Magnesium Deficiency Plays Key Role in “ADHD”

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Magnesium Deficiency Plays Key Role in “ADHD”

JoAnn Guest

Apr 25, 2005 08:37 PDT

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ADHD

This article is extracted from The Open Line Website – Messages for the

NOW Generation.

http://www.mandalavillage.org/twilight/testimonial_adhd.htm

 

The article is on page 4 as the lead article in the feature Health

Matters in the December, 2001 Issue.

 

Magnesium Deficiency Plays Key Role in “ADHD”

" A positive influence of magnesium in the prevention and treatment of

hyperactivity in children is more and more frequently raised in the

literature, " began Polish researchers Kozielec and Starobrat-Hermelin in

the first of two articles they published in the June 1997 issue of

Magnesium Research magazine.

 

The researchers proceeded to unveil the results of two studies conducted

to examine the relationship between dietary magnesium and hyperactivity

symptoms, which they refer to as " ADHD syndrome " .

 

In the first study, magnesium levels in 116 children with " recognized

ADHD " were compared to normal magnesium levels for their age group; in

the second, 75 “ADHD” children who had been found magnesium- deficient

were divided into a magnesium supplementation group and a control group

and the results compared after six months.

 

The children in the first study ranged in age from 9 – 12, of which 82%

were boys. Magnesium levels were determined in blood serum, red blood

cells and in hair with the aid of atomic absorption spectroscopy.

Magnesium deficiency was found in 95% of those examined.

 

“The conclusion from the investigation is that magnesium deficiency in

children with ADHD occurs more frequently than in healthy children.

Analysis of the material indicated the correlation between levels of

magnesium and the quotient of development to freedom from

distractibility.”

 

In the second study, “the aim of our work was to assess the influence of

magnesium supplementation on hyperactivity in patients with ADHD.” The

investigation started with 75 children, aged 7 – 12 years, who fulfilled

DSM IV criteria for ADHD, with recognized deficiency of magnesium in the

blood (blood serum and red blood cells) and in hair based on atomic

absorption spectroscopy results. 50 of the children were given daily

magnesium supplementation of about 200 mg. while the remaining 25 were

“treated in a standard way, without magnesium preparations.”

 

Hyperactivity was assessed with the aid of psychometric scales: the

Conners Rating Scale for Parents and Teachers, Wender’s Scale of

Behavior and the Quotient of Development to Freedom from

Distractibility.

 

In the group of children given 6 months of magnesium supplementation, an

increase in magnesium content in the hair and a significant decrease in

hyperactivity was reported, compared to their clinical stare before

supplementation and compared to the control group which had not been

treated with magnesium. “At the same time, however, among the children

given standard treatment without magnesium, hyperactivity has

intensified.”

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