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[FriendsForHealthNaturally] MAGNESIUM: Miracle in Minutes

MAGNESIUM: Miracle in MinutesDID YOU KNOW?Very few people are aware of the enormous role magnesium plays inour bodies. After oxygen, water, and basic food, magnesium may bethe mostimportant element needed by our bodies.So vitally important, yet hardly known.Magnesium is by far the most important mineral in the body,activating over 300 different "biochemical" reactions in your bodyall necessary for your body to function properly.Magnesium is more important than calcium, potassium or sodium andregulates all three of them.When we get too low on oxygen, water or food, the consequences areserious. Yet, we often don't realize the consequences of magnesiumdeficiency.The improper use of magnesium among health professionals and thepopulation in general, is deeply responsible for many of thefailures encountered daily in treating chronic health conditionsnationwide.---What are the symptoms of a magnesium deficiency?Millions suffer daily from:InsomniaSleep-disordersFatigueBody-tensionHeadachesHeart-disordersLow energyHigh Blood PressurePMSMuscle tensionBackachesConstipationKidney stonesOsteoporosisAccelerated agingDepressionIrregular-heartbeatAnxietyMuscle crampsSpasmsIrritabilityand the list goes on....90-95% of the population is deficient,including many of those who already supplement it.Why?Due to the misleading information presented in common magnesiumtexts.As a result, magnesium remains largely misunderstood, largelymisused and the problem goes on undetected.CALCIUM WARNING –The use of magnesium today is often incorrect, resulting in frequentfailure to improve common conditions and complaints.One reason is this: Calcium needs magnesium in order to assimilateinto the body.However, when too much calcium is consumed, it will pull magnesiumout of the body parts in order to *assimilate*.This creates a magnesium deficiency and the person will get worseand feel accordingly.------------------------------"Contrary to common belief, magnesium deficiency is very common evenamongst those who supplement it regularly"---Excess calcium -(in the wrong form for proper assimilation) inthe body results in calcium 'deposits' on joints (often calledarthritis).All of these have been known to 'disappear' after taking extramagnesium, especially the liquid form.BECOME AN EXPERT –After reading this data you will become your own expert on how tohandle a magnesium deficiency, which strikes most of our unknowingpopulation. This data is vital for everybody to know. It has changedthe lives of many. It may change your own as well.The fact remains that many of us suffer for months and years fromchronic conditions, which no one seems to detect the source of (noteven the so-called experts).With all the myriad of solutions we have sought, only a luckyhandful amongst us realize that the true source of these conditionslies with a mineral deficiency.Many of these conditions listed before are caused primarily bymagnesium deficiency. This information may bring new hope to thosewho have already grown hopeless about improving their condition.90-95% of the population is deficient, and many of them have thoughtthat regular magnesium supplements will fix magnesium deficiency.Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Read on to understand this infull, and why water soluble magnesium (angstrom in size) is theanswer.To understand the importance of magnesium let's consider this:Magnesium is the most important mineral in the body, activating over300 different processes in your body;Among these functions are digestion, energy production, musclefunction, bone formation, creation of new cells, activation of Bvitamins, relaxation of muscles, the functioning of your heart,kidneys, adrenals, brain, as well as the nervous system.********************************************************************The Mineral That Could Have Saved 4 Million Womenby Bill Sardi*******************************************************************Modern medicine has made a remarkable admission.Its failure to utilize a simple, inexpensive intravenous "mineral"*drip* might have saved the lives millions of women over the pastcentury.Modern medicine knew about the cure since 1906.[New England Journal of Medicine 333: 201-05, 1995]Around 210 million women become pregnant annually around the worldand every minute a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, with aquarter of these deaths due to a condition called pre-eclampsiawhich can lead to the more severe and mortal condition calledeclampsia.Women may develop high blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia) and during or prior to birth may experience life-threatening seizures (eclampsia).About 5-10 percent of women in their first pregnancy develop pre-eclampsia.Over the past century, drugs rather than minerals have been employedto treat eclampsia, Diazepam (Valium) in 1968 and then phenytoin(Dilantin) in 1987. During the period 1905 to 1987 an estimated 42million women may have undergone eclamptic convulsion and possibly 4million died.The modern therapy for eclampsia now includes calcium-blockingdrugs and a host of anti-hypertensive agents.Drugs may reduce therisk of severe high blood pressure, but not the overall rate ofhypertension nor the risk of eclampsia.