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Dr Stoll i wanted to ask what would cause all of the blood vessels in one side of the heart to constrict real small the did a heart cath and could not finish because of to many pvc's I am only 36 and I had one dr tell me diabetes would cause it but I passed the sugar test. I would like to hear what you think.
Thank You Marie
In Reply to: heart problems posted by Marie Celeste Smith on June 16, 2002 at 19:50:25:
Hi, Marie.
With no more information than this, AND knowing the most commonly missed diagnosis for PVCs--as well as your age and sex--I would bet my reputation on your cause being low intracellular magnesium.
See the cardiac dysrrhythmias and the magnesium archives and let us know what you learn.
Walt
In Reply to: heart problems posted by Marie Celeste Smith on June 16, 2002 at 19:50:25:
Marie,
Magnesium:The Miracle Nutrient
The Information You Need to Know!
It May Save Your Life!
Rarely does it happen that a single nutrient can produce milestone changes in the way we function, as well as in common health conditions such as sleep problems, stress, heart disease, high blood pressure, PMS, even diabetes, tense muscles, backache, constipation, osteoporosis and many more.
Discovering such a nutrient would be a breakthrough in itself; learning how to use it properly seems to be the key point in this particular case. The improper use of magnesium supplementation may account for past lack of success in relieving magnesium imbalances and many of the above symptoms.
This booklet rediscovers the miracles of this essential nutrient and reveals how to use it to finally unlock its amazing properties. After reading this data you can become your own expert on how to handle the magnesium deficiency. This data is vital for anyone to know. It has changed the lives of many. It may change yours too.
THE MIRACLE NUTRIENT
Every day of our lives seems to be part of a never-ending quest for answers about our health and well-being. We often have plenty of questions, but only a very few answers. When it comes to our health we usually turn to the experts to relieve us from our ignorance. Sometimes they do have the right answers but many times they don’t.
This booklet was written so that you can become an expert in this particular field (there are very few in the world). But an expert on what subject? I’m encouraging you to become an expert on a miracle nutrient. Many people are suffering from symptoms caused by the deficiency of this particular nutrient. They don’t know what is causing the trouble or how to handle it. This information is rare. So what does it take to become this kind of expert without reading tons of volumes and spending sleepless nights (caused by lack of this nutrient) looking for the correct research data that will make a difference?
Signs of miracle nutrient deficiency
First of all, does this list of symptoms look familiar to you? How many of these do you have?
Mark off the ones you are experiencing.
· Insomnia or restless sleep
· Wake up tired
· Pain (lower back or neck)
· Stiff and aching muscles
· Bones continue to go out of alignment
· Cluster headaches
· Migraine headaches
· Tiredness, weakness or exhaustion
· Hypoglycemia (blood sugar too low)
· Diabetes (blood sugar too high)
· Nervousness
· High blood pressure
· Osteoporosis, brittle bones
· PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
· Constipation
· Heart condition
· Kidney stones
· Accelerated aging
· Depression
· Heart attack history
· Irregular heartbeat (too fast or too slow)
· Aggressive behavior
· Attention deficit disorder
· Chronic fatigue
· Stroke
· Jump at sudden sounds
· Highly strung, jittery
· Anxiety
· Confusion
· Muscle weakness
· Muscle tics or twitches, particularly in the face
· Muscle cramps
· Muscle spasms or quivers
· Hiccups (caused by a muscular spasm of the diaphragm)
· Pregnancy-related symptoms
· Muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy
· Seizures, epileptic seizures
· Angina pectoris (sharp chest pains and a feeling of being suffocated)
· Exhausted from physical work or exercise
· Fading memory, senility
· Trouble keeping hands and feet warm
What kind of miracles?
All of these are signs (adverse body symptoms) of a MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY. The
more of these signs you have or someone else you know has, the greater the deficiency. These signs or adverse body symptoms will gradually disappear as your body assimilates the magnesium and handles the deficiency. All by itself, magnesium will perform miracles for you. When I say miracles, I mean results. To me, the results are what I can predict to occur and what I would expect to happen. Till now I have mentioned only one miracle, excuse me, result. You may ask, “Are there any other miracles?”
Well, how about this one? Your heart stops beating. Did you get that? It stops beating. With enough magnesium (of the right kind) in the body, your heart will start beating again within seconds.
Is that miracle good enough?
