MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE for Health & Rejuvenation

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MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE

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by Walter Last

 

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 and also for healthy teeth and bones. However, it may come as a

surprise that in the form of magnesium chloride it is also an impressive

infection fighter.

The first prominent researcher to investigate and promote the antibiotic

effects of magnesium was a French surgeon, Prof. Pierre Delbet MD. In 1915

he was looking for a solution to cleanse wounds of soldiers, because he

found that traditionally used antiseptics actually damaged tissues and

encouraged infections instead of preventing them. In all his tests magnesium

chloride solution was by far the best. Not only was it harmless for tissues,

but

it also greatly increased leucocyte activity and phagocytosis, the

destruction of microbes.

Later Prof. Delbet also performed experiments with the internal

applications of magnesium chloride and found it to be a powerful

immune-stimulant. In

his experiments phagocytosis increased by up to 333%. This means after

magnesium chloride intake the same number of white blood cells destroyed up to

three times more microbes than beforehand.

Gradually Prof. Delbet found magnesium chloride to be beneficial in a wide

range of diseases. These included diseases of the digestive tract such as

colitis and gall bladder problems, Parkinson's disease, tremors and muscle

cramps; acne, eczema, psoriasis, warts and itching skin; impotence,

prostatic hypertrophy, cerebral and circulatory problems; asthma, hay fever,

urticaria and anaphylactic reactions. Hair and nails became stronger and

healthier and patients had more energy.

Prof. Delbet also found a very good preventative effect on cancer and

cured precancerous conditions such as leukoplasia, hyperkeratosis and chronic

mastitis. Epidemiological studies confirmed that regions with magnesium-rich

soil had less cancer than those with low magnesium levels.

Another 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.

Magnesium for Nerves

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.

Magnesium for the Heart

Adequate levels of magnesium are essential for the heart muscle. Those who

die from heart attacks have very low magnesium but high calcium levels in

their heart muscles. Patients with coronary heart disease who have been

treated with large amounts of magnesium survived better than those with drug

treatment. Magnesium dilates the arteries of the heart and lowers cholesterol

and fat levels.

High calcium levels, on the other hand, constrict the heart arteries and

increase the risk of heart attacks. Calcium deposits in the walls of the

arteries contribute to the development of arteriosclerosis. The arteries become

hard and rigid, thereby restricting the blood flow and causing high blood

pressure. In addition, such inelastic blood vessels may easily rapture and

cause strokes. Countries with the highest calcium to magnesium ratios (high

calcium and low magnesium levels) in soil and water have the highest

incidence of cardiovascular disease. At the top of the list is Australia.

Worldwide the intake of magnesium has been lowered and that of calcium

increased because of the heavy use of fertilisers high in calcium and low in

magnesium. With this, the intake of magnesium from our food has steadily

declined in the last fifty years, while the use of calcium-rich fertilisers

and cardiovascular diseases have greatly increased at the same time.

Diabetics are prone to atherosclerosis, fatty degeneration of the liver

and heart disease. Diabetics have low magnesium tissue levels. They often

develop eye problems - retinopathy. Diabetics with the lowest magnesium levels

had the most severe retinopathy. The lower the magnesium content of their

water, the higher is the death rate of diabetics from cardiovascular

disease. In an American study the death rate due to diabetes was four times

higher

in areas with low magnesium water levels as compared to areas with high

levels of magnesium in the water.

Magnesium for Healthy Bones & Teeth

Medical authorities claim that the widespread incidence of osteoporosis

and tooth decay in western countries can be prevented with a high calcium

intake. However, published evidence reveals that the opposite is true. Asian

and African populations with a very low intake of about 300 mg of calcium

daily have very little osteoporosis. Bantu women with an intake of 200 to 300

mg of calcium daily have the lowest incidence of osteoporosis in the world.

In western countries with a high intake of dairy products the average

calcium intake is about 1000 mg. The higher the calcium intake, especially in

the form of cows' milk products (except butter) the higher the incidence of

osteoporosis.

Calcium, magnesium and phosphorus levels are kept in a seesaw balance by

the parathyroid hormones. If calcium goes up, magnesium goes down and vice

versa. With a low magnesium intake, calcium goes out of the bones to increase

tissue levels, while a high magnesium intake causes calcium to go out of

the tissues into the bones. A high phosphorus intake without a high calcium

or magnesium intake causes calcium to leach from the bones and leave the

body with the urine. A high phosphorus intake with high calcium and magnesium

leads to bone mineralisation.

