Magnesium's Impact on Health and Vitality

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Shan

Magnesium's Impact on Health and Vitality

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Magnesium is nothing short of a miracle mineral in its healing effect on a

wide range of diseases as well as in its ability to rejuvenate the aging body.

We know that it is essential for many enzyme reactions, especially in regard to

cellular energy production, for the health of the brain and nervous system,

for healthy teeth and bones and is also an impressive infection fighter. A

french doctor, A. Neveu, cured several diphtheria patients with magnesium

chloride

within two days. He also published 15 cases of poliomyelitis that were cured

within days if treatment was started immediately, or within months if

paralysis had already progressed. Neveu also found magnesium chloride effective

with

asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and emphysema; pharyngitis, tonsillitis,

hoarseness, common cold, influenza, whooping cough, measles, rubella, mumps,

scarlet

fever; poisoning, gastro-enteritis, boils, abscesses, whitlow, infected wounds

and osteomyelitis. In more recent years Dr Vergini and others have confirmed

these earlier results and have added more diseases to the list of successful

uses: acute asthma attacks, shock, tetanus, herpes zoster, acute and chronic

conjunctivitis, optic neuritis, rheumatic diseases, many allergic diseases,

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and beneficial effects in cancer therapy. In all of

these

cases magnesium chloride had been used and gave much better results than other

magnesium compounds.

 

Young women, children and most of all babies have soft body structures and

smooth skin with low calcium and high magnesium levels in their cells and soft

tissues. This is the biochemistry of youth. As we age and most pronounced in

old men and post-menopausal women, we become more and more inflexible. The

arteries harden to cause arteriosclerosis, the skeletal system calcifies to

cause

rigidity with fusion of the spine and joints, kidneys and other organs and

glands increasingly calcify and harden with stone formation, calcification in

the

eyes causes cataracts and even the skin hardens, becoming tough and wrinkled.

In this way calcium is in the same league as oxygen and free radicals, while

magnesium works together with hydrogen and the antioxidants to keep our body

structure soft. A gynaecologist reported that one of the first organs to

calcify are the ovaries, leading to pre-menstrual tension. When he put his

patients

on a high magnesium intake their PMT vanished and they felt and looked much

younger. Most of these women said that they lost weight, increased their energy,

felt less depressed and enjoyed sex again much more than before. For men it

is equally beneficial for problems arising from an enlarged prostate gland.

Symptoms commonly improve after a period of supplementation with magnesium

chloride.

 

Magnesium for Health & Rejuvenation - early signs of magnesium deficiency.

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Magnesium is mainly found inside the cells, it activates many enzymes and is

necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and amino acids. It is

essential for the functions of muscles and nerves and for the formation of bones

and teeth. Generally it counteracts and regulates the influence of calcium.

 

Magnesium is mainly found inside the cells, it activates many enzymes and is

necessary for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and amino acids. It is

essential for the functions of muscles and nerves and for the formation of bones

and teeth. Generally it counteracts and regulates the influence of calcium.

 

MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY - shortfalls in magnesium intake can seriously impair

athletic performance.

 

Despite magnesium’s pivotal role in energy production, many coaches and

athletes remain unaware of its critical importance in maintaining health and

performance.[1] Magnesium deficiency reduces metabolic efficiency, increases

oxygen

consumption and heart rate required to perform work, all things that would

take the edge off of performance. The last thing any trainer or sports doctor

wants to see is their athletes lose their competitive edge. Not performing to

full capacity because of the lack of a mineral like magnesium is simply not an

option for winners. Athletic endurance and strength performance increases

significantly when a large amount of magnesium is supplemented

transdermally/topically and orally.

 

Some early signs of magnesium deficiency are loss of appetite, nausea,

vomiting, fatigue, and weakness. Increased deficiency may show as numbness,

tingling, muscle contractions and cramps, seizures, personality changes,

abnormal

heart rhythms, and coronary spasms. Severe deficiency results in low levels of

calcium in the blood (hypocalcemia), and is also associated with low levels of

potassium in the blood (hypokalemia).

 

Dr. Andrew Scharenberg M.D - “Magnesium has a unique role inside cells in

that it attaches to adenosine triphosphate, also known as ATP, the energy

molecules that do work in every living cell,†says Scharenberg. “Most

enzymes which

use ATP for energy need the magnesium-bound form, so making sure the right

amount of magnesium is present is a very basic and critical cellular function.

