myelin (mï'elin) - is a fat-like substance forming a sheath around certain nerve fibers. It is associated with volitional nervous system fibers and is believed to be related to the capacity of nerve structures for the rapid and ongoing transmission of nerve impulses. Various diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, can destroy the myelin sheath around the nerves.
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VOLUME 16 NEWSLETTER 3
ESPERANZA NEUROPEPTIDE VITAMIN D3
Esperanza has been using their specially developed vitamin D3 as part of it's treatment regime in conjunction with it's revolutionary NeuroPeptide for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). It has been Esperanza's opinion that most MS patients are severely lacking in D3 and as such the need to increase the intake of the vitamin has resulted in excellent documentation of results of the Esperanza NeuroPeptide in conjunction with the specially developed Esperanza D3 vitamins.
A recent article in the Daily Record newspaper highlights the vitamin D problem and Esperanza is very happy that the vitamin D problem in Northern Hemisphere countries (due to lack of sunshine) is being seriously looked at.
Esperanza will continue to explore any and all avenues that will help in the treatment and fight against MS.
Below is the Daily Record article and highly recommended reading.
September 16, 2008
Lack of sunshine is health hazard for Scots By Lachlan Mackinnon
A LACK of sunshine is killing Scots, according to a report.
A leading researcher wants a government campaign to get all of us to take a daily dose of vitamin D to reduce the rate of cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and heart disease. The body makes the vitamin naturally when exposed to sunlight.
But Scotland gets 400 fewer hours of sunshine a year than the south coast of England - which has a far better health record.
The average Scot has a vitamin D level four times lower than their neighbours south of the Border.
Medical researcher Dr Oliver Gillie, who wrote the report, said levels of chronic illness in Glasgow and the west of Scotland - which gets little more sunshine than the Arctic Circle - can't be blamed on poverty alone.
And Orkney and Shetland - which only get 24 per cent of the maximum number of hours of sunshine possible - have the highest prevalence of MS in the world.
Vitamin D deficiency - which is twice as common in Scotland as it is in England - has also been linked to high blood pressure and arthritis.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Harry Burns said the report was an "important contribution" to the national health debate.
In Scotland's Health Deficit: An Explanation and Plan, Gillie says doctors should be able to prescribe "megadoses" of vitamin D.
Mums, for instance, should be given enough to allow them to pass it on to their babies in breast milk.
He reckons tots born around March - when mothers' vitamin D levels are at their lowest - are at a "health disadvantage" and more likely to suffer from juvenile diabetes or MS. Dr Gillie said: "Vitamin D has received little or no attention from policy-makers. "This report calls for urgent action by Scotland's government to take new measures that will give the country its best chance of improving health and of catching up with other European countries with more favourable climates."
Dr Gillie's research involved examining levels of vitamin D across Europe and mortality rates from certain diseases.
And he isn't worried about Scots exposing themselves to a higher risk of skin cancer by stripping off in the sunshine for short periods.
He said: "If you burn, you increase the risk and it's important to avoid doing that. However, if you don't burn, the risk is very little or zero. The risk is very small compared with the risk if you don't expose yourself to the sun.
"Vitamin D protects you against cancers, including melanoma." Scotland's lack of sunshine - with last month being the dullest in almost 30 years - means that the vitamin has to be taken in other ways.
Dr Gillie wants to see supplements added to basic foods such as bread, orange juice and milk.
Scotland's chief medical officer Dr Harry Burns said: "The government has been considering vitamin D and has arranged a meeting of experts for later this year to recommend what further action is required."
Jayne Spink, of the UK MS Society, said: "If vitamin D could prevent the condition, it would be incredibly significant, particularly in Scotland, where rates are very high."
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