No? What about this one? You are nervous. You have muscle cramps; you jump at sudden sounds; you suffer from insomnia (can’t sleep). You have had these body difficulties for ten years and nothing has given you any relief. In all that time no one was able to help you. Then finally, after ten long years, you read this booklet and try some magnesium, of the right kind (always of the right kind), and all of these body difficulties mysteriously disappear. Would you say that was a miracle?
OK, then how about this one? Your heart starts racing. It’s beating really fast. No one can tell you what is causing it to race, and no one can tell you how to stop it from racing. You finally get the right information, by reading this booklet, and you take the magnesium and your heart goes back to beating normally. Would that be a miracle?
Well, to most people all of these results would be astounding and miraculous.
Magnesium: How important is it?
Magnesium is the most important major mineral that is needed by your body. In order to function correctly and efficiently your body needs many nutrients. But if it is deficient in magnesium, there are over 300 biochemical reactions that either won’t occur at all or will occur very inefficiently. Somewhat like a car functioning with dirty battery terminals. Also, magnesium is necessary for the correct assimilation of calcium and potassium and the correct and efficient functioning of enzymes. As you can imagine, without magnesium your body is going to be performing at very much less than full capacity.
A deficiency in magnesium can go from slight to very severe and your body will be signaling to you that it is in trouble: SOS . . . HELP! These signals are in the form of body symptoms.
A slight deficiency and you will notice slight depression and lack of well-being. The body is telling you, “Help, I’m in trouble.”
Then you start getting headaches, pain in the lower back, stiff, tight muscles, particularly in the back. The body is telling you, “I’m in worse trouble, help me now.” But you ignore these messages.
You haven’t learnt to read and decipher them. You seek professional advice and . . . Well, you know what they advise.
Time goes by and now you start getting muscle cramps, then calcium deposits, muscle twitches and tics, high blood pressure. You ignore it and don’t do anything about these signals.
You start to get nervous; you jump at sudden sounds. You have never been this way before. You are told that you are getting old, that you can expect this sort of thing. You now have trouble sleeping and continually wake up feeling tired. Your body goes into spasms (involuntary and abnormal muscular contractions) and jerks. Your body is calling out, “You idiot, I need help now! Get some magnesium and take it night and morning.”
You ignore these signals.
Next, you find yourself with a chest pain, called angina pectoris. You ignore this also, and no one else seems to know what is causing it. You never did learn how to take care of your own body and have always left it to the so-called experts. These experts don’t know either.
The next thing that happens is suddenly your heart starts racing. It goes out of rhythm. You don’t know what to do and neither does anyone else.
Then one day you have been out working hard physically, or under stress, and all of a sudden you have a heart attack. Your body is telling you, “I am in real trouble; I am almost at the end of the line. I need magnesium urgently and fast. NOW!”
So learn from me: The body is crying out for magnesium. It is deficient in magnesium. It cannot function unless it has sufficient of this mineral.
I know this seems too simple.
TEST IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. Prove me wrong. But in the test, use the correct magnesium product, otherwise you won’t get the required results.
How important is magnesium? It is so important that your body won’t function well with even a slight deficiency, and with a severe deficiency it will end up with a heart attack.
So you tell me. Is magnesium important enough for you to learn about and consume?
The body, to function correctly, requires a small amount of magnesium, and only a small deficiency is required for the body to malfunction. Of course, the greater the deficiency, the greater the malfunction. The body is continuously flushing out old magnesium and continuously needs a new intake of fresh magnesium to prevent any shortage from occurring.
Key nutrient
Magnesium is an essential nutrient. It is necessary for every major biochemical process, such as digestion, energy production and the metabolism of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Magnesium is also needed for bone strength, muscle strength and heartbeat, as well as for the functioning of the nervous system. Magnesium helps maintain a free passage of nutrients into and out of the cells, thus playing a very key role in the life process. Magnesium activates up to 76 percent of the enzymes in the body, and over 300 biochemical and bioelectric reactions depend on magnesium to occur. Without these taking place efficiently, the body is in trouble and so are you.
If you do not have sufficient magnesium, the body will not work properly and you will end up with the symptoms as described earlier. By your drinking a good magnesium these symptoms will gradually and mysteriously disappear. This will occur even if you only take a small amount of it.
Deficiency is common
Eighty to ninety percent of the U.S. population is magnesium deficient. This explains the epidemic prevalence of magnesium deficiency symptoms. This deficiency is so rampant that even if you regularly use various magnesium supplements, you are still likely to have a magnesium deficiency. How is this so?
