Gary Null and Amy McDonald
See book keywords and concepts |  The patients don't have an antidepressant pill deficiency; they usually have a magnesium deficiency."
Dr. Sherry Rogers is even more emphatic. "In 27 years of medical practice, the one nutrient I have been very impressed with is magnesium. In treating people with panic disorders, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue and depression, just by merely correcting their magnesium—something so simple, so inexpensive, so relatively harmless—has made a dramatic difference."
The first thing Dr. Smith did was ask people what they're eating. | | Addictions and allergies are often related to magnesium deficiency and can be corrected by supplementation. There are also techniques that can actually eliminate food allergies through the use of acupuncture and acupressure. As we can see," Dr. Cass concludes, "there are many ways, other than psychotherapy and medication, to approach what at first seems like a psychological problem."
Dr. Doris Rapp brings us more detail concerning the connection between food cravings and allergies: "In my experience, eating disorders and alcoholism can be related to allergies. |
Dr. Steve Blake
See book keywords and concepts |  Although refined grains are often fortified with thiamin, their original magnesium is depleted by an average of 76 percent. magnesium deficiency may also have played a part in beriberi since so much magnesium is lost when white rice is refined.
Thiamin Coenzyme forms are: ThiaminPyroPhosphate (TPP) Thiamin Triphosphate (TTP)
Thiamin is also found in the form of thiamin triphosphate in nerve and muscle cells. This form of thiamin activates the transport of electrolytes across the membranes of nerve and muscle cells. This allows healthy nerve conduction and muscle action. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Cerebrovascular Atherosclerosis and Stroke
Cerebrovascular atherosclerosis (blocked blood vessels in the brain) is also associated with magnesium deficiency, and low levels of cellular magnesium in the brain increases the risk for neurological events. | | After using statistical analysis to adjust all-cause-mortality for factors including renal failure, old age, and the severity of CHF, magnesium deficiency emerged as being a reliable predictor of mortality. This study clearly showed that patients with CHF—particularly those in the later stages of the disease or at an advanced age—require frequent serum magnesium determinations, as well as subsequent supplementation, when serum levels fall.
High Blood Pressure
Increased resistance in the peripheral blood vessels is fundamental to the development of hypertension. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  Consider this: magnesium deficiency can affect virtually every single organ system in the body. It's involved in more than 300 enzyme reactions in the body including fat, protein, and glucose metabolism, muscle and membrane transport, and energy production.
In a classic article called The Importance O m of Magnesium to Human Nutrition, Michael $
Schachter, M.D. |
Dr. Steve Blake
See book keywords and concepts | | Some alcohol withdrawal symptoms such as delirium tremens may be related to magnesium deficiency. In cases of severe alcoholism, low magnesium levels can cause bone loss.
Low levels of phosphorus are rarely seen except in near starvation or in alcoholism. Alcoholism also increases the risk of low blood potassium.
Alcoholics are at increased risk of zinc deficiency both from impaired absorption and increased urinary losses. One-third to one-half of alcoholics have been found to have low zinc levels.
Keeping alcohol consumption to moderate levels will limit the health-depleting effects. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Some of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency, such as apathy, personality changes, muscle spasm, anxiety, and depression, are the same as those reported by women with PMS. In a double-blind study, 32 women with PMS received either magnesium or a placebo for 2 months. The treatments were given daily from day 15 of the menstrual cycle until the onset of menstruation. Magnesium was significantly more effective than the placebo in relieving premenstrual mood changes. | | This study suggests that magnesium deficiency may increase the severity of COLD.
Magnesium promotes healthy lung function in at least 2 ways. First, this mineral acts as a broncho-dilator, preventing the bronchial passages from going into spasm.5 Second, magnesium plays a key role in the production of energy, which is needed by the chest-wall muscles and the diaphragm to perform the work of breathing. | | This study suggests that magnesium deficiency is common in women with osteoporosis and may result in abnormal mineralization of bone, possibly rendering bones more susceptible to fracture. In another study, 32 postmenopausal women took 250 to 750 mg of magnesium per day for 2 years. Bone mineral density increased by 1 to 8% in nearly 75% of cases.'" These results with magnesium therapy are remarkable, because women typically lose bone at a rate of 3 to 8% per year around the time of menopause. | | Magnesium deficiency can aggravate or even cause seizures. Your diet hasn't been very good for magnesium—it's found a lot in deep-green vegetables. In a way, additional calcium could aggravate a problem of low body-magnesium supplies. Vitamin D increases calcium absorption, so it could do the same."
