If you have peripheral neuropathy, diet can have a direct effect on your symptoms. The foods you eat may impact the severity of symptoms as well as their prevalence. You can help yourself feel better more often by learning what to eat and what foods to avoid.
Neuropathy may result from chronic health conditions or diseases such as diabetes that are affected by diet. Eating to optimize wellness in keeping with your particular health condition is a smart strategy for managing neuropathy symptoms. When you avoid or eliminate foods that contribute to underlying health problems, you’re likely to find symptoms fade.
A functional neurologist can help with neuropathy by focusing on finding and addressing the reason you’re having symptoms. Functional medicine is a unique type of holistic health care that provides long term solutions by restoring balance, promoting healing, and helping the body recover optimal wellness. Instead of relying on ‘quick fixes’ for symptoms, such as pain relievers or other medications, functional neurologists utilize natural therapies to bring about change.
Certain foods are known to cause inflammation in the body that may contribute to neuropathy or other chronic symptoms. Sugar, gluten, dairy and corn may cause inflammation in the body that can lead to uncomfortable symptoms, including the pain and numbness typical of neuropathy. Avoiding these foods or certain food groups may help lessen inflammation and move you closer toward symptom relief. But to truly make the most of the opportunity dietary changes present, customized care is the best option.
A functional neurologist will design a program of care, including dietary recommendations and nutritional support, that resolves symptoms as fully as possible. Functional medicine that is comprehensive and customized may provide the long term solution to symptoms you’ve been seeking, as it addresses their underlying cause.