And lately there have been a spate of articles indicating that inflammation, if not a causal factor in all fatal or debilitating diseases, is at least extremely aggravating.
Problem is two fold: magnesium is deficient in most American diets, and even when present, is notoriously hard for the body to absorb.
Don't believe me? Go to the drug store and buy some magnesium supplements. Take 500-1000 mg and get ready to be Prince of the Porcelain throne for a couple hours!
My solution is very simple, magnesium acetate, which can easily be made by adding half a tsp of Milk of Magnesia to a couple ounces of plain old vinegar. The ionic form of magnesium doesn't cause your gut to go wild.
I take 1000-1500 mgs of Magnesium every couple days. (above whatevers in my diet)
What evidence is there that consuming quantities of magnesium is not harmful?
MAGNESIUM FOR LIFE
There is a power and a force in magnesium that cannot be equaled anywhere else in the world of medicine. There is no substitute for magnesium in human physiology; nothing comes even close to it in terms of its effect on overall cell physiology. Without sufficient magnesium, the body accumulates toxins and acid residues, degenerates rapidly, and ages prematurely. 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.
Magnesium deficiency poses a direct threat to the health of our cells. Without sufficient amounts of this precious mineral our cells calcify and rot, becoming breeding grounds for yeast and fungi invaders all to happy to strangle our life force and kill us. Magnesium deficiency is carcinogenic, and in case of solid tumors, a high level of supplemented magnesium inhibits carcinogenesis.
Low magnesium is associated with dramatic increases in free radical generation as well as glutathione depletion and this is vital since glutathione is one of the few antioxidant molecules known to neutralize mercury. Glutathione requires magnesium for its synthesis. Glutathione synthetase requires magnesium ions to form glutathione.
Magnesium and toxicity – Magnesium takes on further importance in the age of toxicity where our bodies are being bombarded on a daily basis with heavy metals. Without the cleaning and chelating work of glutathione cells begin to decay as cellular filth and heavy metals accumulate; excellent environments to attract deadly infection/cancer.
Several studies have shown an increased cancer rate in regions with low magnesium levels in soil and drinking water, and the same for selenium. 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 3g in these cancer-free populations, ten times more than in most western countries.
Magnesium for the heart – 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 as well as magnesium ions playing an extremely important role in CHF and various cardiac arrhythmias.
Magnesium deficiency appears to have caused eight million sudden coronary deaths in America during the period 1940-1994. Paul Mason
Magnesium is also required for muscle relaxation. Lower magnesium levels can result in symptoms ranging from tachycardia and fibrillation to constriction 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 more than helpful to understand that our life span will be reduced if we run too long without sufficient magnesium in our cells and that the principle way our life is cut short is through cardiac arrest. Yet when someone dies of a heart attack people never say “He died from Magnesium Deficiency.” Allopathic medicine is designed from the bottom up which means it ignores the true causes of death and disease. In the field of cardiology this is telling!
Magnesium is key protective factor for death from acute myocardial infarction. One of the most important actions of magnesium is its vasodilating effect, improving the blood supply and reducing infarct size.
The body has numerous compensatory mechanisms that allow magnesium deficiency to go undetected which leads to the development of what he calls “latent nervous system hyperexcitability.” In other words, a patient will already be deficient in magnesium prior to the development of symptoms. Too often the first clear sign of deficiency is cardiac arrest and death. Forty percent of all first heart attacks end in death!
High magnesium eaters were only half as likely to have any type of cardiovascular incident such as non-fatal heart attacks, strokes, angina (chest pain) or heart surgery.
Magnesium, without doubt the most powerful safe nutritional “drug” on earth, is not considered a drug at all when taken orally or when used topically as a bath oil or salt. No doctor’s office or family medicine cabinet should be without magnesium. Magnesium chloride solutions offer a medical miracle to humanity. Nothing short of a miracle is to be expected in terms of general health status if cellular levels of magnesium are increased during illness. And when sodium bicarbonate is used together with magnesium chloride we have the perfect mitochondrial cocktail.
