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Vitamin Treatments for Restless Leg Syndrome

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Summary: Learn how vitamins can be used for treating restless legs syndrome with expert medical advice in this free health care video clip.

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By Dr. Susan Jewell, eHow Presenter

Dr. Susan Jewell is a British born educated bilingual Asian with a British accent and can speak Cantonese. A trained Physician-Scientist in clinical research medicine in the field of...read more

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"Hello my name is Dr Susan Jewell and on behalf of Expert Village today I’m going to talk to you about how to recognize and treat restless leg syndrome. Now in this clip we’re going to talk about vitamins. Studies have shown that although there are no real known causes of this particular syndrome some research is saying a certain deficiency in vitamins and minerals can actually produce add to higher chance of getting this syndrome. So folic acid and folic acid and iron deficiency can put you at added risk of getting restless leg syndrome, so in your diet, even if you don’t get restless leg syndrome. It’s good to make sure that you also get your daily recommended supplements or intake of vitamins and minerals. So in the local drug store or super markets you can get ready, available as I’ve shown here a lot of these products. Its readily available here we have a bottle of folic acid and you should also make sure that you get your recommended daily dose and that will also help to alleviate symptoms of restless leg syndrome, multi vitamins because a lot of these products have iron included into them but besides taking these supplements its recommended that you take it in from natural foods. So make sure that you eat a lot of foods that contain iron like liver, you know the greens, the green vegetables, contain iron and folic as well. So besides taking in supplements and taking it from the food and the way that you cook your food as well maintain that the benefits are in tact before you eat it. So restless leg syndrome can be prevented or reduced instances by making sure you have the daily intake of the recommended daily vitamins and minerals."

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