The reason is twofold: (1) the stress of modern lifestyle depletes magnesium reserves far more rapidly than was previously realized; and (2) most people consume the wrong form of magnesium or take it in the wrong proportions relative to calcium.
Activates other minerals
All other major minerals are dependent upon magnesium being present in order to function. The major minerals are magnesium, calcium, potassium and sodium. Of these, magnesium is by far the most important. Magnesium activates an enzyme located in all cell membranes. This enzyme controls the balance of sodium and potassium, keeping sodium in the fluid outside the cells and potassium inside the cells. This is essential for normal water balance, nerve cell activity and cellular energy production. Without sufficient cellular magnesium, potassium will be rapidly excreted from the body creating a potassium deficiency, resulting in fatigue, heat exhaustion and weakness.
Magnesium versus calcium
Calcium, a major mineral, needs magnesium in order to assimilate into the body. Calcium, however, should never be taken on its own, because it will pull magnesium out of body parts in order to assimilate. This creates a greater magnesium deficiency and the person will feel worse. This occurs with people who drink milk. Milk is about 8 calcium to 1 magnesium and it will create a magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium regulates the entrance and utilization of calcium in the cells. Without magnesium, calcium remains in the body unused. This will result in calcium deposits in the joints (often called arthritis), gallstones, kidney stones, and in extreme cases calcification of the brain and other body organs and parts. This, in turn, results in loss of memory and loss of ability to reason and eventually the termination of life. All of these conditions have frequently been known to disappear after taking extra magnesium.
Symptoms of excess calcium
Magnesium and calcium must be in the correct proportions, otherwise the calcium becomes a pollutant in the body causing heart disease, arthritis, hardening of the arteries, osteoporosis, senility and calcification of organs and tissues as described earlier, which could eventually completely degenerate these organs and tissues. >From this you can deduce that it is contra-survival to take calcium without magnesium.
The rule is “Never take calcium without magnesium.” Calcium depends on magnesium for it to assimilate. Magnesium, on the other hand, does not require calcium in order to function. In fact, in many cases, magnesium taken on its own without any calcium will help you feel younger, more energetic, stronger, and give you a multitude of other benefits, all as a result of the magnesium being present to do its job.
What depletes magnesium?
Let’s take a look at what depletes magnesium. Any stress whether mental or physical will deplete magnesium reserves. “Ah, so if I am already taking daily magnesium, I shouldn’t have much to worry about, right?” Well, hard as it may be to believe, magnesium deficiency is COMMON even with people who REGULARLY TAKE magnesium supplements. Why? Excess calcium in itself will cause magnesium depletion! Again, the balance between these minerals is crucial. An improper form of magnesium or insufficient amounts of it can often mean the difference between a stressed body and a completely relaxed one. Magnesium deficiency will not just go away by taking magnesium. You also have to avoid the factors that could deplete it; otherwise you may never get it under control.
The following are magnesium DEPLETORS. Each one of them will deplete your body’s magnesium storage and require more magnesium to be consumed. The more dominant these factors are in your life, the more magnesium your body will need. Learn them well and avoid them as much as possible.
STRESS (mental or physical)
Caffeine
High protein diet
Too high calcium intake (very common)
High sodium diet
Refined sugars
Medical drugs of all types
Alcohol
Tobacco
Diuretics (water pills)
High perspiration, sweat
Diarrhea
White sugar and flour
Diabetes (causes magnesium loss)
Sodas (especially cola type)
Surgery
Chronic pain
High carbohydrate diet
High cholesterol or triglycerides
As can be seen, too much calcium can cause, and is a major cause of, magnesium deficiency. Differently put, excess calcium can become a real problem, while excess magnesium, on the other hand, is not very likely nor of much concern. High calcium combined with low magnesium will create osteoporosis and fragile bones.
The proof?
Following is an amazing example: What country has the highest rate of milk consumption? That’s right, it is America. Now another question: What country has the highest consumption rate of calcium supplements? That’s right, the answer again is America. So obviously, you would say, America must have the lowest occurrence of osteoporosis (calcium loss) of all countries, right? Believe it or not, the truth is the exact opposite! We have the highest rate! Why? Taking more calcium will not fix a calcium deficiency, which is quite evident from the statistics. Yet more magnesium will handle the calcium deficiency as well as the magnesium deficiency itself.
