Cold Hands And Feet
The hands and feet are built, fueled, warmed, reddened, cleansed and moistened by blood, nutrients. There are only two kinds of nutrients in food: building and cleansing. Building nutrients (protein and fat) build, fuel and warm the feet. Low protein and low fat diets, in the extreme, tend to weaken and cool the body, especially the extremities, head, hands and feet, as does poor circulation.
Blood carries nutrients (protein and fat) that build, fuel and warm the body, hands and feet. Protein and fat (includes are thick, sticky nutrients). Low protein and low fat (milk, yogurt, beans, nuts, seeds, yeast, spirulina, etc.) diets, in the extreme, tend to weaken and thin the blood, which in turn, weakens, thins and cools the body, especially the extremities: head, hands and feet.
The body digests, transforms food, nutrients into blood into structure into function, into health or disease. Poor digestion tends to weaken, thin the blood. It can have several causes.
1. Low protein and low fat diets weaken all function, including digestion.
2. Too many cleansing foods, drinks, especially raw vegetables, salads, tropical and citrus fruits, juices, sodas and or cold drinks, in the extreme, tend to dilute and weaken digestion, acid and enzymes, reducing nutrient absorption, blood, energy, elimination, etc. while increasing coldness, weakness, shaking, dampness (excess moisture, mucous, phlegm, cysts, etc.), pallor, etc.
3. Decreased blood supply via menstruation, hemorrhage, chronic illness and or surgery can also thin the blood and reduce circulation.
Poor circulation also tends to cause coldness, especially in the extremities. It can be caused by blood clots (thrombus), embolism (blocked blood vessel), infarction (area of dead tissue), arteriosclerosis, cirrhosis, excess weight (obesity), chronic illness, menstruation, hemorrhage and or extremely cold weather. In each case, the source of coldness will be clearly identified.
High cholesterol, arteriosclerosis, cirrhosis, etc. tends to reduce circulation producing coldness in the extremities. The coldness, however is short lived, intermittent as clogged arteries, veins, etc. It increase pressure and energy which in turn increases temperature, this heats as do high protein and high fat diets.
Lasting coldness (hours, days, weeks, etc.) is generally created by deficiency via diet (low protein, low fat, fasting), menstruation, hemorrhage, surgery, chronic illness and or environment. It is natural during the winter for the hands and feet to become cold, shaky as blood rushes back into the abdomen and chest to protect, nourish and warm the vital organs. It is also the reason why hot remedies (hot baths, soups, herbs
A certain amount of occasional coldness in the hands and feet is normal. Too much is abnormal.
Please read Hot and Cold Health for more information about the way of eating, building up and breaking down. Know the whole before you treat the part.
Author of Hot and Cold Health. Retired Acupuncture Physician (FL 1992-2002). Owner, operator Food and Thought, health food store, Hollywood, FL (1984-2001). Questioned and counseled 30,000+ “What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?” Cooking teacher, Chi gung practitioner, ‘daily outdoors since 1988
Website: http://www.hotandcoldhealth.net Know the whole before you treat the part.
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