and on his head were seven horns; four locks of hair fell to his heels; his hands were like pitchforks and his legs like masts; and he had nails like the claws of a lion, feet like the hoofs of the wild ass. The monster respectfully kissed the ground before Maymunah and inquired what she would have him do. |
| Naglfar shall be loosed (the ship made of dead men's nails) and this shall be the transport of the giants. Another ship shall sail with the inhabitants of hell. And the people of fire shall advance from the south.
When the watchman of the gods shall blow the shrieking horn, the warrior sons of Othin will be summoned to the final battle. From all quarters the gods, giants, demons, dwarfs, and elves will be riding for the field. The World Ash, Yggdrasil, will tremble, and nothing then be without fear in heaven and earth. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| Because of growing numbers of reported adverse reactions, in 1974 the FDA took action against methyl methacrylate nails. Although some cosmetic ingredients have been banned by specific regulations, this action is rarely taken (the FDA's action to limit vinyl chloride, independent of OSHA, is one of the few examples of such a step).
In the case of methyl methacrylate, the FDA sought a court injunction for a single manufacturer and limited sales by seizing materials from several others. |
| For instance, there is no compelling reason to continue to market nitroethane for removal of artificial nails or hexane- or toluene-based rubber cements for household use or benzene-contaminated glues for any purpose.
Other products need not be removed from the marketplace but could be restricted through different regulatory controls. For example, instant glues provide bonds far stronger than actually needed for most applications. Is the world really better off with a coffee mug whose reglued handle has a more powerful seam than the original ceramic? |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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| If your vision is poor or you have difficulty safely trimming your nails, have a podiatrist examine your feet and trim your nails.
HEALTHY EYES
Your eyes are delicate cameras that capture the world around you, transmitting its details to your brain to perceive and remember. In the same way that a camera is fragile, several parts of the eye are susceptible to damage. This is true for anyone, but especially for people with diabetes. Protecting your eyes means keeping your blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol under control.
Three parts of the eye are particularly vulnerable. |
Paul D. Blanc, M.D.
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| My own education on the arcana of wood preservatives is deeply indebted to Jeff Oaks's Date nails and Railroad Tie Preservation, now in its fifth printing.35 It lists all of the various preservatives that were attempted over the years and specifies when they fell in and out of favor. creosote
As soon as the ultimate method of wood treatment was first patented, it became clear that it would dominate the industty. Even the skeptics who questioned whether any wood preservative was of benefit were soon won over. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 A lot of people think that creaky joints, craggy nails, and cranky bowels are simply part of the deal. You get to live to eighty-something; then, in exchange, you're going to have your fair share of misery along the rest of the way. Horrible being old, eh? Hold on. Yes, there is a trade-off, but it's not that one. If you take a look at every biological process that happens in your body, there's an evolutionary reason why it works that way, and that reason, without fail, is to ensure the survival of the species. |
Too Profitable to CureBrent Hoadley, Ph.D.
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| Joseph, who has had diabetes for 31 years, said that he suffered two attacks in his sleep, developed holes in his nails, stiffness in his hands, and became aggressive after taking the drug. He attacked colleagues at work, and twice tried to strangle his girlfriend, Amanda McVeigh, after minor rows.
The last attack was six weeks ago, just before he came off the treatment. Police were alerted but McVeigh decided not to press charges because she believed that the drug was responsible.
Joseph said, "I just went mad. I was screaming and slamming doors. |
Devra Davis
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 Eventually their hair, nails would grow back, and when we got it right, their cancers did not.
"It seemed to me that there were two separate ways to attack cancer. On the one hand, we could try drugs to wipe out the disease. At the same time, I had a sense that there were some really big pieces that remained completely undiscovered. I was especially interested in learning what determines how the body tells the difference between our own cells and foreign ones and what prevents us from recognizing cancer cells as foreign and destroying them. |
| I offered up one of our old standard jokes, "Hey, girlfriend, you know why they put nails in coffins?" I asked. "Sure," she replied. "To keep out the oncologists."
No oncologists were needed at this point. Andrea, her husband and daughter had sought the haven of hospice. This brought into her home a steady stream of massage therapists, soothing sounds and quiet moments. Andrea was fearless. We spoke about the ways in which our lives and those we love would remain connected even after death. I repeated the story of my mishap with the yellow jackets, when I almost died. |
Carl C. Pfeiffer
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| The actual nails are no more solid than hangnails, and everyone occasionally tears at hangnails with the teeth. Small wonder nail biting occurs. As is readily apparent when one has a blue spot under the nail, it takes six months to grow a new nail, so the nails will be strong in six months with adequate intake of zinc and B6. We confidently predict the cess-sation of nail biting in six months, and our prediction seldom fails. Small white spots may resolve with zinc, but large white spots require five to six months to grow out with the nail. |
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