Asthma
Asthma is a condition where the bronchial passages go into spasm and interfere with normal breathing. Magnesium comes to the rescue by relaxing the bronchial muscles. Studies have shown that intravenous magnesium administered to asthmatics resulted in rapid improvement in shortness of breath and wheezing. Often it stopped an attack cold. Magnesium seems to make a major difference for asthmatics. Magnesium’s ability to stop asthma attacks proves its vital role as an essential nutrient for asthmatics.
Constipation
Magnesium is very helpful in providing relief from constipation. High amounts of magnesium have always been found to bring relief. In fact, the only time when magnesium didn't relieve this condition was when not enough of it was taken. Constipation, of course, beyond its emergency address, should eventually be traced back to its underlying causes and handled accordingly. Yet magnesium is the one quick solution that never fails to work when immediate relief is needed.
Depression & adrenal function
Cortisol is one of the main hormones produced by the adrenal glands. Cortisol plays a key role in the regulation of blood sugar levels. Stressful conditions, however, cause the adrenals to overproduce cortisol, and when the adrenals are pushed into a relentless production of cortisol, they end up in a stressed condition. Once the adrenals become overworked and stressed, the body’s ability to retain magnesium drops down, as reflected in a greater loss of magnesium through urinary excretion. For this reason, people with exhausted adrenals will often require more magnesium to maintain inner balance. Magnesium is also needed by the adrenals as a basic building block for the manufacturing of hormones.
Since stressed adrenals are often a forerunner of depression and mood disorders, anything which supports adrenal function will help these conditions. Because magnesium supports adrenal function, it can and was indeed found to have an antidepressant effect. While further steps may be required to fully alleviate depressive states, magnesium’s role in balancing the body is vital and it has been proven to greatly enhance the effect of other nutrients consumed and/or other steps undertaken.
Without sufficient magnesium one cannot keep the adrenals in balance, and a loss of this balance can result in diabetes, hyper-excitability, nervousness, mental confusion and difficulty coping with simple day-to-day problems. Depressed and suicidal people often display inadequate levels of magnesium.
Diabetes
Insulin is the hormone which helps with the regulation of glucose (sugar) metabolism. Magnesium has been found to improve insulin’s response to dietary sugar, and improve the action of insulin in regulating blood sugar levels. Magnesium deficiency seems to be extremely common amongst diabetics, which makes it very important for them to supplement. One of the reasons for this condition is the great amounts of magnesium lost through urine by diabetics. Studies have shown that people with heightened magnesium levels were better able to metabolize glucose. While magnesium will not by itself entirely normalize a major disorder such as diabetes, it is still a vital nutrient for the diabetic. Lack of magnesium can make diabetes worse, and produce a host of other unnecessary symptoms.
Fatigue
When we say “energy,” we usually mean “the total energy produced by the body.” Each cell in the body is engaged in its own energy production process, and the total energy produced by all our cells adds up to our total body energy. Magnesium plays a key role in the energy process within each individual cell. When not enough magnesium is available, energy production is inhibited, and the eventual outcome is fatigue and weakness. Magnesium is vital for the maintenance of adequate energy levels. Magnesium also helps in the storage of energy used by the cells. Without it you will again feel tired. This is one of the causes of fatigue and chronic fatigue, and these will often clear up on taking the magnesium(in the right amount and form) can provide vital help for cases of chronic fatigue, as its presence in the body will make it possible for some basic processes to properly occur, which will, in turn, enable the body to remedy other nutritional imbalances.
One of these key processes is the regulation of potassium. When magnesium is lacking, potassium will be rapidly lost from the body, causing fatigue, heat exhaustion and weakness.
Without adequate magnesium available, the cells will be unable to breathe properly and maintain the cycle of life, and, as a result, they will start weakening and decaying, embarking upon a cycle of cellular death.
Moreover, considering the role played by the adrenal glands in the maintenance of proper energy levels, along with the importance of magnesium in supporting the adrenal glands, we can see at once that magnesium affects and regulates energy levels in more ways than one. Always ensure sufficient magnesium intake occurs when attempting to repair energy disorders.
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is common mostly amongst women. It is characterized by fatigue and muscle pain throughout the body. It is sometimes accompanied by sleep disturbances, headaches and other symptoms. Magnesium is the most important mineral needed by people with fibromyalgia, and coupled with malic acid, it greatly helps in relieving this condition. While most malic acid products come with magnesium, magnesium will often also be necessary for superior and more stable results.