"Makes sense." He thought for a minute. "If my seizure medicine can interfere with these nutrients, could the nutrients interfere with the seizute medicine?"
"A really good question! | | Anxiety can also be caused by a magnesium deficiency, which appears to be an extremely common problem among Americans.8 Magnesium has a mild sedative effect9 and, along with calcium, seems to be useful in the treatment of anxiety.
In our experience, vitamin B12 injections are also effective for some patients with unexplained anxiety. Although no one knows how vitamin B12 works, a double-blind study has confirmed that injections of this vitamin can increase happiness and feelings of well-being. | | Although there is no proof that supplementing with magnesium will prevent retinal damage, magnesium deficiency should not go untreated.
According to some reports, vitamin B12 injections may also be beneficial. In one study, 15 type 1 (juvenile-onset) diabetics with retinopathy received 100 meg of vitamin B12 per day, mixed with their daily insulin injection. After 1 year, all signs of retinopathy had disappeared in 7 of 15 patients.'7 Similar results were reported in another study.18
The amino acid taurine may also help prevent the decline in visual function that is associated with diabetes. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
See book keywords and concepts |  The factors involved in stroke are psychosocial, physiological, and nutritional, namely a deficiency of vitamin C, high salt diets, potassium deficiency, magnesium deficiency, selenium deficiency, excessive lead ingestion, and very low cholesterol levels.
Of all these nutritional factors, the most important single factor was a deficiency of magnesium. Five lines of evidence support this view, as Professor Harold D. Foster explains in his study, Health, Disease and the Environment:
1. Global mortality rates. Japan suffers from a very high incidence of stroke. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Another preliminary study reported that magnesium deficiency is associated with a low HDL cholesterol level.260 Intravenous magnesium has reduced death following heatt attacks in some, but not all, clinical trials.261 Though these outcomes would suggest that people with high cholesterol levels should take magnesium supplements, an isolated double-blind trial reported that people with a history of heart disease assigned to magnesium supplementation experienced an increased number of heart attacks. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
See book keywords and concepts | | Other important symptoms of magnesium deficiency include fatigue and muscle spasms. The body's energy supply is in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Magnesium is required for the synthesis of ATP, and also facilitates the transport of potassium into cells. Since all the energy-producing reactions in the body require magnesium, it is an obvious treatment for fatigue. For patients suffering from unexplained fatigue, magnesium can be very helpful in returning energy levels back to normal. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts | | Beginning to understand why magnesium is one of my "Desert Island Cures"?
Natural Prescription for Magnesium
Food sources: Dark green leafy vegetables, nuts (almonds, cashews), and certain fish (halibut) are my personal favorites, but a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and even soybeans are all good sources.
Best way to take it: 400-800 mg day as a supplement (either alone or as part of a bone formula).
Try an Epsom salts bath. It's relaxing, and you absorb magnesium through the skin. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Dietary magnesium deficiency may occur in up to 25% of adult women in the United States and in even higher numbers of elderly people of both sexes.118 Magnesium supplements of at least 250 mg per day may help prevent bone loss.119'120
What is the potential importance of taking potassium?
While potassium is lower in modern diets compared with so-called primitive diets, true deficiencies are uncommon.121 Some,122 though not all,123 research suggests that raising potassium intake may help prevent high blood pressure. Other research suggests that higher potassium intake may help prevent stroke. |
Gabriel Cousens, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Many people who are depressed have a magnesium deficiency; therefore, it is used quite often in the treatment of depression. We don't need a lot of magnesium to get proper functioning; we have about 2 ounces of organic magnesium in our bodies.
Magnesium is very alkalizing to the body, and works as a natural laxative. At the Tree of Life we use it regularly for these two purposes with clients. It also helps calm nerves and improves flexibility, particularly in the muscles, nerves, ligaments, and joints. |
Patrick Holford
See book keywords and concepts |  There is a strong association between magnesium deficiency and heart attack risk. A pronounced magnesium deficiency can cause a heart attack by cramping a coronary artery even in the absence of an atherosclerotic blockage. So checking your magnesium level is essential.