[The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 2002] Yet the anticonvulsant drugscontinue to be employed with little reliable evidence that theywork.Finally, a just-released study of 141 women in 33 countries hasshown beyond a "reasonable doubt" that intravenous magnesium reducesthe risks of eclampsia among women with pre-eclampsia.The relative risk of eclampsia was reduced by 58 percent and themortality rate nearly cut in half among women receivingmagnesium ...compared to those who receive a saline drip.The authors of the study concluded that "magnesium sulfate isremarkably effective at reducing the risk of eclampsia." [The Lancet359: 1877-90, June 1, 2002]Not The First Time –This wasn't the first study to conclusively show magnesium sulfateis a remedy for eclampsia.In a 1995, a study heralded as the most important obstetric trialof the 20th century, magnesium sulfate wasfound to be the most effective approach to controlling convulsionsduring childbirth.[british Medical Journal 311: 702-03, 1995]By 1998 data from numerous studies had been analyzed and it wasknown that magnesium was superior to any anticonvulsant drugs.[Cochrane Review 2002] This evidence still didn't convince mostobstetrical doctors.Seven years after the report showing magnesium reduces the risk ofmortality from eclampsia, a report endorsed by the World HealthOrganization (WHO), UNICEF and the WORLD BANK, magnesium sulfate isstill not available to millions of women worldwide.British medical researchers are pleading with the World Bank andWHO to fund and disseminate treatment kits. [TheLancet 359: June 1, 2002]Clues Were There -It wasn't as if physicians had no clues as to the cause ofeclampsia. The worldwide mortality rates from eclampsia vary widelyfrom country to country.The mortality rate from eclampsia ranges from 0 to 13.9 percent.[European Society Cardiology 21st Annual Congress, Sept. 1, 1999] Sothere are obviously some modifiable factors involved in thedevelopment of eclampsia among pregnant females.Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are the most important causes of deathduring pregnancy in the United Kingdom, USA and Nordic countries,nations that consume the most *calcium-rich* DAIRY products.Calcium and magnesium must be maintained in a proper ratio tomaintain proper muscle tone and prevent convulsive muscle spasms.Furthermore, estrogen and progesterone levels, which increase as apregnancy advances, elevate the body's demand for magnesium.[Journal American College of Nutrition 12: 442-58, 1993]---Magnesium is a natural calcium blocker.---[American Journal of Medicine 96: 63-76, 1994]Magnesium Shunned For Heart Disease Too –--This isn't the first time magnesium has been shunned in favor ofprescription drugs.In the 1990s a preliminary report 'showed' conclusively thatintravenousmagnesium *reduced* mortality rates following a heart attack.This was apparently perceived as a "threat" to the sale of calcium-blocking drugs used for the same purpose.Medical researchers, financially backed by a pharmaceutical companythat produces calcium-blocker drugs, deliberately chose to usean "excessive"dose of *intravenous* magnesium to prove it was of *no value* duringthe post-heart attack period.This report showed conclusively that intravenous magnesiumreduced mortality rates following heart attack.[Townsend Letter for Doctors, October 1998]The sale of calcium-blockers never faltered.There are more than 64 million annual prescriptions for calciumblocking drugs (Procardia, Cardizem, Norvasc, Verpamil, Adalat,Dilacor, Verelan, Calan), with sales exceeding $2.5 billion.[American Druggist 1997]Magnesium May Prevent Sudden-Death Heart Attacks –(NOTE: Dr. Shealy emphasizes this in his book---"HOLY WATER, Sacred Oils)Magnesium is not limited to treating heart disease after a heartattack.A shortage of dietary magnesium has been repeatedly shown tobe associated with an increased risk of sudden-death heart attack.Unequivocally, a shortage of magnesium from the American diet, inparticular the absence or shortage of magnesium in drinking water,is directly related to sudden-death heart attack.[Epidemiology 10: 31-36, 1999; Heart 82: 455-60, 1999; AmericanJournal Epidemiology 143: 456-62, 1996]Out of 750,000 heart attacks in the USA annually, an estimated340,000 deaths occur within one hour of a heart attack.