However, it is poorly understood how magnesium is taken up into cells and how

the amount taken up is regulated.†He adds, “People have studied the uptake

of

magnesium using radioisotopes and by making measurements of the total amount

of magnesium, but nobody has been able to molecularly identify the proteins

involved in the process.â€assistant professor of pediatrics and adjunct

assistant

professor of immunology, and his lab group are interested in understanding how

one of those cations, magnesium, gets into and out of cells.

 

A french doctor, A. Neveu, cured several diphtheria patients with magnesium

chloride http://wellness.globallight.biz/ within two days. He also published

15 cases of poliomyelitis that were cured within days if treatment was started

immediately, or within months if paralysis had already progressed. Neveu also

found magnesium chloride effective with asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and

emphysema; pharyngitis, tonsillitis, hoarseness, common cold, influenza,

whooping

cough, measles, rubella, mumps, scarlet fever; poisoning, gastro-enteritis,

boils, abscesses, whitlow, infected wounds and osteomyelitis. In more recent

years Dr Vergini and others have confirmed these earlier results and have added

more diseases to the list of successful uses: acute asthma attacks, shock,

tetanus, herpes zoster, acute and chronic conjunctivitis, optic neuritis,

rheumatic diseases, many allergic diseases, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and

beneficial

effects in cancer therapy. In all of these cases magnesium chloride had been

used and gave much better results than other magnesium compounds. The Art of

Getting Well Magnesium Chloride HexahydrateTherapy

http://www.arthritistrust.org/Articles/Magnesium%20Chloride%20Hexahydrate%20Ther\

apy.pdf

 

Transdermal Magnesium Mineral Therapy in Sports Medicine

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http://magnesiumforlife.com/wellness/sports.shtml

 

Magnesium for Nerves- Magnesium is a natural tranquilizer - ADHD kids

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Magnesium has a calming effect on the nervous system. With this, it is

frequently used to promote good sleep. But more importantly, it can be used to

calm

irritated and over-excited nerves. This is especially useful with epileptic

seizures, convulsions in pregnant women and the 'shakes' in alcoholism.

Magnesium levels are generally low in alcoholics, contributing or causing many

of

their health problems. If magnesium levels are low, the nerves lose control over

muscle activity, respiration and mental processes. Nervous fatigue, tics and

twitches, tremors, irritability, hypersensitivity, muscle spasms, restlessness,

anxiety, confusion, disorientation and irregular heartbeat all respond to

increased magnesium levels. A common phenomenon of magnesium deficiency is a

sharp

muscle reaction to an unexpected loud noise. 'Memory pills' have been

marketed that consist mainly of magnesium.

 

Many of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease can be overcome with high

magnesium supplementation, shaking can be prevented and rigidity eased. With

preeclampsia pregnant women may develop convulsions, nausea, dizziness and

headaches.

In hospitals this is treated with magnesium infusions. Because of its strong

relaxing effect, magnesium helps not only to have a better sleep but is also

useful in overcoming headaches and migraines. Even the number of suicides are

linked to magnesium deficiency. The lower the magnesium content in soil and

water in a given region, the higher are the rates of suicides.

 

Epilepsy is marked by abnormally low magnesium levels in the blood, spinal

fluid and brain, causing hyperexcitability in regions of the brain. There are

many reported causes of epilepsy greatly improving or disappearing with

magnesium supplementation. In a trial with 30 epileptics 450 mg of magnesium

supplied

daily successfully controlled seizures. Another study found that the lower the

magnesium blood levels the more severe was the epilepsy. In most cases

magnesium works best in combination with vitamin B6 and zinc. In sufficient

concentrations, magnesium inhibits convulsions by limiting or slowing the spread

of

the electric discharge from an isolated group of brain cells to the rest of the

brain. Animal studies show that even the initial burst of firing nerve cells

that starts an epileptic attack can be suppressed with magnesium. Where to buy

Magnesium Chloride http://wellness.globallight.biz/

 

" Without sufficient magnesium the nerve cells can not give or receive

messages and become excitable and highly reactive. This causes the person to

become

highly sensitive and highly nervous. Noises will seem excessively loud and

person will jump at sudden sounds like a door slamming and will generally be

nervous and on edge. Lights can appear to be too bright. Magnesium deficiency

can

cause insomnia (inability to sleep). Waking up with muscle spasms, cramps,

tension and feeling uncomfortable. These will disappear on drinking magnesium.

