DHEA, Magnesium and the Fountain of Youth

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DHEA, Magnesium and the Fountain of Youth

The Bob Livingston Letter, December 2001

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Your age typically determines your DHEA level, your magnesium level, and

your likely present state of health.

 

DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone, is the most prevalent and one of the most

essential hormones in human health. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans

lose

80-90% of their optimal DHEA between ages 30 and 80.

 

According to Dr. Norman Shealy, every known illness is associated with a

magnesium deficiency and low levels of the hormone DHEA. DHEA is the health and

youth hormone. If DHEA is low, magnesium is low. They go together. Even a 10%

increase in magnesium and DHEA levels is associated with a 48% decrease in

death from cardiovascular disease and a 36% decrease in mortality: from all

causes. The human being has the only body that has a significant level of DHEA.

 

It is striking that low levels of both DHEA and magnesium characterize most

illnesses. A connection between these essential chemicals appears to be basic

the understanding of health, wellness and the restoring and maintaining of

youth. Low levels of DHEA are found in women up to nine years BEFORE

development of breast cancer. And men may have low DHEA levels for four or more

years

prior to development of prostate cancer. There is a long list of

DHEA/magnesium deficiency symptoms. They are anxiety, hyperactivity, confusion,

depression, diarrhea or constipation, faintness, fatigue, hyperventilation,

lack of

coordination, insomnia, intestinal problems, muscle cramps, muscle tightness,

pain, poor memory, seizures, tinnitus and vertigo; and these are just the

symptoms!

 

Major diseases associated with DHEA/ magnesium deficiency are: angina

pectoris, arrhythmia, asthma, atherosclerosis, Attention Deficit Disorder

(ADHD),

auricular fibrillation, bulimia, cancer, cardiomyopathy, chronic fatigue,

chronic bronchitis, congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, depression, diabetes,

emphysema, gall bladder infections and stones, hearing loss, heart attack, high

cholesterol, hypertension, hypoglycemia, chronic infection (viral and

bacterial) intermittent claudication (leg calf pain), kidney stones, migraine,

mitral valve prolapse, osteoporosis, panic attacks, PMS (premenstrual

syndrome),

benign prostate hypertrophy, PVC's and strokes.

 

In no illness is DHEA /magnesium deficiency prevalent than myocardial

infarction (acute heart attack). On average, patients given magnesium

intravenously

have a 50% greater survival rate. It has also been shown that mothers who

are given magnesium IVs just before giving birth are much less likely to have

children who develop cerebral palsy.

 

When DHEA is raised, testosterone levels are raised. This raises libido in

both men and women.

 

DHEA is a major reflector of overall health and stress reserves. Raising

DHEA results in a remarkable increase in perceived physical and psychological

well being for both men and women. There is increased energy, deeper sleep,

improved mood, more relaxed feelings and an improved ability to deal with

stressful situations.

 

The Fountain of Youth

 

" With few exceptions, low or deficient DHEA is found in every illness. Most

critically, DHEA blocks carcinogenesis retards aging and cardiovascular

disease, diabetes and even obesity. Interestingly, US Today, on 9/5/96, carried

a

cover story `DHEA: Is This Hormone the Fountain of Youth?' And The Sciences,

in its September/October 1995 issue, carried an article, `Forever Young. " '

From the book Holy Water, Sacred Oil, The Fountain of Youth by Dr. C. Norman

Shealy, M.D., Ph.D., pp. 90-97.

 

DHEA is produced in the adrenal glands in both men and women. Men produce

about one third more than women do as they produce DHEA in the testes. DHEA

lowers cholesterol and enhances immune function. It is also an antioxidant.

DHEA

is a major marker for age and health. Its major effect is anti-stress;

meaning that the increased cortisone produced by stress is brought back down to

baseline by a rise in DHEA.

 

DHEA similarly has anti-diabetic action by sparing or enhancing the effects

of insulin. DHEA protects against both immune and autoimmune disease; it

enhances immune function, protecting against infections, especially viral

infections, as well as protecting against cancer. It has very significant

anti-obesity effects and a corresponding down-regulation of the stress

response. High

animal fat diets and obesity lead to low levels of DHEA. DHEA is ultimately

related to thyroid function. Especially low thyroid production leads to low

DHEA levels.

 

Levels of DHEA decline with age. The research suggests that supplements with

the DHEA hormone in our middle age and older years will bring the levels

trick to those of' youth. This could help us live longer and improve the

quality

of our lives. Remember that when we bring DHEA up, we also bring up the

critically important mineral magnesium. There is virtually no illness that is

not

helped significantly by magnesium! Please review the long list of illnesses

above associated with magnesium deficiency.