[Journal Nutrition Health Aging 5: 173-78, 2001]One study showed the relative risk of sudden-death heart attack ismore than 1.5 times higher among adults who consume on average 105milligrams of magnesium a day comparedto adults who consume 233 milligrams a day.[Magnesium Trace Element Research 9: 143-51, 1990]Recently researchers reported on the effects of slowly withdrawingmagnesium from the diet of postmenopausal women. Women began toexhibit abnormal heart rhythms as circulating magnesium levelsdeclined.[American Journal Clinical Nutrition 75:550-54, 2002]Of the minerals removed during water softening, magnesium is theonly mineral found to be deficient in the heart muscle of sudden-death heart attack victims.[science 208: 198-200, 1980]In an animal experiment, no rodents experienced a sudden-deathheart attack when magnesium levels were adequate, whereas 4 of 11rodents with low magnesium levels experienced a sudden lethal heartmuscle spasm.[Journal American Collage Cardiology 27: 1771-76, 1996]For comparison, there are about 50,000 tobacco-related deaths peryear in the USA and consequently massive smoking-cessation effortsare undertaken.There are more than 200,000 to 300,000 avoidable sudden-death heartattacks that could be prevented by the provision of an inexpensivemineral, yet public health authorities do nothing to stop theproblem.This amounts to over 500 needless deaths per day in the USA.Widespread Dietary Deficiency –1994 Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans don't consumesufficient amounts of magnesium. The widespread consumption ofprocessed foods has led to a progressive decline in dietarymagnesium.While nuts and green leafy vegetables are good sources of magnesium,the shortage of magnesium in the American diet, about 200-300milligrams per day, is not likely to be made up through foods alone.Progressive decline of dietary magnesium consumption yearsMagnesium intakemilligrams per day1900-08 475-5001909-13 415-4351925-29 385-3981935-39 360-3751947-49 358-3701957-59 340-3601965-76 300-3401978-85 225-3181990-2002 175-225[Magnesium Trace Elements 10: 162-28, 1997]Supplementation Advised –Only universal magnesium supplementation is likely to make upfor such a widespread mineral deficiency.Foods cannot easily be 'fortified' with magnesium because it is abulky mineral that would alter the consistency and taste of flourand foods.Magnesium cannot be added to tap water because it would erodepiping. Either magnesium pills or magnesium added to bottled waterwould make upfor this mineral deficiency.Currently, only 5 major brands of bottled water provide a desirablemeasure of more than 75 milligrams of magnesium per liter and onlyone brand has a ratio of magnesium that exceeds that of calcium. –Bloodtests for magnesium are notoriously inaccurate.Only 1 percent of the total body magnesium pool exists outside ofliving cells. So blood serum levels are notoriously inaccurate.[Clin Chem Lab Med 37: 1011-33, 1999]Only red-blood cell magnesium levels accurately determine the riskfor pre-eclampsia and/or magnesium deficiency, but this test is notcommonly performed in laboratories. [American Journal Hypertension13: 765-69, 2000]A bias against the use of intravenous magnesium sulfate by modernmedicine has taken a terrible toll on humankind.Magnesium sulfate,also known as Epsom salt, is not absorbed orally and attracts waterin the colon and would thus act as a laxative. So Epsom salts arenot recommended orally.Magnesium pills are recommended (200-400 milligrams per day).Magnesium has been called the "The Forgotten Mineral" and the "5-Cent Miracle Tablet" by medical researchers.Numerous researchers have reported that the provision of thismineral in the population at large would greatly diminish theincidence of:kidney stones (1 in 11 Americans),"calcified" mitral heart valve (1 in 12 Americans),premenstrual tension,constipation,miscarriages, stillbirths,strokes,diabetes,thyroid failure,asthma, chronic eyelid twitch (blepharospasm),brittle bones, chronic migraines,muscle spasms and anxiety reactions.[Pediatric Asthma, Allergy Immunology 5: 273-79;Journal Bone Mineral Research 13: 749-58, 1998; Magnesium 5: 1-8,1986; Medical Hypotheses 43: 187-92, 1994]That's a lot of health benefits for a nickel.Sufficient provision of magnesium in the American population wouldlikely reduce health care costs by billions of dollars.June 4, 2002End of article*********************************************************************HEART BECOMES "IRRITABLE" WHEN DEPRIVED OF MAGNESIUM*********************************************************************The Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota hasreleased an alarming report that reveals when humans are deprived ofmagnesium they may begin to experience abnormal heart beats.