Dr Barnett, an orthopaedic surgeon practised in two different U.S.

Counties with very different soil and water mineral levels. In Dallas County

with

a high calcium and low magnesium concentration osteoporosis and hip

fractures were very common, while in Hereford with high magnesium and low

calcium

these were nearly absent. In Dallas County the magnesium content of bones

was 0.5% while in Hereford it was 1.76%. In another comparison the magnesium

content in bones of osteoporosis sufferers was 0.62% while in healthy

individuals it was 1.26%.

The same applies for healthy teeth. In a New Zealand study it was found

that caries-resistant teeth had on average twice the amount of magnesium as

caries-prone teeth. The average concentration of magnesium phosphate in

bones is given as about 1%, in teeth about 1.5%, in elephant tusks 2% and in

the teeth of carnivorous animals made to crush bones it is 5%. In regard to

the strength of bones and teeth think of calcium as chalk and of magnesium

as superglue. The magnesium superglue binds and transforms the chalk into

superior bones and teeth.

Cancer and Aging

Many studies have shown an increased cancer rate in regions with low

magnesium levels in soil and drinking water. In Egypt the cancer rate was only

about 10% of that in Europe and America. In the rural fellah it was

practically non-existent. The main difference was an extremely high magnesium

intake

of 2.5 to 3 g in these cancer-free populations, ten times more than in

most western countries.

Dr Seeger and Dr Budwig in Germany have shown that cancer is mainly the

result of a faulty energy metabolism in the powerhouses of the cells, the

mitochondria. A similar decline in energy production takes place when we age.

The great majority of enzymes involved in the production of energy require

magnesium. A healthy cell has high magnesium and low calcium levels. Up to

30% of the energy of cells is used to pump calcium out of the cells. The

higher the calcium level and the lower the magnesium level in the

extra-cellular fluid, the harder is it for cells to pump the calcium out. The

result is

that with low magnesium levels the mitochondria gradually calcify and

energy production decreases. We may say that our biochemical age is determined

by the ratio of magnesium to calcium within our cells. Test with Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome showed that magnesium supplementation resulted in better

energy levels.

We use our muscles by selectively contracting them. On the biochemical

level muscle contraction is triggered by calcium ions flowing into muscle

cells. To relax the muscle calcium is pumped out again. However, as we age,

more and more calcium remains trapped in the muscles and these become more or

less permanently contracted, leading to increasing muscle tension and

spasms. Together with calcification of the joints, this is the typical rigidity

and inflexibility of old age. The higher our intake of calcium relative to

magnesium, the faster do we calcify and age. Most of the excess calcium in

our diet ends up in our soft tissues and around joints leading to

calcification with arthritic deformations, arteriosclerosis, cataracts, kidney

stones and senility. Dr Seyle proved experimentally that biochemical stress can

lead to the pathological calcification of almost any organ. The more stress,

the more calcification, the more rapid the aging.

The Rejuvenation Mineral

In addition to its anti-microbial and immune-stimulating properties, 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.

Calcium and magnesium are opposites in their effects on our body

structure. As a general rule, the softer our body structure the more we need

calcium, while the more rigid and inflexible it is, the less calcium and the

more

magnesium we need. Magnesium can reverse the age-related degenerative

calcification of our body structure and with this help us to rejuvenate.

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. They generally need high calcium intakes. 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.

Increased magnesium intake has also been shown to be an effective way to

prevent or dissolve kidney stones and gall bladder stones, the latter best

in combination with a high lecithin intake. Activation of digestive enzymes

and bile production as well as helping to restore a healthy intestinal

flora may be the factors that make magnesium chloride so beneficial in

normalising our digestive processes, reducing any digestive discomfort,

bloating

and offensive stool odours. This is in line with a reduction of all offensive

body odours, including underarm and foot odour.

Prof. Delbet used to give magnesium chloride solution routinely to his

patients with infections and for several days before any planned surgery and

was surprised by many of these patients experiencing euphoria and bursts of

energy. Magnesium chloride supposedly has a specific action on the tetanus

virus and its effects on the body. It even seems to be protective against

snakebites. Guinea pigs did not die after normally lethal injections of

snake venom and a rabbit survived a poisonous snakebite when given magnesium

chloride solution.