Muscle tics of the face are caused by a magnesium deficiency. They disappear on

drinking magnesium. Hiccups are the result of muscle spasms of the diaphragm

and will disappear on taking magnesium. The best form of magnesium that I have

come across is in the form of a drink where the magnesium is in solution in

water. You make it fresh each time and it works faster than any other form such

as tablets or capsules. " Peter Gilham

 

Stress can result from many things: a high-pressure job, relationships,

financial problems, lonliness, crowds, and traffic jams. Because of the

complexity

of today's world stress is experienced by everyone at one time or another.

There have been numerous animal and human studies confirming the deleterious

effects of accumulated stress on the mind and body. Few of us have learned to

process and eliminate stress. You can reduce mental/emotional stress and give

your

body the means to cope with accumulated stress. You can live an extremely

long and healthy life. THE IMPACT OF STRESS ON YOUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING CANNOT

BE OVERESTIMATED!

 

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in your body, a necessary

co-factor for hundreds of enzymes, and the most critical mineral of all for

coping

with stress. Stress-related diseases which run rampant through modern society,

like heart attacks and high blood pressure, are often accompanied by

magnesium deficiency. Unfortunately, most Americans consume diets that fail to

meet

the government's RDA for magnesium, and magnesium intake is even lower than

average among people who develop heart disease, according to Dr. Leo Galland in

his latest column, " Magnesium: The Stress Reliever. Oral magnesium

supplementation may be helpful to a wide variety of medical disorders including:

high blood

pressure, asthma, angina pectoris, coronary artery disease, cardiac

arrhythmias, chronic fatigue syndrome, all types of musculoskeletal disorders,

epilepsy, mitral valve prolapse, anxiety, panic disorder and many other medical

and

psychiatric conditions.

 

Magnesium is a natural tranquilizer

Called the " anti-stress mineral, " it aids in relaxing nerves, relieving

tension, assisting digestion, activating enzymes important for protein and

carbohydrate metabolism, and modulating the electrical potential across all cell

membranes. Magnesium is important in the production and transfer of energy,

muscle

contraction and relaxation, and nerve conduction. It also aids regularity, is

necessary to keep vertebrae in their proper position, induces restful sleep,

purifies and purges body tissues (combats acids, toxins, gases, impurities, and

neutralizes poisons), and lowers fever. Magnesium is stored in the bowel,

nerves and ligaments. Chlorophyll and green vegetables contain large amounts of

magnesium.

 

Note from Shirley:

Whenever I have trouble having a restfull night sleep because I'm too wound

up, worried or stressed out, I take the Mag-Cal-Ionic

http://wellness.globallight.biz/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=57 , a balanced and

highly absorbably form

of calcium and magnesium or I drink 1/2 cup of magnesium citrate (Calm

http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?store=Mary0008 & product=TERRAMIN+SL is

a highly absorbable magnesium citrate for restoring magnesium levels). I pour

boiling water over one half to one teaspoon of magnesium citrate powder to

which I may add some real salt or some raw honey. Within 10 minutes I'm

peacefully asleep and no longer wake up in startle. Each time I drink my

magnesium

citrate at night I wake up wonderfully refreshed in the morning. (Magnesium

oxide

is the most common but is the worse to assimilate. Magnesium citrate is a

water-soluble magnesium powder providing the most assimilable, effective,

fast-acting magnesium available. Too much magnesium citrate can cause a laxative

effect. If this happens, I simply reduce the dosage.) Magnesium chloride is also

nothing short of a miracle mineral in its healing effect on a wide range of

diseases as well as in its ability to rejuvenate the aging body. I add magnesium

chloride to my bath water and rub it on my skin after a hot bath. Learn the

difference between magnesium Sulfate (epson salt) and Magnesium Chloride

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" Without sufficient magnesium the nerve cells can not give or receive

messages and become excitable and highly reactive. This causes the person to

become

highly sensitive and highly nervous. Noises will seem excessively loud and

person will jump at sudden sounds like a door slamming and will generally be

nervous and on edge. Lights can appear to be too bright. magnesium deficiency

can

cause insomnia (inability to sleep). Waking up with muscle spasms, cramps,

tension and feeling uncomfortable. These will disappear on drinking magnesium.

Muscle tics of the face are caused by a magnesium deficiency. They disappear on

drinking magnesium. Hiccups are the result of muscle spasms of the diaphragm

and will disappear on taking magnesium. The best form of magnesium that I have

come across is in the form of a drink where the magnesium is in solution in

water. You make it fresh each time and it works faster than any other form such

as tablets or capsules. " Peter Gilham, nutritionist.

