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> Book: Magnesium, The Nutrient That Could Change Your Life

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> 7. EPILEPSY

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> Wayne was only four years old, but he had been suffering epileptic seizures

>

> for 3 1/2 years. Though the seizures were particularly severe during stress

>

> periods, he was never completely free of them.

>

> Anticonvulsant drugs were used, but none was successful. The boy's parents

> were resigned to the probability that he would have a life plagued with

> severe

> epilepsy.

>

> At that time Dr. Lewis B. Barnett, head of the Hereford Clinic and Deaf

> Smith Research Foundation in Hereford, Texas, began a series of

> experiments. The

> boy became a subject. He was given, in addition to a normal diet, 450 mg.

> of

> magnesium gluconate and a thyroid extract. Within two weeks all signs of

> epilepsy vanished, and within the past three years there have been no signs

> of

> the illness.

>

>

>

> Is It Magnesium Deficiency?

>

> In 28 more cases, the same story has been repeated. Children of all ages,

> stricken with epilepsy failed to respond or responded only slightly to

> modern

> drugs and therapy. Placed on high oral doses of magnesium, they experienced

>

> stunning improvement.

>

> Barnett did not start out to investigate a relationship between magnesium

> and epilepsy. He says, " My original work was directed toward the role of

> magnesium in bone apatite, and while investigating that field, it became

> obvious

> that magnesium might play a vital role in the physiology of the central

> nervous

> system. " He studied the relatively few reports in medical literature

> concerned with the mineral, and found one by Martin, Meke, and Wertman.

> These

> researchers reported that in a state of epilepsy there is a deficiency of

> magnesium

> in the blood.

>

> Children who definitely suffered from epilepsy were used in the Hereford

> study. First, their blood magnesium levels were established. In all cases,

> the

> levels were below normal, supporting the findings of Martin, Meke, and

> Wertman. Next Barnett decided to correct the deficiency by giving oral

> magnesium

> preparations. " It was hoped that the magnesium supplement would control the

>

> seizures, " he told us in an interview.

>

> Within a matter of weeks the blood magnesium level returned to normal, and

> in every case, except one there was definite clinical improvement.

>

> " After reviewing most of the literature, " Mr. Barnett says, " not very

> extensive according to references, it became obvious to me that very little

> work

> had been done in this most important and extremely active

> mineral--especially

> in its relation to the physiology of the central nervous system. "

>

> In his experiments, Barnett used magnesium gluconate, a form of magnesium

> which is easily absorbed by the system. 'Taken orally in this form,

> magnesium

> is harmless in almost any quantity, " he reports. " The worst that can occur

> is

> that some individuals will become drowsy. "

>

> This tendency toward causing drowsiness is one of the key properties of the

>

> mineral.

>

>

>

> Spine Concentrates Magnesium

>

> It has been known for many years that magnesium is an analgesic. It is

> found

> both in the blood and in the spinal fluid, and is the only electrolyte

> found

> in higher concentration in the spinal fluid than in the blood. This is an

> important fact for two reasons:

>

> First, testing for a deficiency of magnesium in the spinal fluid is easily

> done by taking a blood test and deciding what the magnesium level in the

> blood

> is. Scientists have found that the lower the blood level, the lower the

> spinal fluid level.

>

> Second, the reason for the high magnesium content in the spinal fluid is

> that the mineral is necessary for balancing the stimulant effect of body

> hormones. The purpose of thyroid, gonadal, adrenal and other hormones is to

> charge

> up or excite the body. Magnesium and some other substances tend to slow

> down

> and relax the system, thus regulating the hormones and achieving a happy

> medium.

>

> When magnesium deficiencies occur--and there are a number of reasons why

> this can happen--there is no regulation. Among the dangerous results of

> this

> state listed in medical literature are heart damage, osteoporosis,

> periodontal

> disease, and epilepsy. Another is hyperirritability. " A great many people

> have

> a magnesium deficiency manifesting itself in hyperirritability, " Barnett

> said. These people may often have a metabolic rate 125 percent higher than

> normal, he says.

>

> Their bodies and minds are greatly overactive, and they are constantly

> irritated. This is undoubtedly a partial explanation for the high rate of

> juvenile

> delinquency, divorce, and emotional instability rampant in modem society.

>

>

>

> Pituitary Gland Important

>

> A magnesium deficiency, according to Barnett, is a prime cause of the three

>

> million clinical and 10 to 15 million subclinical epilepsy cases now in

> this

> country. Deficiency may occur not from a lack of magnesium in the diet but

> because of malfunctioning of the pituitary gland. As far back as 1952,

> researchers observed that people suffering a magnesium deficiency had

> reactions

> similar to those in people who had had the Pituitary gland removed. The

> reason for

> this is not hard to understand.

>

> The pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain, is believed, to

> regulate the functions of all the other glands of the body. It is the gland

>

> through which magnesium works as a prime component of pituitary secretions

> to

> regulate the functioning of the other glands. If magnesium is not available

> or the

> pituitary is not functioning properly, the body will suffer symptoms of a

> magnesium deficiency or a pituitary malfunction, depending on how you look

> at

> it. (It must also be pointed out that fluoride bonds with magnesium in the

> blood, into the insoluble magnesium fluoride. This means that the magnesium

>

> cannot be assimilated by the pituitary, with the consequent failure of the

> pituitary to function properly that leads to the symptoms of magnesium

> deficiency.)

>

>

>

> Milk Depletes Magnesium

>

> The first step in treating the symptoms of magnesium depletion, especially

> among children, is to eliminate milk from the diet, according to Dr.

> Barnett.

> He reports that nine out of ten childhood epileptics drink milk. Calciferol

>

> (synthetic vitamin D), like fluorine, tends to bind the magnesium, he says.

>

> Milk is loaded with this substance and therefore enhances the problem. The

> synthetic form of the vitamin is 10 times more active than the natural

> form--which means it is 10 times more potent in binding magnesium. For this

> reason the

> natural vitamin, as found in fish liver oils, will not cause magnesium

> depletion, but milk can and does.

>

> The second step, though new to medicine, is " old hat' to ranchers. Green

> grass tetany, the cattle equivalent of human hyperirritability, costs

> ranchers

> about a half billion dollars a year. This problem can be effectively

> treated

> only by adding magnesium to the animal's diet, but this must be done before

>

> the disease reaches serious proportions.

>

> According to Barnett, this same therapy is often effective in humans. He

> considers dolomitic limestone an excellent form of the mineral.

>

> Although compared to the early days of Barnett's research there have

> recently been many studies done on magnesium, its relation to epilepsy

> treatment has

> been largely ignored. Barnett hopes that now his studies will lead to other

>

> clinical experiments, and that eventually doctors will be able to control

> many cases of epilepsy without using depressant drugs. " By balancing their

> physiological state, with special emphasis on intracellular chemistry, an

> easier

> and finer control of these unfortunate individuals may be possible, " he

> said.

>

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