In addition to being the most essential mineral in our cellular energy

production, magnesium is also needed for the ingested B-vitamins to become

metabolically active. Magnesium is also essential for the synthesis of nucleic

acids, for cell division to occur, for DNA and RNA synthesis of our

genetic material, for protein as well as fatty acid synthesis. Unfortunately

magnesium deficiency at a cellular level where it counts is not easy to

diagnose, as serum magnesium levels do not correlate to muscle or cellular

magnesium levels. Instead of trying difficult tissue magnesium analysis to find

out if your health problems may be due to low magnesium levels, it is much

easier and more effective just to take more magnesium and see what happens.

Researchers at the Lille Pasteur Institute found in a prospective study

with over 4,000 men over an 18-year follow up period that high levels of

magnesium were associated with a 50 percent decrease in cancer mortality, and a

40 percent decrease in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality ( " Zinc,

Copper and Magnesium and Risks for All-Cause Cancer, and Cardiovascular

Mortality " Epidemiology, Vol. 17, No. 3, May 2006, epidem.com).

Rejuvenation by ingesting more magnesium is a slow process, especially as

the amount of magnesium that we can take is limited by its laxative effect

and the need to keep it in a reasonable balance with the calcium and

phosphorus intake. The other problem is that spastic muscles have a poor blood

and lymph circulation, which makes it difficult for the ingested magnesium to

dissolve and flush out the tissue and joint calcifications. Therefore, we

can greatly speed up the rejuvenation process by increasing the circulation

through permanently contracted muscles as with deep tissue massage, hot and

cold water applications, relaxation exercises, lymphacizing as well as

packs and rubs with magnesium chloride or Epsom salts.

How much?

Hydrated magnesium chloride contains about 120 mg of magnesium per gram or

600 mg per rounded teaspoon. It has a mildly laxative effect. As a good

maintenance intake to remain healthy you may take about 400 mg or a level

teaspoon daily in divided doses with meals, it has a somewhat bitter-salty

taste. With raised blood pressure and symptoms of magnesium deficiency you may

temporarily increase this to 2 teaspoons daily in divided doses. This may

already cause 'loose stools' in some but that is generally beneficial.

However, commonly with these conditions a rounded teaspoon daily or 600 mg may

be just right. With low blood pressure additional calcium may be required

together with about 300 mg of magnesium for a ratio of two parts of calcium

to one part of magnesium.

For daily use it will be more convenient to dissolve the magnesium

chloride in water. You may dissolve 10 lightly rounded teaspoons of the crystals

in a medium size glass of water or, more accurately, 50g in 150 ml of water.

Decant and discard any undissolved residue. One teaspoon of this solution

three times daily with food or drink provides a daily intake of about 600 mg

of magnesium.

Individuals with very sensitive taste buds may start using it in tiny

amounts mixed with strongly flavoured food and increase doses very gradually.

You may start adding one drop to a glass of water or mixed with a meal. If

that is alright, then next time add two drops, and then three until it starts

tasting unpleasant. Cut back temporarily, but after another week or two

you may not taste it anymore and you can start adding further drops until you

reach the desired intake. I had many people complaining that they cannot

use it because they had started taking it in too high a dose or too

concentrated.

While for some conditions it can be helpful to take a larger amount and

wash it down with a drink, you need to be careful as this can easily upset

the stomach. For everyday use I recommend adding it in small amounts to food

and drink so that it is present in amounts that would be normally present in

water and food with a high mineral content. It definitely should not taste

unpleasant, and in most cases the actual amount used every day is not that

important.

This same solution may also be used as a pack over tumours and infected,

inflamed, painful, stiff or calcified joints, muscles, adhesions or scar

tissue. It is also excellent to use a weak solution as a back rub and all over

the body to relax tense muscles anywhere and even to rejuvenate ageing

skin. For sensitive skin use it in a strongly diluted form. On wounds it was

commonly used in a 4% solution that is 4 g or a level teaspoon in 100 ml or a

small glass of water.

With acute infections dissolve 40 g or 8 slightly rounded teaspoons in 1

liter of water. With children commonly a small glassful or 125 ml has been

used every 6 hours. Adults may double this dose by drinking this amount every

3 hours or even more until diarrhoea develops and then cut back to a

maintenance intake just below the level of diarrhoea until the infection has

cleared. If you have sensitive taste buds the taste may be rather unpleasant

in this concentrated form. Therefore try to drink it in one gulp while

pinching your nose and quickly drink something pleasant afterwards.