 

From the University of Maryland Medical Center:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsSupplements/Magnesiumcs.html

" Some experts believe that children with ADHD may be exhibiting the effects

of mild magnesium deficiency (such as irritability, decrewith ADHD, 95% were

magnesium deficient.ased attention span, and mental confusion). In one study of

116 children In a separate study, 75 magnesium-deficient children with ADHD

were randomly assigned to receive magnesium supplements in addition to standard

treatment or standard treatment alone for 6 months. Those who received

magnesium demonstrated a significant improvement in behavior, whereas those who

received only standard therapy without magnesium exhibited worsening behavior.

These results suggest that magnesium supplementation, or at least high amounts

of

magnesium in the diet, may prove to be beneficial for children with ADHD.

Speak with your physician about possible use. "

 

Executive Health, September 1977 issue, article on " The Dangers of Not

Getting Enough Magnesium in the Foods You Eat. " Although emphasis was placed on

the

abnormalities of the heart and blood vessels, observations were cited that

showed that many patients who sought help for insomnia, tension and anxiety were

magnesium deficient. In a study of more than 200 patients, Dr. W. S. Davis,

University of Pretoria used magnesium chloride tablets as a possible means of

combating insomnia. They reported that sleep was induced rapidly, was

uninterrupted and waking tiredness disappeared in 99 percent of the patients.

 

Anxiety and tension diminished during the day. In addition, no ill effects

were noted in a group of patients participating in a longterm study in which

before retiring they took eight tablets of 250 mgs. each of magnesium chloride

over a 12-month period. (W.H. Davis and F. Ziady, " The Role of Magnesium in

Sleep, " Montreal Symposium, 1976.) The Executive Health article also cited the

observations of Dr. Edmund B. Fink, West Virginia University School of Medicine

in Morgantown. In his address at the international meeting, this magnesium

researcher stated that:

 

* Magnesium deficiency not only exists but is common

* Although it is common, it is often undetected

* Chronic deficiency can produce long-term damage and can be fatal

* The manifestations of the deficiency are many and varied

 

In a recent letter from Dr. Fink, he also stated that, " Acute magnesium

deficiency may also occur following several weeks of diuretics, cisplatin or

amino

glycoside use. "

 

Chlorophyll and green vegetables contain large amounts of magnesium.

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/greens.htm

 

DISCOVERY OF HOW ANTI-DEPRESSANTS CAUSE PSYCHOTIC BREAKS BY ADVERSELY

AFFECTING SOUND SLEEP

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/nervines.htm#break

" Without sufficient magnesium the nerve cells can not give or receive

messages and become excitable and highly reactive. This causes the person to

become

highly sensitive and highly nervous. Noises will seem excessively loud and

person will jump at sudden sounds like a door slamming and will generally be

nervous and on edge. Lights can appear to be too bright. magnesium deficiency

can

cause insomnia (inability to sleep). Waking up with muscle spasms, cramps,

tension and feeling uncomfortable. These will disappear on drinking magnesium.

Muscle tics of the face are caused by a magnesium deficiency. They disappear on

drinking magnesium. Hiccups are the result of muscle spasms of the diaphragm

and will disappear on taking magnesium. The best form of magnesium that I have

come across is in the form of a drink where the magnesium is in solution in

water. You make it fresh each time and it works faster than any other form such

as tablets or capsules. " Peter Gilham

 

Magnesium chloride products

 

 

Diabetes http://www.magnesiumforlife.com/diabetes.shtml

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- Dr. Jerry L. Nadler - “The link between diabetes mellitus and magnesium

deficiency is well known. " Magnesium is necessary for the production, function &

transport of insulin.

MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY AND DIABETES

http://www.magnesiumforlife.com/wellness/diabetes.shtml

Jerry L. Nadler, MD - The link between diabetes mellitus and magnesium

deficiency is well known. A growing body of evidence suggests that magnesium

plays a

pivotal role in reducing cardiovascular risks and may be involved in the

pathogenesis of diabetes itself. While the benefits of oral magnesium

supplementation on glycemic control have yet to be demonstrated in patients,

magnesium

supplementation has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity. Based on current

knowledge, clinicians have good reason to believe that magnesium repletion may

play a role in delaying type 2 diabetes onset and potentially in warding off

its devastating complications -- cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, and

nephropathy. more

 

Magnesium for Diabetes is Critical

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Diabetic Children and Magnesium Is a lack of magnesium related to type 2

Diabetes in Obese Children?

