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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Magnesium Deficiency - Responsible For Many Diseases.

By Neil Butterfield

Magnesium is often hailed as the miracle mineral because of its abilities to cure many diseases and ease the symptoms of many more. It can also slow the aging process.

Although under publicized, it's magnesium that's responsible for a healthy brain and nervous system. It's even vital to a strong teeth and bones. Calcium alone won't keep your teeth and bones healthy.

Magnesium has long been known for its ability to fight infection. In fact, a French doctor was able to cure patients with diphtheria using magnesium. He also used magnesium to treat bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, pneumonia, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, whooping cough, the common cold, measles, influenza mumps, rubella, abscesses, and the list goes on but Im sure you get the picture.

More recently Dr. Vergini confirmed that above and also added more diseases to the successful cures from magnesium including tetanus, chronic conjunctivitis, rheumatic disease, optic neuritis, and herpes zoster. There have also been benefits seen in CFS, fibromyalgia, and cancer therapies.

Magnesium can be found inside the cells where it activates different enzymes responsible for metabolism, for forming strong teeth and bones, as well as for functions of the nerves and muscles.

Because so it is used so extensively by our bodies, it is easy to suffer from a magnesium deficiency. Low magnesium levels can also lead to low calcium and potassium levels in the blood. Symptoms of not enough magnesium include; nausea, vomiting, weakness, loss of appetite, and fatigue. If this is allowed to continue, tingling, numbness, muscle contractions and cramps eventually follow. In worst case scenarios, lack of magnesium can cause personality changes, coronary spasms, seizures, and an abnormal heart rhythm.

When the magnesium levels were restored, 9 out of 10 people showed a significant improvement in health. The change is usually so drastic that it's referred to as a miracle. That's probably because it's the body's fourth most abundant mineral.

Magnesium occurs naturally in foods such as nuts, spinach, legumes, peas, seeds, halibut, fortified cereals, lentils, baked potatoes, soybeans, yogurt, whole milk and brown long grain rice. It's also available in unrefined whole grains, (that means no white bread.)

The RDA for magnesium increases as a person ages. From 1-3 yrs, it's 80mg a day. 4-8 yrs, should be 130 mg a day and 9-13 needs to be 240 mg a day. At this point, men and women start needing different amounts. Boys 14-18 yrs need 410 mg a day; men 19 to 30yrs need 400 mg and 420 mg for men over 31. On the other hand, girls 14-18yrs need 360 mg a day, 19-30yrs need 310 mg and 320 mg is needed for women over 31.

Additional magnesium is needed if you are on diuretics, antibiotics or certain other medications. Also, if you have Crohn's disease or similar digestive problems it can block how much magnesium you can absorb. If you are an alcoholic, have poorly controlled diabetes, or have low blood potassium you will also need additional magnesium. This can be impossible to accomplish by diet alone.

A supplement is the best way to make sure that you're getting the getting the magnesium you need. With a typical compound or even chelated magnesium supplement (a pill) you will absorb less than 25% as opposed to a liquid supplement where you get almost 100% absorption.

So why would you settle for a pill, when a liquid ionic mineral supplement will keep you healthier for years to come? - 17273

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