magnesium

[Guest guest]

> Laura, why magnesium??? (or, why magnesium only?)

> Personally, if I forget my daily potassium I am in so much pain I can't hardly

walk....

> and I wouldn't be caught dead without taking the oils (evening primrose, vit

e, etc)

 

Sorcy,

 

Magnesium seems to be the main mineral that my clients need, at any rate. If

you're taking the potassium broth, you're getting a hefty dose of magnesium plus

bunches of other minerals, too :-) I don't generally 'take' supplements, with

the exception of hawthorn for the irregular heartbeat. I try to include what is

needed in my family's meals, since food is the best medicine, IMHO.

 

Magnesium is harder to get in quantity in your diet than potassium, which is

found in fruits and veggies in pretty hefty amounts. And lots of people who

have poor diets or are under other kinds of stresses have a weird condition

called magnesium wasting, in which their kidneys somehow decide that magnesium

is a *bad* thing to have, and so dump lots of it in the urine. It takes a lot

of detox to stop this condition, but it takes a lot of stress and bad diet to

get it in the first place. Even if you don't have magnesium wasting, stress

just eats the stuff up like nobody's business.

 

Magnesium is a biggie for muscles. Your muscles move due to chemical reactions.

They require calcium in order to contract and magnesium in order to relax. A

muscle doesn't just 'let go' when it is done contracting. It actually has to

have a chemical reaction in order to undo the contraction, and this chemical

reaction requires magnesium.

 

I have found magnesium to be very effective for chronic lower back pain, morning

stiffness, 'jumpy' muscles (especially for hyperactive kids and for adults who

are awakened at night by muscle twitches and cramps), fibromyalgia (about 50% of

fibromyalgia cases get relief within 2 weeks with magnesium), high blood

pressure (the tiny blood vessel muscles need to relax), PMS/menstrual cramps,

and asthma (relieves and prevents bronchial spasms, but doesn't stop the

inflammation).

 

Of course, everyone has their own individual body chemistry. I did try

potassium for leg cramps during my first pregnancy and it was totally useless

for me. This time around, I took magnesium and it worked like a charm. Plus,

there is 'conventional' medical evidence that suggests that a magnesium

deficiency is a large portion of the cause of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women

(the other portion of the cause appears to be not enough protein in the diet).

 

So that's the deal with magnesium, from my point of view. I've searched around

and not found any really heavy-duty herbal sources of it. If anyone knows of

any, please speak up! Lots of herbs are high in calcium and iron, and potassium

abounds in the plant kingdom, but magnesium is harder to come by.

 

Peace,

Laura

[Guest guest]

http://intelegen.com/nutrients/magnesium.htm

 

 

http://www.naturalcalm.net/home.shtml

[Guest guest]

Kelly,

Thanks for posting the link to the magnesium information. I had read

results of a study for people who suffer from migraines (like I do)

and how magnesium helps. It said that more than 50% of migraine

sufferers are magnesium deficient. 42% of migraine sufferes who

started taking magnesium at 400mg daily, reported reduced or no

symptoms of migraine. and people treated with an injection of

magnesium in emergency rooms reported no migraine symptoms after 15

minutes of the injection.

After reading this I have started taking magnesium every day and, so

far, knock on wood, I have not had my usual migraines. It has been

only three weeks so far, but I usually average two or more migraines

per month, especially this time of the year.

Angi (new member)

 

 

, " Kelly W. " <kellykebby>

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> http://intelegen.com/nutrients/magnesium.htm

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> http://www.naturalcalm.net/home.shtml