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http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm#kidsobese

 

Diabetic Children and Magnesium / Diabetic Neuropathy

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Magnesium for the Heart - The Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm#heart

http://users.mrbean.net.au/~wlast/magnesiumchloride.html

 

Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure

 

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Dr. Cohen's book does the public a great service in discussing the importance

of magnesium for maintaining a healthy level of blood pressure. However, as

Dr. Carolyn Dean discusses in her very important book The Miracle of Magnesium,

magnesium deficiency is a significant factor -- often the major factor -- in

many other severe illnesses including heart attacks and other forms of heart

disease, asthma, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, fatigue, diabetes,

migraines and other headaches, osteoporosis, insomnia, and most cases of

muscular

problems. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans are deficient in magnesium

to some degree and many are severely deficient. Because magnesium deficiency

is largely overlooked by orthodox medical doctors, millions of Americans suffer

needlessly from the foregoing ailments or are having their symptoms treated

with expensive drugs (which often have unpleasant or dangerous side effects)

when they could be cured with magnesium supplementation. While I recommend Dr.

Cohen's book, I recommend even more highly Dr. Dean's more comprehensive (but

easy to read) book The Miracle of Magnesium. Getting the right level of

magnesium can not only mitigate a large number of seemingly-unrelated ailments,

it

may save your life

 

Magnesium and cancer

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm#cancer

The School of Public Health at the Kaohsiung Medical College in, Taiwan,

found that magnesium also exerts a protective effect against gastric cancer

 

Magnesium In Acute And Chronic Diseases Is a lack of magnesium related to

type 2 Diabetes in Obese Children?

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm#acutechronic

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2005/09/15/magnesium_chloride_in_acute_a

nd_chronic_diseases.htm

 

Magnesium Chloride Vs Magnesium Sulfate (epson salt)

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm#versus

http://www.magnesiumforlife.com/chloride_sulfate.shtml

 

According to Daniel Reid, author of The Tao of Detox, magnesium sulfate,

commonly known as Epsom salts, is rapidly excreted through the kidneys and

therefore difficult to assimilate. This would explain in part why the effects

from

Epsom salt baths do not last long and why you need more magnesium sulfate in a

bath than magnesium chloride to get similar results. Magnesium chloride is

easily assimilated and metabolized in the human body. Epsom salts are used by

parents of children with autism because of the sulfate, which they are someti

mes deficient in; sulfate is also crucial to the body and is wasted in the urine

of autistic children.

Dr. Jean Durlach et al, at the Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, wrote a

paper about the relative toxicities between magnesium sulfate and magnesium

chloride. They write, “The reason of the toxicity of pharmacological doses of

magnesium using the sulfate anion rather than the chloride anion may perhaps

arise

from the respective chemical structures of both the two magnesium salts.

Chemically, both MgSO4 and MgCl2 are hexa-aqueous complexes. However MgCl2

crystals

consist of dianions with magnesium coordinated to the six water molecules as a

complex, [Mg(H2O)6]2+ and two independent chloride anions, Cl-. In MgSO4, a

seventh water molecule is associated with the sulphate anion, [Mg(H2O)6]2

+[sO4. H2O]. Consequently, the more hydrated MgSO4 molecule may have chemical

interactions with paracellular components, rather than with cellular components,

presumably potentiating toxic manifestations while reducing therapeutic

effect.â€

MgSO4 is not always the appropriate salt in clinical therapeutics. MgCl2

seems the better anion-cation association to be used in many clinical and

pharmacological indications.[ii] Dr. Jean Durlach et al

These researches also studied ionic fluxes in the two directions between the

mother and the fetus. They found that there was a greater positive effect when

MgCl2 was used and that MgSO4 could not guarantee the fetal needs in sodium

and potassium exchange like MgCl2 could. Dr. Durlach summarized saying, “MgCl2

interacts with all exchangers while the interaction of MgSO4 is limited to

paracellular exchangers, and MgCl2 increases the flux ratio between mother to

fetus while MgSO4 decreases it.â€

Dropping levels of magnesium during pregnancy leads to premature contraction

and this has been treated by allopathic medicine mostly with magnesium

sulfate. But high-dosage, tocolytic magnesium sulfate administered to pregnant

women

during preterm labor can be toxic, and sometimes lethal, for their

newborns.[iii] A Medline’s search found MgSO4 had 53 reports of its use in

prematures,[iv] whereas MgCl2 had only 4 papers of its use. The paper sited just

above

showed the results of sever overdose of the mothers, 50 grams or more of MgSO4.

