Thanx for this article!! I checked my calcium pills to see how much vitamin D was in them. I hadn’t noticed that there wasn’t any until now! I know the past bottles I had included the D. It’s a common combination. About a week after I reduce my vitamin D, my cancer seems to have gotten more active.
Magnesium tells your bones to absorb the Calcium. It also affects over 300 bodily functions.
Unfortunately, there is no dairy industry behind it promoting its use.
I first learned of the importance of Magnesium from reading "Protein Power Lifestyle" by Dr. Eades. Here is a link to a summary, which goes into importance of several vitamins and minerals.
Protein Power in a Nutshell (see pg. 7)
Here is a quote from “Connective Tissue Disorder Site” It is the only one I could find quickly.
“Magnesium (Mg) is a trace mineral that is known to be required for several hundred different functions in the body. A significant portion of the symptoms of many chronic disorders are identical to symptoms of magnesium deficiency. Studies show many people in the U.S. today do not consume the daily recommended amounts of Mg. A lack of this important nutrient may be a major factor in many common health problems in industrialized countries. Common conditions such as mitral valve prolapse, migraines, attention deficit disorder, fibromyalgia, asthma and allergies have all been linked to a Mg deficiency. Perhaps not coincidentally, these conditions also tend to occur in clusters together within the same individual. A magnesium deficiency as a root cause would provide a logical explanation of why some people suffer from a constellation of these types of problems.”
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