[American Journal Clinical Nutrition 75: 550-54, March 2002]The heart muscle of people who experience sudden-death heart attackhas been found to be low in magnesium. Areas of the world wheredrinking water is low in magnesium (soft water areas) have higherrates of heart attacks.Magnesium is a muscle relaxant, while calcium is a muscleconstrictor.Low magnesium intake is associated with muscle spasm, tremors andconvulsions.Most Americans, particularly women, have been advised to consume1200-1500 milligrams of calcium daily.Virtually none of these women have been told that calcium in singledoses that exceed 500 milligrams are *not absorbed*and that they only need an additional 200 milligramsof supplemental calcium since their diet already provides about 800milligrams of this mineral.Since 99 percent of magnesium resides inside living cells, bloodserum levels are not a good indicator of magnesium deficiency.In other words, your doctor can't easily tell you by a blood test ifyour magnesium levels are low.Most Americans, 8 in 10, do not consume enough magnesium.The countries that have the highest mortality rates in the world arethe Scandinavian countries and New Zealand where more calcium isconsumed from dairy products,while for comparison the lowest mortality rates in the world are inPortugal and Japanwhere calcium-rich dairy products are not consumed regularly.Americans consume about 800 milligrams of calcium daily (milkdrinkers may get 1200-1500 mgs from their diet alone),but only consume about 275 milligrams of magnesium.Thus the dominance of calcium over magnesium produces symptoms ofmuscle spasm.Migraines, eyelid twitch, heart flutters, back aches, premenstrualtension, leg cramps and constipation are all linked to calcium*overload*.A significant percentage of American adults consume more than 2000milligrams of daily calcium, the point where side effects ofoverdosage begin to be reported.More than 300,000 sudden-deathheart attacks are reported annually in the US (more than 80 per day)which are believed to be related to excessive calcium and a shortageof magnesium.Modern medicine's answer to the problem is to prescribe billions ofdollars of calcium-blocker drugs.Magnesium is a "natural" calcium blocker, but this goes unrecognizedby most physiciansResearchers warn that adults who consume excessive amounts ofcaffeine or alcohol, or who take water pills (diuretics), are proneto experience irregular heart beats and should consume moremagnesium.The same is true for diabetics and people with low thyroid.Most Americans consume tap water that has been softened (sodiumadded) which worsens the problem.Sodium 'depletes' magnesium levels.American adults need to supplement their diet with 200-400milligrams of magnesium. The only side effect of too much magnesiumis loose stool.Reducing dosage resolves this problem.Copyright Knowledge of Health, Inc., 2002Written By: Bill Sardiwww.alternative-medicine-message-boards.infoPosted by Chrisgaren"Magnesium Deficiency and Sudden Death"-Reprinted from:http://www.drgrisanti.com/magnesium.htm---The Grisanti ReportA Reliable Source for Alternative Medical AdviceReport #1260-MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY & SUDDEN DEATHWritten and Researched by Ronald J. Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O.An athletic 20 year man is playing basketball and suddenly collapseson the court and dies.On a hot July day, a young and vibrant college football playersuddenly makes a great tackle and never gets up.. only to bepronounced dead 5 minutes later.High School track runner dies after finishing second in a race.The sad truth is 1 out of 50,000 young adults will fall victim toSudden Death.Most sudden deaths have been linked to a thickened, enlarged heartcalled hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), or by a condition thatdisturbs the rhythm of the heart called an arrhythmia.When one sweats, a significant amount of magnesium is lost.Magnesium isthe most under-recognized electrolyte disorder in the U.S. Dr.Mildred Seelig, one of the country's leading authorities onmagnesium suggests that 80%-90% of the population is deficient ismagnesiumIt is beyond the extent of this article why the public is beingdenied the truth of the seriousness of magnesium deficiency andsudden death. The amount of medical research could fill a book, butit is unfortunately being ignored.According to Micheal A. Brodsky M.D., associate professor ofmedicine at the University of Medicine and the director of theCardiac Arrhythmia Service at the University of California..mineral imbalances interferewith the heart's normal nerve function.While most athletes have been conditioned to drink a potassium richdrink after sweating.. very few have been educated on the dangers ofa magnesium deficiency.Dr. Brodsky states that arrhythmia therapy shouldfocus on replenishing two key minerals: potassium and magnesium.Almost all physicians have known for some time just how vitalpotassium is for normal heartbeat.Magnesium is an entirely different story, however. According toCarla Sueta