Posted on 04/06/2013 8:39:15 AM PDT by Bulwinkle
Low magnesium levels have been found to be the best predictor of heart disease, contrary to the traditional belief that cholesterol or saturated fat play the biggest roles....
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I guess my main question is if one’s blood levels meet the standards, is this enough? My diet is bad due to the traveling requirements of my job, so I take a standard dosed supplement. Not sure if that is sufficient.
While I do try to get it from foods, that doesn’t always happen.
I thought I'd read somewhere that Magnesium MALATE was better absorbed than the Citrate.
Thanks. One website said to dissolve it and spray on the tomato, pepper or rose bush as it absorbs immediately. Who know if that’s true. I like your way.
Perhaps slightly better but the differences in my opinion are miniscule. Considering that the Citrate tends to be a bit more readily avaiable and cheaper, it’s my supplement of choice.
The main point I was attempting to make was to stay away from the usual form of Magnesium supp being sold, Magnesium oxide. It’s pretty worthless compared to magnesium taurate, magnesium glycinate, magnesium citrate, magnesium malate and magnesium oratate.
So what food are rich in magnesium? Nuts? Are all nuts equally rich in magnesium?
It’s also a good safe soak to use for embedded splinters or minor infections.
Ping.
Importantly, not too long ago a young man managed to kill himself with a magnesium overdose. It wasn’t easy.
Typically, Epsom salts, citrate of magnesia, and milk of magnesia are used as laxatives, because the magnesium is poorly absorbed, and actually draws water into the intestines before elimination.
However, this young man did not swallow Epsom salt water, he gargled with it. He suffered from halitosis, bad breath, and thought that by regularly gargling with Epsom salts, it would keep his breath fresh.
So he did so for over a month. But this was the one way he could consistently absorb a maximum dose of magnesium while minimizing elimination.
One day he developed painful, severe all-over body muscle cramps, and he was dead within 48 hours.
The bottom line is that the body’s minerals: calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, chloride, zinc, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum and selenium; are all important to health, but exist in a delicate balance.
Fortunately, the body is pretty good about maintaining that balance over time, but some diseases, poisons, and imbalances can be so great that it overwhelms us.
This information on magnesium has been known for over 30 years. When I get PVCs (heart flutters), I take magnesium to stop them. Artificial D3 in milk products inhibits the absorption of magnesium.
Magnesium ascorbate....this way you get magnesium and vitamin C. I take some every day. Just take a half teaspoon 2x per day or more. Tastes good. You can take calcium ascorbate too but not as much
http://www.amazon.com/Now-Foods-Magnesium-Ascorbate-8-Ounce/dp/B000I4ANP0
I can’t tolerate the traditional magnesium oxide supplement; have much better luck with the newer citrate formulations and also magnesium chloride (as in Slo-Mag®).
How about Magnesium ascorbate? Plus you missed magnesium glycinate which you can get a good deal on at Swanson’s. Chelated in the best way and won’t give you the runs
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson-ultra-albion-chelated-magnesium-glycinate-133-mg-180-caps
...you got glycinate!
I’ve had this bookmarked for a few years:
I had surgery for Heart flutters back in December. Heart flutters is usually called atrial fibrillation.
That procedure completely knocked out the atrial fibrillation.
Basically the procedure identifies the neurons in the heart that are beating out of sequence and cauterizes them. You have maybe 100,000 neurons in the heart. The procedure identifies the 10-20 neurons that are firing out of sequence and stops them from firing. There are two procedures for this. the first is more common and has been done for about 8 years. It uses radio waves to do the ablation (that is the cauterizing of the misfiring neurons.) The success rate on the first try for radio wave ablation is roughly 50%. The second is called cryogenic ablation. It uses deep cold to stop the misfiring neurons. This procedure is only about 3 years old but the success rate of this second procedure is 70%.
The second one, cryogenic ablation is the one I did.
You’ll want to have an insurance policy to do the procedure. I had a high deductible so my out of pocket was about 6k. But the total cost without insurance would have come to roughly 50k. Make sure the outfit doing the procedure is in your insurance groups NETWORK. This is really key. If the provider is outside your insurance network you’ll get stuck with most of the bill.
You’ll also want to find the best surgeon for the procedure in your area. The ones that are the best are the ones that are doing the procedure 1-2 times@ week.
The devices for cryogenic ablation are provided by Medtronic. You can call Medtronic and ask them who they have provided the devices to in your area. You can also go on google and plug in cryogenic ablation for atrial fibrillation. And then from there go to look for surgeons in your area.
I tried a bunch of different stuff including Magnesium to stop my affib last year. None of it worked. The Affib only got worse.
Now I don’t have to worry about it at all. I’m back to doing very vigorous physical activity. I don’t have any symptoms like being short of breath or faintness. I feel like I’m back in my 40’s or there about.
Oh yeah! I forgot ascorbate, and I forgot about Swansons too. Thanks!
I didn’t know that about D3.
I take 5000IU of Colicaciferol D3 daily. You think that could be causing a magnesium absorption issue?
Ever try Ester-C? The Magnesium ascorbate in is what makes it taste good and feel good. You can get a good deal on the Now Foods brand Magnesium ascorbate powder via Amazon or Swanson’s
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