It takes about four to six weeks to drive up cellular magnesium levels to where they should be when treated intensely transdermally and orally but within days patients will commonly experience its life saving medical/healing effects. That same power found in magnesium that will save your life in the emergency room during cardiac arrest, that will diminish damage of a stroke if administered in a timely fashion is the same power that can save one’s life if one has cancer.
Magnesium chloride, applied directly to the skin, is transdermally absorbed
and has an almost immediate effect on chronic and acute pain.
Magnesium is a key element in dealing with depression – Much is written about using Magnesium for depression, bi-polar disorders, ADHD, anxiety and other related symptoms.
Magnesium for Nerves – Magnesium has a calming effect on the nervous system. With this, Magnesium promotes better sleep and is useful in overcoming headaches and migraines. 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. 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.
Magnesium for Healthy Bones & Teeth – Medical authorities claim the widespread incidence of osteoporosis and tooth decay in western countries can be prevented with a high calcium intake. 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, 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.
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%. The same applies for healthy teeth. Caries-resistant teeth in Herford County had on average twice the amount of magnesium as caries-prone teeth in Dallas County.
Many doctors and researchers are clear that magnesium deficiency is a significant factor – often the major factor – in many severe illnesses. Magnesium is one of the key minerals that we need in relatively large quantities. So how do we get enough magnesium to accomplish all of the many things it has to do in our bodies?
There is a way. . .Transdermal Magnesium Protocol
According to Dr. Norman Shealy oral magnesium supplementation takes between 6 to 12 months to restore intracellular levels whereas a transdermally applied magnesium solution with 25% magnesium chloride restores intracellular levels within 4 to 6 weeks. Some nutritional experts now believe that 750 milligrams of magnesium supplement per day is necessary but to take that much orally might upset the digestive system, cause diarrhea, and end up not being properly absorbed.
Therapy with magnesium is rapid acting, has a safe toxic-therapeutic ratio. Magnesium has minimal side effects in usual therapeutic doses and has a large therapeutic index. Meaning it is so useful that it is just negligent to not use it. In reality there is no medicine like magnesium chloride when it comes to the effect it has on the life of cells. Transdermal magnesium chloride therapy is inexpensive, safe, a do-it-yourself at home technique.
Used transdermally we have a potent natural substance that penetrates the cells with stunning results. The studies coming out every day provide more evidence of the need to supply adequate magnesium to people of all ages, and in a form that will be easily absorbed.
Thank you for this information. I recently was diagnosed with mild asthma and noted in an article that one common characteristic of asthmatic patients was a deficiency of magnesium.
Just last weekend I heard about magnesium deficiency from a local doc on a radio show. The trick seems to be the matter of absorption. He suggested chelated and said others say take with calcium (I think?)
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This is a great thread, thanks.
Celtic Sea Salt contains three forms of Mg.
Is there an “official” daily requirement for Mg?
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Oral magnesium supplements do very little to raise your magnesium levels. I have tried transdermal magnesium and not had very good luck with it - it's oily and irritating to the skin. The angstrom magnesium, on the other hand, has been a miracle....my provider suggested 1 T twice a day. It tastes terrible, so I put it in a slug of chocolate coconut milk.
Angstrom minerals go right into your bloodstream, so there's not the gastric issues that other magnesium supplements can cause. This stuff has been life-changing.
My source is a bit cheaper than this....freepmail me and I will send you the website.
Thanks for posting. This is a very interesting thread.
Up To 80% of Americans Are Magnesium Deficient... Are You?
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Magnesium deficiency is running rampant among Americans. One study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health shows that 68% of Americans are magnesium deficient.1 Other experts put the number closer 80%.2
Data from the 1999-2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey suggest that substantial numbers of adults in the U.S. don’t get even the minimal amounts of magnesium recommended.
Of all the minerals required for good health, calcium has been pushed into the spotlight. There has been a flood of calcium-fortified foods, beverages, and supplements. Ironically, without magnesium, calcium cannot be properly used or absorbed by the body.
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http://www.jigsawhealth.com/resources/magnesium-mineral-deficiency
How do you choke down 2oz of vinegar with half a teaspoon of Milk of Magnesia? that would be pretty rough.
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