M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor ofmedicine and cardiology at the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill School of Medicine "apparently,many doctors still don't realize how important a role this mineralcan play in some heart patients.In fact, most never check the magnesium level. She has shown throughher research that magnesium reduced the incidence of several typesof ventricular arrhythmia by 53 to 76 percent.Magnesium deficiency can be induced by the very drugs meant to helpheart problems. Some types of diuretics (water pills) cause the bodytoexcrete both magnesium and potassium, as does digitalis.And magnesium deficiency is often at the bottom of what's calledrefractory potassium deficiency.The amount of magnesium in the body determines the amount ofa particular enzyme that determines the amount of potassium in thebody," he explains.So if you are magnesium-deficient, you may in turn be potassium-deficient, and no amount of potassium is going to correct thisunless you are also getting enough magnesium.The Best Test To Determine Your Level of MagnesiumAlthough most physicians rarely check this important mineral, thefew that do usually rely on test called Serum Magnesium.Unfortunately, thistest only measures approximately 1% of the magnesium in your body..a poor test at best. The "Gold Standard" and the most accurate testis the RBC Minerals or more commonly called Elemental Analysis inPackedErythrocytes. This test examines the levels of eight minerals andseven toxic heavy metals.The erythrocyte is the red blood cell that floats in our serum tocarry oxygen to our cells.The minerals this test analyzes from inside the red blood cellincludes magnesium, manganese,molybdenum, potassium, selenium, vanadium and zinc. Another testwhich has proven to be extremely valuable in detecting magnesiumdeficiencies is called the Urine Magnesium Loading Test.In this test, the patient collects a 24-hour urine sample and thetotal magnesium is measured. The patient is then given a doseMagnesium Chloride 18% and another 24-hour urine specimen iscollected.The magnesium is again measured. If thebody retains more than a certain amount of magnesium, then it isconcluded that the body is magnesium deficient.Common Symptoms of Magnesium DeficiencyThe most common symptoms include back and neck pain, muscle spasms,anxiety, panic disorders, Raynaud's spastic vessels, arrhythmia,fatigue, eye twitches, vertigo, migraines.Best Sources of MagnesiumThe best way of insuring enough magnesium is to eat a variety ofwhole foods, including organic whole grains, nuts, seeds andvegetables, preferably food grown on naturally composted soil. Thegreen color of green vegetables is due to chlorophyll, which is amolecule that contains magnesium. Avoid refined processed foods,especially white sugar andwhite flour products, as most magnesium is removed from them.Dr. Grisanti's Comments:If you are suffering with a heart problem and have not had yourmagnesium checked, then I want to urge you to have your physicianorder the two tests listed above. Unless you have proof that yourmagnesium is within normal levels, I want you to realize that youare playing with your health!References1:Eisenberg MJ, Magnesium deficiency and sudden death (editorial),AM Heart J 1992 Aug; 124(2):544-92:Magnes Res 1994 Jun;7(2):145-533:Tzivoni, Dan, M.D. and Keren, Andre, M.D., "Suppression ofVentricular Arrhythmias by Magnesium", The American Journal ofCardiology, June 1, 1990;65:1397-1399.4:Miner Electrolyte Metab 1993;19(4-5):323-365:Keller, Peter K. and Aronson, Ronald S., "The Role of Magnesium inCardiac Arrhythmias", Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, May/June1990;32(6):433-448.6:Biochim Biophys Acta 1993 Oct 20;1182(3):329-327:Biochim Biophys Acta 1994 Jan 11;1225(2):158-648:"Practical Briefings: Clinical News You Can Put Into Your PracticeNow. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Magnesium", Patient Care, October15, 1990;16-209:Magnes Res 1993 Jun;6(2):191-210:Hennekens (1987) Epidemiology Medicine, p.54-9811:Schriftenr Ver Wasser Boden Lufthyg 1993;88:474-9012:Am J Cardiol 1992 Oct 8;70(10):44C-49C13:Fiziol Zh SSSR Im I M Sechenova 1992 Jul;78(7):71-7© 2001 Ronald J. Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.ONOTICE: This information is provided for educational purposes. Anymedical procedures, dietary changes, or nutritional supplementsdiscussed herein should only be undertaken on the advice of aqualifiedphysician.Ronald J. Grisanti, D.C., D.A.B.C.OThe Grisanti Center of Integrative Medicine4200 East North Street, Suite 14 • Greenville, SC 29615(864) 292-0226 • FAX: (864) 268-7022Reprinted from:http://www.drgrisanti.com/magnesium.htmRemember, if you do not participate in group discussions when you advertise,you will be removed from the group. Spam mail is not welcome!FriendsForHealthNatrually List owners; Beth Klaus, Robin Stone