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Have you ever experienced symptoms of Raynaud's disease?

Most commonly, Raynaud's affects your hands and feet, causing fingers and toes to turn white and numb due to blood vessels reacting to the cold or stress and reducing blood flow.

When the circulation returns, it is common to feel a tingling sensation or pain in the affected area.

So what causes it, and how can you manage the condition naturally?

As a functional nutritionist, I always look beyond the symptoms and try to determine what the root cause of a condition might be. As Raynaud's is a condition that affects the blood vessels, the root cause of Raynaud's disease could relate to many factors, but a few obvious ones to investigate are blood sugar dysregulation, heavy metal toxicity and maladaptive stress response.

Blood vessel spasms can also result from stress, grief and emotional trauma, which may require emotionally-focused therapies to improve symptoms.

In today's Friday 5, I would like to share with you five potential causes of Raynaud's phenomenon.

Highlight's from today's episode include:

• How blood sugar dysregulation can contribute to Raynaud's.
• Why Raynaud's might run in your family.
• The link between food sensitivities and Raynaud's.
• Why the health of your cells is a factor in Raynaud's disease. 
• How a maladaptive stress response can develop into Raynaud's.

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