For general relaxation as well as for back pain and arthritic or muscle

pain and stiffness either magnesium chloride or Epsom salts may be used. Both

are excellent to soak in a hot bath with the addition of up to 1 kg of

magnesium salts. Also hot magnesium salt packs may be used over stiff or

painful muscles and joints. Keep warm for one to two hours with a hot water

bottle.

There is also a non-hydrated or desiccated magnesium chloride available;

it contains approximately twice as much magnesium as the hydrated product.

If using this then just half the amounts indicated above. It is now also

available in tablet form but more expensive.

Instead of magnesium chloride, you may use the brine from the production

of sea salt. It has the advantage of having more trace minerals than the

technical magnesium chloride, but due to its high content of magnesium

sulphate it is also rather bitter. While magnesium chloride does have a laxative

effect, magnesium sulphate or Epsom salts is much better suitable if used

purely as a laxative because it is less well absorbed and therefore attracts

more water into the intestines.

While a higher magnesium intake is beneficial for most individuals, those

with low blood pressure usually require more calcium in addition. Normal

blood pressure is about 120/80; the lower it is the higher should be the daily

intake of calcium. While those with high blood pressure may benefit from

ingesting up to twice as much magnesium as calcium, those with low blood

pressure may take twice as much calcium as magnesium, but both minerals in

relatively high amounts. Those with low blood pressure and a tendency towards

inflammations may also reduce their intake of phosphorus. A high level of

phosphorus in the blood tends to cause magnesium and calcium levels to be

low.

Normally a good diet should provide all necessary vitamins and minerals.

Presently supplementation is often indicated because of malabsorption, poor

dietary choices, metabolic defects, and specific diseases. Also some drugs,

such as diuretic and antibiotics may cause magnesium deficiency. When

supplementing with magnesium or other vitamins and minerals, the balance with

related nutrients, such as calcium and phosphorus, and also the fluid

intake, are usually more important than the absolute intake of magnesium or any

other single nutrient. If in doubt consult a qualified health professional.

Hydrated magnesium chloride is easiest and cheapest available in bulk

quantities (25 kg in Australia) from companies that supply agricultural and

water chemicals, see Resources in Australia

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It originates from evaporated seawater and especially from the Dead Sea.

The trace mineral assays that I have seen for technical magnesium chloride

show a safe heavy metal profile.

CAUTION: Magnesium supplementation should be avoided with severe kidney

problems (severe renal insufficiency when on dialysis), and also with

myasthenia gravis. Be careful with severe adrenal weakness or with low blood

pressure. Too much magnesium can cause muscle weakness, if this happens

temporarily use more calcium. Signs of excess magnesium (hypermagnesia) can be

similar to magnesium deficiency and include changes in mental status, nausea,

diarrhoea, appetite loss, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, extremely

low blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat.

 

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MAGNESIUM PROFILE

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.

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).

 

Deficiency Symptoms & Increased Requirements:

CIRCULATION: angina, arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis, diabetes,

hypertension, high cholesterol, heart infarcts, , strokes, tachycardia (fast

pulse),

thrombosis.

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: colic, constipation, chronic diarrhoea, malabsorption,

pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).

MUSCLES: backache, convulsions, cramps, increased excitability/jumpiness,

numbness, nystagmus (rapid eye movements), spasms, tense/tight muscles,

tingling, tremors.

NERVOUS SYSTEM: apathy, confusion, depression, disorientation, epilepsy,

hallucinations, irritability, mental illness, multiple sclerosis,

nervousness, neuritis paranoia, Parkinson's disease, poor memory, senility.

GENERAL: alcoholism, arthritis, body odours, broken bones, calcification in

any organ, cancer, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, diabetes, eclampsia,

headaches, infections and inflammations, liver cirrhosis, lupus erythematosus,

migraines, old age, prostate problems, rickets, rigidity - mental and physical,

skin wrinkled and tough, stiffness, stone-formation in gall bladder or

kidneys, thyroid overactive.

Best Sources:

Fresh grass juice (e.g. wheat grass, barley grass) and powder of cereal

grasses, vegetable juices, kelp, seawater, seafood, green leaves, molasses,

soaked nuts and oily seeds, and sprouted seeds. Magnesium is the central

mineral in chlorophyll, which has a similar protein structure as haemoglobin.