Possibly a chiropractic adjustment is in order with his neck/shoulder area.
Does he complain of numbness or tingling?  Of course there could be a
circulation problem because of his age.  I would check with his doctor about
it and see if a house call can be arranged.  Oliva

-----Original Message-----
From: Clelia

>Hello!
>
>I have a question that I would like to address to All list members.
>
>I have been taking care of my 90 years old father and 75 year old BIL for
the
>past two months, while my sister and now my niece are on holiday.  Every
day I
>am trying to introduce to them the paleo way of eating, at times with some
>resistance and at times not; it a hard task to keep up but I am not giving
up.
>
>Lately my father is complaining about his left arm; he says it feels
sleepy,
>even more so is he sleeps on it.  Does anyone know what is causing this?
Or
>what I can do to help him?  Since he is eating less and less carbs he (my
>father) doesn't complain about arthritis pain as much but is the arm that
is
>starting to worry me a little.  Could he be lacking some kind of vitamin
that I
>haven't thought about?  If so which one?
>
>Thanks to you all,
>Clelia