Heart attacks
Magnesium deficiency appears to be causing 215,000 fatal heart attacks in the U.S. each year, and as many as 20,000,000 fatal heart attacks worldwide. Indeed, the cost of magnesium ignorance is frequently fatal, and yet such ravaging results can be prevented.
The heart is a muscle. It follows the same rules as any other muscle, except the results are more dramatic and life extinguishing. Calcium and magnesium control the heartbeat. Calcium tenses the heart muscle; magnesium relaxes the heart muscle. The heart’s pumping motion is the alternating of this tensing and relaxing action. With a correct balance of calcium and magnesium, the heart beats in a consistent manner. With a deficiency of magnesium the heartbeat becomes inconsistent. It beats too fast or too slow or it races. This is a sign of magnesium deficiency. Handle the deficiency and the heartbeat returns to normal. Nothing else needs to be done. Just take magnesium. You don’t have to know any more than that. Racing heart, take magnesium. Heartbeat not normal, take magnesium.
Now we get to the serious part. A muscle can go into a spasm. It can go stiff and cramp. The heart muscle can do the same. When it does, the spasm or cramp will cause the heart to stop beating for a second, called a mild heart attack, or to tense up and lock causing the heart to stop beating completely, resulting in death. Then we say the person died of natural causes; he had a heart attack. No, he died of unnatural causes¾ignorance and stupidity. He died of a magnesium deficiency.
Any sign of heart trouble, take more magnesium!
There is always a long record of magnesium deficiency symptoms occurring before a heart attack. To stress it again, without sufficient magnesium you will die, because your heart will stop beating, and it will be called a heart attack. In America, heart attack is the number one killer (cause of death), before strokes and even cancer. When a person dies from a heart attack, never do they say, “He died from a magnesium deficiency.” The early signs of such terminal extinction are racing heartbeats, or any unusual change in heartbeats, angina pains and collapsing from exhaustion after heavy physical work or exercise, such as running a race or playing football or basketball. Due to lack of magnesium, the heart muscle develops a spasm or cramp and stops beating. This is because there is insufficient magnesium to relax the heart for the next contraction.
High blood pressure
Magnesium is needed by anyone with high blood pressure. Magnesium acts as a natural calcium blocker. Half of all people with magnesium deficiency suffer from high blood pressure. This explains why magnesium has proved to be so vital for this condition. Some people will need extra nutritional support, but magnesium certainly remains a key nutrient for people with high blood pressure and it will help to avoid further complications.
Insomnia
This is one of the most common conditions today. Magnesium deficiency can cause insomnia (inability to sleep), or make you wake up with muscle spasms or cramps or feeling tense and uncomfortable. Water-soluble magnesium can go a long way in relieving this restlessness, and make many of the common sleep problems simply disappear. There are countless records on file attesting to the effectiveness of the magnesium in relieving and resolving sleep disorders.
Irregular heartbeat
Magnesium deficiency is the main cause of irregular heartbeat. If the heart beats more than 100 beats per minute (too fast) or less than 60 beats per minute (too slow), this is considered an irregular heartbeat. Water-soluble magnesium has been found to act quickly in normalizing and stopping irregular heartbeat. A daily intake of magnesium will act as a preventative.
Migraines
Migraine headaches afflict millions of Americans. Women especially are prone to this condition. These headaches most often occur during the menstrual period, but can also happen at other times. Here again, magnesium comes to the rescue. Magnesium supplementation is key, as low magnesium levels do cause migraines or make them worse. Taking the magnesium can bring extended relief in many cases, although it seems that it may work even better for prevention. Consequently, maintaining proper magnesium levels on a regular basis is essential in preventing or reducing the frequency and severity of migraine headaches. This, of course, is not limited only to menstrual migraines.
Muscle function & disorders
Muscles also need both calcium and magnesium to function. Calcium tenses the muscles; magnesium relaxes the muscles. Close your fist and clench it tight: that is calcium which permits the tensing of the muscle. Now open and relax your fist: that is magnesium which permits the relaxing of the muscle. All muscle action is that of tensing and relaxing and of gradients in between each extreme. Therefore, tense, tight muscles tell you what? That’s right, there is a magnesium deficiency. There is not enough magnesium in the system to cause the tense muscles to relax. Supply the needed magnesium and the muscle will function as it should. It will stay relaxed until it needs to function again.