 

DHEA level is the major reflector of stress reserves and overall health. Low

levels of DHEA have been reported in AIDS, Alzheimer's, many types of

cancer, coronary artery disease, depression, diabetes, multiple sclerosis,

hypertension, lupus, erythematosus, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and viral

infections; i.e., almost all disease!

 

Soil throughout the world is deficient in magnesium with the exception of

the soil in Egypt. Most foods in America have almost no magnesium, and most

seniors may not be absorbing the little that they do get in their food. As a

single essential nutrient, lack of magnesium may be responsible for more

disease

than any other deficiency. Assimilation and utilization of magnesium through

supplementation is slow and low. Farmers are well aware of the major impact

of magnesium depletion. Horses and cattle may die from " blind-staggers " or

" grass-staggers, " an uncoordinated gait, severe muscle spasms and even

seizures. All this is curable with magnesium supplementation if caught early.

 

White flour and white sugar are junk foods that deplete magnesium. So-called

soft drinks are the ultimate junk food and a serious detriment to health.

Prescription drugs deplete magnesium from the body.

 

Diabetes: Another major disease in which magnesium deficiency is rampant is

diabetes. In fact, in diabetes, extreme magnesium loss is common. Magnesium

is an important co-factor in the production of insulin by the pancreas. Normal

total body magnesium is essential for glucose metabolism. Thus, the rampant

magnesium deficiency in our society may be a contributing cause of diabetes.

 

Cerebral palsy may be the result of magnesium deficiency. Mothers given

intravenous magnesium just before giving birth are much less likely to have

children who develop the disease.

 

Hypertension: Both calcium deficiency (70% of patients) and magnesium

deficiency (80%) are important factors in hypertension. Replacement of both

calcium

and magnesium may make anti-hypertension drugs unnecessary. Doing away with

" drug therapy " for hypertension of itself would save lives, to say nothing of

the improved quality of life. Have you ever read the inserts that drug

companies put out with so-called anti-hypertension drugs? If you haven't, ask

your

pharmacist for the original company insert. Do this with any drug. You will

be shocked!

 

Migraine: Migraine is a disabling condition for 12 to 13% of Americans. A

shot of magnesium is as effective as most drugs. Long-term magnesium

supplementation reduces the frequency of migraines.

 

Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia: Neither of these is likely to be cured

without magnesium replacement.

 

Depression: In depression, magnesium deficiency is universal. Magnesium

replacement is one of the key elements for long--term success in this perhaps

most common illness in the world.

 

Osteoporosis: As in the supplement Calcium Lactate, calcium is balanced with

magnesium to give the unique chemical combination that makes bones and teeth

sound.

 

Magnesium and DHEA go together. When we raise intercellular magnesium, we

raise DHEA. This is the natural way to raise the body's DHEA levels. A catch in

this equation is that whole blood, serum, plasma and even white blood cell

levels of magnesium do not give an accurate picture of optimal magnesium

Looking back at the graph again we can see that DHEA is present in a baby in

the

first months then collapses until the beginning of puberty. Why couldn't we

raise the DHEA in our infants and rear a generation of highly intelligent and

healthy people?

 

DHEA and Magnesium Replacement: Oral magnesium is potentially laxative and

even if it's not, it requires about a year to rise to sufficient levels.

Intravenous magnesium is the most rapid. For most people, ten IVs given over a

two-week period is adequate. Then there is follow-up, but most people don't

like

needles, and it may be difficult to find a physician to give them.

 

The simple, painless, no risk method is absorption of magnesium through the

skin. The right amount of " Magic Oil " or " Dollop of Love " (DOL) can normalize

intercellular magnesium and DHEA. Diluted Magic Oil can be re-used for foot

soaking several times before discarding. Use a plastic pan that is large

enough to soak both feet at once.

 

Note: Your condition comes about over years. Be persistent over a few months

to expect health reversal. Restoration to health is not instant. Do a 20

minute foot soak with diluted Magic Oil [ transdermal magnesium

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four to six

weeks. To get added benefit, rub oil or spray a 50% solution on the bottom of

the feet, as needed.

 

You may have found your Fountain of Youth!

 

 

Modified as needed by Thomas Narvaez, Ph.D. according to information from

Jim Carter and the book: Holy Water, Sacred Oil, The Fountain of Youth, by Dr.

C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.

 

THE BOB STEVENSON LETTER, used with permission