What your feet say about your health pt2

Mon, May 2nd 2011, 09:48 PM

By Bernadette Gibson

THIS week continues with more red flags as you take a sneak peek at your feet.

"You can detect everything from diabetes to nutritional deficiencies just by examining the feet," says Jane Andersen, Doctor of Podiatry Medicine and president of the American Association of Women Podiatrists and a spokeswoman for the American Podiatric Medical Association.

The feet provide an abundance of insightful data. A pair of feet contain 52 bones, which is more than a quarter of all the 206 bones of the body Each foot has 33 joints; 100 tendons; muscles and ligaments; and countless nerves and blood vessels that link all the way to the heart, spine and brain. This is an indicati ...

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