Clearly too much is toxic, but other studies show safety and efficacy at lower

doses. Magnesium sulfate given to women immediately before very preterm birth

may improve important pediatric outcomes. No serious harmful effects have been

seen at lower dosage levels.

Chloride is required to produce a large quantity of gastric acid each day and

is also needed to stimulate starch-digesting enzymes. We may use magnesium as

oxide or carbonate but then we need to produce additional hydrochloric acid t

o absorb them. Many aging individuals, especially with chronic diseases who

desperately need more magnesium cannot produce sufficient hydrochloric acid and

then cannot absorb the oxide or carbonate.

Sulfate is also important and has an influence over almost every cellular

function. Sulfate attaches to phenols and makes them less harmful, and sets them

up for being excreted from your kidneys. A lot of these potentially toxic

molecules are in food. Sulfate is also used to regulate the performance of many

other molecules. Many systems in the body will not function well in a

low-sulfate environment. Sulfur is so critical to life that the body will

apparently

borrow protein from the muscles to keep from running too low.

Though magnesium sulfate will save your life in emergency situations as

quickly and easily as magnesium chloride, magnesium chloride fits the bill as a

universal medicine, magnesium sulfate does not. Magnesium sulfate is a close

cousin whose effect, form and toxicity demands it be used in special

applications

when the sulfur is needed.

..... " both magnesium as well as chloride have other important functions in

keeping us young and healthy. Chloride, of course, is required to produce a

large

quantity of gastric acid each day and is also needed to stimulate

starch-digesting enzymes. Magnesium is the mineral of rejuvenation and prevents

the

calcification of our organs and tissues that is characteristic of the old-age

related degeneration of our body.

Using other magnesium salts is less advantageous because these have to be

converted into chlorides in the body anyway. We may use magnesium as oxide or

carbonate but then we need to produce additional hydrochloric acid to absorb

them. Many aging individuals, especially with chronic diseases who desperately

need more magnesium cannot produce sufficient hydrochloric acid and then cannot

absorb the oxide or carbonate. Epsom salt is magnesium sulphate. It is soluble

but not well absorbed and acts mainly as a laxative. Chelated magnesium is

well absorbed but much more expensive and lacks the beneficial contribution of

the chloride ions. Orotates are good but very expensive for the amount of

magnesium that they provide and both orotates and chelates seem to lack the

infection-fighting potential of the magnesium chloride. " .... Where to buy

Magnesium

Chloride http://wellness.globallight.biz/

http://www.hps-online.com/foodprof14.htm

[ii] Magnesium Research. Volume 18, Number 3, 187-92, September 2005,

original article

[iii] Mittendorf R, Dammann O, Lee KS. Brain lesions in newborns exposed to

high-dose magnesium sulfate during preterm labor. Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA. J Perinatol.

2005 Dec 1; doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7211419.

[iv] Dr.Herbert C. Mansmann Jr. and his associates show us the incredible

importance of supplementing magnesium in pregnancy. “The survival rate of very

preterm, low birth weight infants (weighing less than 1500 g) is 85 per cent in

the USA and is ever increasing, while 42 to 75 per cent of extremely

premature infants (weighing 751-1000 g) survive. Of great concern is the lack of

consistent decrease in neurological syndromes and associated visual impairments.

Because of short gestations, these infants have not had time to accrue up to 80

per cent of magnesium normally present at term. These very preterm infants are

at highest risk for cerebral hypoxia/ischemia (H/I), intracranial hemorrhage

(ICH), periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) or cystic PVL (CPVL), and possible

sequelae, cerebral palsy (CP) and mental retardation (MR).†Department of

Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5083, USA. The

possible role of magnesium in protection of premature infants from neurological

syndromes and visual impairments and a review of survival of magnesium-exposed

premature infants. Magnesium Research. 12(3):201-16, 1999 Sep.

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Magnesium for Healthy Bones & Teeth

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Magnesium: Research Misconduct?

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MAGNESIUM ONLINE LIBRARY

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300 articles discussing magnesium and magnesium deficiency

References

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[Guest guest]

As usual, an almost endless essay on the miraculous powers of magnesium, in

spite of its length, offers no advice concerning a proper or desriable doage.

Have you been able to determine what a overall good dose is for magnesium? Is

400mg an adequate dose? Do we benefit from 600 or 800, or 1200mg?

jp

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Magnesium's Impact on Health and

Vitality

 

 

Dr Mark Sircus' book is reviewed on this page by Shirley too.

There is more on this page then I was able to put.

blessings

Shan

Magnesium's Impact on Health and Vitality

http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/magnesium.htm