VITAMIN E PROTECTS YOUR ARTERIES
Another way to change blood pressure is to thin the blood. Conventionally aspirin is used and reduces the risk of a heart attack by 20 percent. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  For example, a magnesium deficiency will lead to general problems with all three sphincters and can cause tight, spastic muscles all over the body. Constipation is a classic example of a problem caused by magnesium deficiency—which is why one of the classic treatments for constipation is milk of magnesia, or a big dose of magnesium. But if you take acid blockers, the drugs will prevent you from absorbing the needed magnesium, creating a vicious cycle. | | Signs and symptoms of conditions associated with magnesium deficiency include irritability, heart flutters or palpitations, frequent headaches, migraines, trouble swallowing, muscle twitching, leg or hand cramps, restless leg syndrome, excess stress, reflux, depression, insomnia, fatigue, constipation, asthma, hypoglycemia, and heart disease. Among the diseases associated with magnesium deficiency are osteoporosis, constipation, congestive heart failure, insulin resistance, diabetes, and kidney stones. |
The Editors of FC&A
See book keywords and concepts | | Low moods, tiredness, confusion, and loss of appetite are symptoms of depression, but they may also be signs of a magnesium deficiency. Women need about 320 milligrams (mg) a day of this mineral, and men need 420 mg.
A cup of Kellogg's bran cereal with raisins for breakfast puts you on track with over 80 mg of magnesium, while a cup of cooked spinach with your dinner keeps you going with almost 160 mg. Whole grains are rich sources of this mineral, but refined grains provide little. Nuts, legumes, seafood, and dark leafy greens all pack a powerful magnesium punch. | | If you take insulin for your diabetes, you're at risk for a magnesium deficiency, which could increase your chances of complications. So feast on raw or lighdy cooked broccoli crowns, as well as other sources of magnesium, like beans, shellfish, and whole grains.
Get friendly with lima beans. You're likely to be low in zinc if you're diabetic, and that's dangerous for your eyes. A deficiency of this mineral can lead to damage of your retina and eventually blindness. Consider adding top sources like lima beans, meat, shellfish, and whole grains to your diet.
Slice up sweet red peppers. | | This mineral helps to control how well muscles flex and relax. So a magnesium deficiency could be the secret cause of your muscle cramps and tiredness. For foods that can cure you, try dark leafy greens, nuts, legumes, and whole grains.
Calm cramps with calcium. The same mineral that keeps your bones strong keeps your muscles moving properly. Eat low-fat dairy foods, sardines, legumes, and other sources of calcium.
Stop soreness with vitamin C. If you're over 55, you have two reasons to take this potent vitamin - it strengthens muscles by repairing them and it powers up your immune system. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  You might suffer from a calcium deficiency that's affecting the peristaltic action of the smooth muscles in your bowels and large intestine, or from a magnesium deficiency. There could be vitamin B deficiencies involved here, or even vitamin D deficiencies. So to enhance your colon health, it is extremely important to avoid consuming large quantities of red meats and processed foods, while at the same time, making sure you supplement your health with all of those nutritional supplements that you know are good for you. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  In fact, magnesium deficiency, whatever the cause, contributes to weaker bones. In one study Austrian researchers gave magnesium supplements to 24 men in their twenties and thirties. After a month the men benefited from lower bone turnover, a sign of greater resistance to osteoporosis. A beneficial amount is 300 to 400 mg daily.
Vitamin K
The body's production of several bone-building proteins, including osteocalcin, requires vitamin K. James Sadowski, Ph.D., and his colleagues at Tufts University gave 9 healthy young men and women 420 meg of vitamin K daily. |
Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Aside from poor diet, factors that could cause magnesium deficiency include digestive disorders (such as malabsorption or chronic diarrhea), kidney disease, use of diuretics, diabetes, and alcoholism.
Medications known to deplete magnesium include digoxin, corticosteroids, birth-control pills, theophylline, and warfarin.
Standard blood tests do not pick up a magnesium deficiency until it is very severe, usually after a serious condition has developed. Therefore, symptoms and diet analysis help to determine if there is a magnesium deficiency. |
Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH
See book keywords and concepts | | Ninety-five percent of the patients had a magnesium deficiency when the levels were measured in their serum, red blood cells, and hair. Another study published in the same journal followed a group of 50 children with ADHD (aged 7 to 12 years) for 6 months. Each child was given 200 mg each day of magnesium. They were compared to a control group of 25 children who were not given magnesium, yet had a deficiency of the mineral. The study found the group supplemented with magnesium had a decrease in hyperactivity compared to the control group. |
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