Magnesium – the Ultimate Heart Medicine

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This edition offers a substantial breakthrough in cardiac medicine that

could positively impact the lives of thousands of people and their families.

When someone is in cardiac arrest or are having a stroke, having panic

attacks with heart palpitations what is the first thing, the very first thing we

would reach for? Our biological engine is seizing up (heart attack) what

do we inject? For the next million years there is going to be only one

answer and that answer is magnesium.

 

 

If you’re ever rushed to the hospital with a heart attack, intravenous

magnesium could save your life. In a 1995 study, researchers found that the

in-hospital death rate of those receiving IV magnesium was one-fourth that of

those who received standard treatment alone. In 2003, a follow-up study of

these same patients revealed an enduring effect of magnesium treatment.

Nearly twice as many patients in the standard treatment group had died

compared to those who received magnesium, and there were considerably more

cases

of heart failure and impaired heart function in the placebo group. In

addition to increasing survival after heart attack, IV magnesium smoothes out

arrhythmias and improves outcomes in patients undergoing angioplasty with

stent placement.

 

 

Magnesium is absolutely essential for the proper functioning of the heart.

Magnesium’s role in preventing heart disease and strokes is generally well

accepted, yet cardiologists have not gotten up to speed with its use.

Magnesium was first shown to be of value in the treatment of cardiac

arrhythmias in 1935. Since then there have been numerous double-blind studies

showing

that magnesium is beneficial for many types of arrhythmias including

atrial fibrillation, ventricular premature contractions, ventricular

tachycardia, and severe ventricular arrhythmias. Magnesium supplementation is

also

helpful in angina due to either a spasm of the coronary artery or

atherosclerosis.

 

 

Heart palpitations, “flutters†or racing heart, otherwise

called arrhythmias, usually clear up quite dramatically

on 500 milligrams of magnesium citrate (or aspartate)

once or twice daily or faster if given intravenously.

Dr. H. Ray Evers

 

 

A magnesium deficiency is closely associated with cardiovascular

disease.[1] Lower magnesium concentrations have been found in heart attack

patients[2] and administration of magnesium[3] has proven beneficial in

treating

ventricular arrhythmias.[4],[5],[6],[7] Fatal heart attacks are more common in

areas where the water supply is deficient in magnesium and the average

intake through the diet is often significantly less than the 200-400

milligrams required daily.[8]

 

 

Magnesium is proving to be very important in the maintenance of heart

health and in the treatment of heart disease. Magnesium, calcium, and potassium

are all effective in lowering blood pressure.[9],[10],[11],[12] Magnesium

is useful in preventing death from heart attack and protects against

further heart attacks.[13],[14] It also reduces the frequency and severity of

ventricular arrhythmias and helps prevent complications after bypass surgery.

 

 

Magnesium deficiency appears to have

caused eight million sudden coronary deaths

in America during the period 1940-1994.[15]

Paul Mason

 

 

Researchers from Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago

have determined that not having enough magnesium in your diet increases your

chances of developing coronary artery disease. In a study of 2,977 men and

women, researchers used ultrafast computed tomography (CT scans) of the

chest to assess the participants’ coronary artery calcium levels.

Measurements

were taken at the start of the study—when the participants were 18- to

30-years old—and again 15 years later. The study concluded that dietary

magnesium intake was inversely related to coronary artery calcium levels.

Coronary

artery calcium is considered an indicator of the blocked-artery disease

known as atherosclerosis.

 

 

Almost all adults are concerned about the condition of their heart and

cardiovascular system. Some live in constant fear wondering whether any ache,

cramp or pain in their upper body is a sign of a heart attack. There isn’t

an adult living in North America that hasn’t lost a loved one or a family

member to heart disease. The fact is heart attacks kill millions every year.

 

 

Chernow et al in a study of postoperative ICU patients found that the

death rate was reduced from 41% to 13% for patients without hypomagnesemia (low

magnesium levels). Other post heart surgery studies showed that patients

with hypomagnesemia experienced more rhythm disorders. Time on the

ventilator was longer,[16] and morbidity was higher than for patients with

normal

magnesium levels. Another study showed that a greater than 10% reduction of

serum and intracellular magnesium concentrations was associated with a higher

rate of postoperative ventricular arrhythmias. The administration of

magnesium decreases the frequency of postoperative rhythm disorders[17] after

cardiac surgery. Magnesium has proven its value as an adjuvant in

postoperative analgesia. Patients receiving Mg required less morphine, had less

discomfort and slept better during the first 48 hours than those receiving

morphine alone.

 

 

It is established that clinically significant changes in a number of

electrolytes occur in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). Magnesium

ions are an essential requirement for many enzyme systems, and clearly

magnesium deficiency is a major risk factor for survival of CHF patients. In

animal experiments, magnesium has been shown to be involved in several steps of

the atherosclerotic process, and magnesium ions play an extremely important

role in CHF and various cardiac arrhythmias.

 

 

Magnesium is also required for muscle relaxation.

Lower magnesium levels can result in symptoms ranging from tachycardia and

fibrillation toconstriction of the arteries, angina, and instant death.

 

 

Due to lack of magnesium the heart muscle can develop a spasm or cramp and

stops beating. Most people, including doctors, don’t know it, but without

sufficient magnesium we will die. It is important to understand that our

life span will be seriously reduced if we run without sufficient magnesium in

our cells and one of the principle ways our lives are cut short is through

cardiac arrest (heart attack). Yet when someone dies of a heart attack

doctors never say “He died from Magnesium Deficiency.†Allopathic medicine

ignores the true causes of death and disease and in the field of cardiology

this is telling. Magnesium is an important protective factor for death from

acute myocardial infarction.[18]

 

 

 

Mark Sircus Ac., OMD

International Medical Veritas Association

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[8] Eisenberg, Mark J. Magnesium deficiency and sudden death. American

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[9] Supplemental dietary potassium reduced the need for antihypertensive

drug therapy. Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 50, No. 5, May 1992, pp. 144-45

 

[10] Ascherio, Alberto, et al. A prospective study of nutritional factors

and hypertension among U.S. men. Circulation, Vol. 86, No. 5, November

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[11] Witteman, Jacqueline C.M., et al. Reduction of blood pressure with

oral magnesium supplementation in women with mild to moderate hypertension.

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[12] Geleijnse, J.M., et al. Reduction in blood pressure with a low

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[17] The effect of preoperative magnesium supplementation on blood

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