Muscle spasms, muscle cramps, muscle jerks, muscle tics, eye tics and hiccups are all caused by a magnesium deficiency. Take sufficient magnesium and they will disappear. It is not calcium that handles these difficulties, it is magnesium. Calcium is causing the difficulties.
Have you ever known anyone with tense back muscles? Probably their back was continually aching and in pain, because the tense muscles will pull the bones out of place. Handle the magnesium deficiency and the muscles will relax, the bones will go back into place and the pain will disappear.
Nervousness & nervous system disorders
Magnesium is essential for the proper functioning of the nervous system. Without sufficient magnesium the nerve cells cannot give or receive messages and become excitable and highly reactive. This causes the person to become extremely sensitive and nervous. Lights can appear to be too bright. Noises will seem excessively loud and the person will jump at sudden sounds like a door slamming and will generally be on edge. Even slight noises can seem loud. Do you know someone who can’t stand noise? Get them magnesium and see the difference.
Nervousness is often caused only by a deficiency of magnesium. Handle the deficiency and in many cases the nervousness will disappear.
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition marked by severely reduced density of the bones. It affects mostly women. The bones become fragile and break down more easily than they develop. Osteoporosis is not a problem of getting insufficient calcium but of losing the calcium you have. Unquestionably, magnesium is far more important than calcium in preventing osteoporosis. It is magnesium which prevents calcium from being excreted, and helps its utilization by the body. Calcium would be entirely useless without sufficient magnesium. The colossal consumption of dietary and supplemental calcium has not reduced the rising incidence of osteoporosis in this country, regardless of the huge calcium campaign. A recent survey revealed that milk drinkers were found to have more bone fragility and not as otherwise promoted. Maintaining normal hormonal levels (such as with a natural progesterone cream) and the avoidance of sugars, soft drinks, caffeine and smoking are also vital in
preventing osteoporosis.
Physical exhaustion
The person who collapses from physical exhaustion after a day of hard, continuous physical work has a magnesium deficiency. Of course, he or she may have other deficiencies as well.
What about the person who collapses at the end of a race, he crosses the finish line and falls down? Well, what caused that to occur? Right, it was a magnesium deficiency. Do you see how simple it is?
Does it work? Try it for yourself. Why not handle the magnesium deficiency before it happens and keep the heart beating? It’s not complicated. It’s simple.
This information would save people from dying of heart attacks due to ignorance and stupidity. BUT GET THE CORRECT MAGNESIUM. For more information on this, read on.
PMS
PMS (premenstrual syndrome) is largely a magnesium deficiency. Instant relief can be obtained by taking the magnesium drink. Too much calcium and not enough magnesium cause PMS. These result in premature aging brought about by the calcification of the female body parts. Taking magnesium will totally reverse this condition. The magnesium will gradually dissolve the solidified calcium and help to assimilate it or to expel it from the body if the calcium is not needed. Vitamin B6 (the active form) is also recommended for PMS.
Pregnancy-related symptoms
Contractions occurring too early in pregnancy, weeks or months before the due date, are caused by a magnesium deficiency and the presence of too much calcium. Taking the magnesium will relax the muscles and stop the contractions, and the pregnancy will continue as normal until the due date. If the mother is deficient in magnesium, the baby will be deficient as well. This can be dangerous for the baby, and even fatal. A magnesium deficiency in infants can cause crib deaths or SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). The heart stops beating. Why? The answer is too much calcium, not enough magnesium. So make sure both mother and baby are on water-soluble magnesium.
Premature aging
By reversing calcification of body organs, magnesium is capable of slowing down aging, thereby making you feel younger. Magnesium will not only correct PMS and prevent accelerated aging, it could also energize you and make you lose weight; both are natural signs of younger age. When magnesium is lacking, the entire body can become calcified. This is aging. It all starts with the individual cell. First the cell ages; this leads to organ aging, and this, in turn, leads to aging of the entire body.
The calcification process starts slowly and innocently, and gradually builds up over the decades. Practically no soft tissue in your body is immune to calcification, including your various glands. This process can begin in childhood, and sadly, in many cases, children start to display too high cellular calcium levels. For a lot of people, a high calcium diet combined with low magnesium amounts to "cellular suicide."
So, make sure you take enough magnesium to maintain proper levels in the body and avoid any potential imbalance or danger from calcium dominance.
