First thing a diabetic needs to do is get daily magnesium from quality foods, and/or supplements. Diabetics lose magnesium daily in the urine.
Here is my magnesium thread:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread1138.html
and here is the website for SlowMag:
http://www.slowmag.com/
A C-reactive protein that high is very concerning. It indicates some massive inflammatory problem. There are studies showing Vit C can reduce C-reactive protein considerably.
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Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jan 1;46(1):70-7. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.030. Epub 2008 Oct 10.
Vitamin C treatment reduces elevated C-reactive protein.
Block G1, Jensen CD, Dalvi TB, Norkus EP, Hudes M, Crawford PB, Holland N, Fung EB, Schumacher L, Harmatz P.
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Abstract
Plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) is an inflammatory biomarker that predicts cardiovascular disease. Lowering elevated CRP with statins has reduced the incidence of cardiovascular disease. We investigated whether vitamin C or E could reduce CRP. Healthy nonsmokers (N=396) were randomized to three groups, 1000 mg/day vitamin C, 800 IU/day vitamin E, or placebo, for 2 months. Median baseline CRP was low, 0.85 mg/L. No treatment effect was seen when all participants were included. However, a significant interaction was found, indicating that treatment effect depends on baseline CRP concentration. Among participants with CRP indicative of elevated cardiovascular risk (> or =1.0 mg/L), vitamin C reduced the median CRP by 25.3% vs placebo (p=0.02) (median reduction in the vitamin C group, 0.25 mg/L, 16.7%). These effects are similar to those of statins. The vitamin E effect was not significant. In summary, treatment with vitamin C but not vitamin E significantly reduced CRP among individuals with CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Among the obese, 75% had CRP > or =1.0 mg/L. Research is needed to determine whether reducing this inflammatory biomarker with vitamin C could reduce diseases associated with obesity. But research on clinical benefits of antioxidants should limit participants to persons with elevations in the target biomarkers.
PMID:
18952164
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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PMC2631578
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free article available online
link to it is on this link at PubMed:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18952164
If you are taking a statin now, your PN may be due to it however.
Search "statin" here on our search engine and you'll find many medical facts that your doctor won't tell you or doesn't even know himself.
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