Stress
Magnesium and stress are closely linked. Stress depletes magnesium; magnesium counteracts stress. When magnesium levels are low, the nervous system gets out of balance and the muscles grow tight. This can also lead to elevated mental stress. At the same time, any stress, whether mental or physical, will deplete magnesium. Magnesium gained its name as nature’s antistress mineral due to its helpfulness in combating internal stress and in the restoration of inner balance.
As expected, stress conditions involve extra nutrients and support, and require as well a good-quality protein, the avoidance of sugar, and of course focusing on diversionary activities, and should include addressing any mental factors that may be underlying the stress. See also Nervousness and Depression & adrenal function.
Bones
Bone strength and springiness are due to the existence of magnesium near the bone surface. This gives the bone strength and flexibility. When the bone structure becomes deficient in magnesium, the bones become brittle and will break easily. Therefore, as a general rule, when anyone breaks a bone they will need magnesium to strengthen the bones. Of course, it is much wiser to use magnesium to prevent the possibility of breaking your bones. Bones in the back going out of place, not staying in place after adjustments, neck bones out of place, pain in the lower back, headaches, neck-aches, all can be relieved with magnesium and chiropractic adjustments.
Teeth
Magnesium helps bind calcium to tooth enamel, creating strong teeth resistant to decay.
Children
Nervous children and babies all respond well to magnesium. Also, children and babies who are restless and can’t sleep are deficient in magnesium. Handle the deficiency and the difficulties will mysteriously disappear. Just give them a bottle of magnesium.
Magnesium and animals
A horse that is easily frightened, nervous, jumps at sudden noises or movements, won’t walk alongside or with other horses, is suffering from a magnesium deficiency. Add some water-soluble magnesium to its drinking water and watch what a difference it makes. You will have a different horse. The same applies to any nervous animal. They are nervous because of a magnesium deficiency. I do hope you are getting this!
What about calcium?
Our research has indicated the existence of three different types or categories of people. Each varies in its need for calcium. Under the first category are people who require magnesium only and do well on magnesium supplements, whether consumed on an occasional or regular basis. When calcium is consumed by this type, various symptoms or stress may appear or begin to manifest. This type acquires all the calcium it needs from the diet and does not require any extra intake. The second type of people responds well to introducing small amounts of calcium occasionally or even regularly. Consumers in the third category require extra calcium to keep their bodies in long-term balance. This is especially true if high amounts of magnesium are taken regularly.
Which category do you belong in? This will depend exclusively on the way you FEEL. The guide is simple. As long as you feel good with magnesium only (occasional or regular), do not change a thing. Should any of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency as listed earlier begin to manifest, ensure sufficient magnesium is used to counteract them. If such symptoms still persist despite proper magnesium supplementation, this is the time to introduce calcium into the equation, as your body may require extra calcium to maintain a proper balance. In this case, start using a magnesium or even try a daily dose of 500 mg of calcium citrate for several days and see if this brings any relief; if it does, maintain this regimen until the symptoms diminish, then determine through use whether lower amounts of calcium are needed.
It is noteworthy that even people in category three will have a frequent need to avoid calcium and switch back to taking only magnesium for a while. Magnesium is STILL the dominant and MORE CRUCIAL factor to staying in balance. Balance is the key word here. Magnesium levels have to be properly maintained.
How to handle a magnesium deficiency
To handle a magnesium deficiency it is best to take the magnesium on its own without any calcium. No calcium should be taken until the deficiency is handled, and then only take calcium with magnesium. Never take calcium without magnesium, as the calcium will not assimilate by itself. The trouble is coming from too much calcium in the first place. Remember, if the muscles are tensing up, causing a spasm and causing cramps, that’s because of too much calcium and not enough magnesium. So to handle the magnesium deficiency you need to take magnesium only, in the right form. And be alert to any need for extra magnesium in the future, or better yet, take some on a regular basis.
Safety
Magnesium is totally safe. If you take too much of it, the body will flush it out. The worst that can happen is you will get diarrhea. In some rare cases, when excess amounts are consumed, your body may ask for some calcium for balance. When this happens, it will manifest in the magnesium deficiency symptoms coming back. Yet, unless excessive amounts are taken without control (which we don't recommend), magnesium is totally safe and has no other side effects. The body needs it. To ascertain the maximum amount your body needs, do this: Take the magnesium in increasing amounts until you get diarrhea and then go down a level until the diarrhea disappears.
Workability
Magnesium will work in spite of drugs and medication. Just try it. It is safe. It will work for you.
Magnesium: Do you need it?
Your body needs a daily supply of magnesium. It constantly needs to take in magnesium, utilize it and then excrete it. This occurs as a continuous cycle. When your body starts to excrete more than it takes in, then you are in trouble.
The best way to get magnesium is in a form provided by nature, as in the food you eat and the water you drink. Unfortunately, both of these sources do not have sufficient magnesium to satisfy the requirements of your body at this time.
As covered earlier, there are certain substances which will deplete the magnesium supply. These include alcohol, drugs of all types, diuretics, coffee, tobacco and refined sugar. One of the most important causes of magnesium deficiency is stress. The more stress you have, the more magnesium you need.
So the situation today is that, not only do we not get enough magnesium, but we also consume substances which cause excessive excretion of it. Certain symptoms and body complaints indicate that your body is running short of magnesium. The solution is to take magnesium in a form that can be easily utilized. The water-soluble form can be readily used by your body, and the water acts as a carrier to transport the magnesium into the cells where it is needed. With people who have used the magnesium, we have observed the following:
1. Vertebrae in the back going into place with a loud click within fifteen minutes after taking magnesium.
2. Cardiac arrhythmia (heart beats too fast or too slow or out of rhythm) handled in ten days,
with the heart beating normally again.
3. Atrophied muscles back to normal function within ten days with a combination of magnesium, minerals in general and coenzyme Q10.
4. High blood pressure gradually decreasing over a period of one month.
5. Kidney stones, gallstones and arthritis gradually disappearing.
6. PMS symptoms disappearing within ten minutes.
7. Migraine headaches disappearing overnight and not returning in many cases.
8. Body jerks, muscle spasms, cramps, muscle tics and tense muscles all gone within a week of being on the magnesium.
9. Insomnia handled after being on magnesium for a short time.
10. A two-year-old child sleeping all night instead of crying and keeping everyone awake.
Magnesium helps in the utilization of calcium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, B complex, and vitamins C and E. It is essential for the formation of strong bones and teeth, lungs and other body parts, tissues and glands. It calms the nerves and relaxes the body so that sleep and rest are possible, and does a multitude of other actions that enable the body to function properly.
Do you need it? Everyone does. Try it. You will notice a big difference in the way you feel. You will have increased vitality with energy to burn.
Do some people need higher amounts?
Considering the fact that approximately 90 percent of the American population is estimated to be deficient in this precious mineral, it will be hard to find a person who will not need extra magnesium. Anyone presenting any of the symptoms listed earlier is already suffering from an existing deficiency. People in the following categories are at greater risk of developing a deficiency and its accompanying symptoms, and thus will require high magnesium on a regular basis in order to avoid future health problems or complications:
All persons under stress, pregnant women, athletes, the elderly, smokers, alcoholics, women who use birth control pills, anyone who engages in heavy physical labor, and people who drink coffee, alcohol or cola drinks, or who eat dairy or a high carbohydrate or high sugar diet.
Children or teens who seem depressed or are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder often have a magnesium deficiency. The same applies to those with aggressive behavior.
Thanks Charity
In Reply to: Mabe this will help a little, I ran across this article on magnesium. posted by Charity on June 17, 2002 at 21:54:21:
Charity,
Would you please let me know where you found this article? Thanks.
Joanie
In Reply to: Mabe this will help a little, I ran across this article on magnesium. posted by Charity on June 17, 2002 at 21:54:21:
Thanks, Charity.
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Mabe this will help a little, I ran across this article on magnesium. posted by Joanie on June 18, 2002 at 07:28:31:
Joanie
I got it off the internet someplace it was about 5 months ago and I have already erased it off my computer I don't know. I typed in Magnesium into the google search engine
I believe.
Charity
In Reply to: Re: Mabe this will help a little, I ran across this article on magnesium. posted by Charity on June 18, 2002 at 12:53:13:
Here it is I deleted the name brand because it was magnesium citrate. I mainly thought it had a lot of good info in it and took out the stuff about Citrate.
Charity
In Reply to: I did find it!!! posted by Charity on June 18, 2002 at 13:00:28:
Thanks Charity.
Joanie
In Reply to: I did find it!!! posted by Charity on June 18, 2002 at 13:00:28:
lets see if this works.
just in case it did not work.
http://www.colloidalsilversolutions.com/magnesium.html
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