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Dear Friends, For some time I've been experiencing a lot of pain in my body. My back hurts, my ankles hurt, my thighs hurt and my fingers hurt. In the past six months, when getting out of bed in the morning I feel like an old man. And it's impacted my work becasue I can't work very long hours with all this pain. Because of this, I've been doing a lot of online searching for natural supplements that might help with pain. I already use a lot of ibuprofen and I really don't want to use stronger painkillers. Then several days ago I came upon a supplement on Amazon and read the reviews, which really got my attention. People were using this for fibromyalgia and getting real results. Not just a few people, hundreds of them. Although I don't think I have fibromyalgia, I certainly have similar symptoms. If this could help me, I was all for it! So I started to do some research. About 15 hours over a week or so. The supplement I discovered was magnesium, and below you'll find a short summary of my online research. If chronic pain (and a lot of other symptoms) are an issue for you, I think you'll find this very interesting. By the way, in only five days of using magnesium, my pain symptoms have subsided dramatically. I used to get shooting pains down my legs when working at my standing desk. Today, virtually nothing! And every other part of my body hurts much less. I am one happy camper! A few facts about Magnesium Magnesium is needed by every cell of the body. If we don't have enough magnesium, we get sick, or our health declines in noticeable ways. About 75% or more of the population in the US don't get enough magnesium from their food. One reason is that magnesium is depleted in the soils, another is that we simply don't eat enough of the right foods. Processed and other nutrient-poor foods do not supply the amount of magnesium we need. It is estimated that we get less than half of our required allowance magnesium every day. Magnesium may be the most important mineral in the body; some call it the "Master Mineral." It regulates an unimaginable number of bodily functions. If we are low in magnesium, the results can be serious. For instance, we hear a lot about the importance of calcium, but calcium cannot be absorbed by our bones without magnesium. Magnesium is essential for electrolyte function and up to 800 enzyme functions in our body. In short, if we don't have enough magnesium in our bodes, we will start to see the symptoms of magnesium deficiency. And they are not trivial! Common Symptoms of Magnesium Deficiency: anxiety and tension joint stiffness and pain headaches and migraines fatigue and exhaustion chronic muscular pain muscle spasms and cramps involuntary eye movements vertigo and dizziness irritability and anxiety memory and cognitive issues The cause of these symptoms is often mis-diagnosed by doctors. After all, most doctors are trained to use drugs not supplements. The common treatment is a variety of drugs that do nothing to help the underlying cause, which is often magnesium deficiency. To make things worse, many of these drugs actually deplete magnesium from our bodies. It is hard to diagnose magnesium deficiency from blood tests as the body pulls magnesium from the bones and the soft-tissues of the body. If the heart did not have sufficient magnesium in the blood it receives, the result would be a heart attack. So, the heart may be spared, but all the other organs of the body pay the price. Magnesium supplementation (instead of drugs) has been found to improve all of these conditions, plus other medical conditions such as: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Heart Disease Hypertension Asthma Arthritis Cancer Diabetes Osteoporosis Multiple Sclerosis Parkinson's Disease ADHD Autism Epilepsy If you search the Internet you will find cases studies with reports of how all of these conditions have improved dramatically because of Magnesium supplementation. Just look up in Google: "My Health Condition Magnesium." Magnesium Supplementation If you have any of these conditions, it can't hurt to add magnesium supplements to your diet. There are no side effects to magnesium supplementation except loose stools if you take too much of some kinds of magnesium. Various experts recommend supplementation from 200 mg to 600 mg daily of magnesium. Magnesium can be taken orally through pills or capsules. The best absorbed are: magnesium citrate magnesium glycinate magnesium malate magnesium taurate The most common and cheapest form of magnesium supplement is magnesium oxide, however it is the least absorbable, at only 4%. We all have different bodies, so some kinds of magnesium will work better and be tolerated easier than others. Make sure you are taking the dosage recommended and if that is not showing results, try another kind. You will find every kind of magnesium on Amazon.com (and other vitamin sites as well). Learn about them and read the reviews. More and more, transdermal (on the skin) magnesium supplementation is recommended. Applied to the skin, "magnesium oil," which consists of magnesium hydroxide and water (1 to 1 ratio by volume) allows a higher level of magnesium absorption without any gastrointestinal problems. If you have severe or multiple symptoms of magnesium deficiency you may want to consider both oral and transdermal supplementation as I did. You may see the effects of supplementation in as little as a day or two, to several weeks. People often report immediate reduction in symptoms very quickly and increasing improvement over several months. Magnesium is a supplement you should consider taking permanently, however you may be able to reduce your dosage over time. If symptoms return, take more. Online Resources and Information on Magnesium Nutritional Magnesium Association - Studies, resources, etc. http://www.nutritionalmagnesium.org/ Dr. Carolyn Dean - Overall Expert and author on Magnesium Dr. Sircus - Expert on Transdermal Magnesium Ancient Minerals Website: In-depth information on magnesium. http://www.ancient-minerals.com/ Andrew McVaugh - personal account of magnesium deficiency and resources http://www.mymagnesiumdeficiency.info/magnesium-dizziness/ Also, look up online: Magnesium, magnesium deficiency, magnesium symptoms, magnesium supplements, transdermal magnesium, magnesium oil, etc. on both Google and YouTube. What to Take to Overcome Magnesium Deficiency Tansdermal Application – Magnesium Chloride Flakes Mix 2 cup of flakes, with 2 cups of hot water. Mix together, put in 3-cup jar. Then transfer to small 4-8 oz containers or spray bottles to apply. Rub about 1 oz. all over body in morning and then shower 20-30 min later. Ancient Minerals - Magnesium Chloride - a very high quality brand of magnesium chloride 1.65 lb. $20 - Available on Amazon 8 lb. $40 - Available on Amazon Calm - Magnesium Citrate - powdered form you mix in warm water and drink. (note the numbers of reviews!) 16 oz. container - Available on Amazon You might also want to research these on Amazon: Calcium Malate (Source Naturals - highly rated - the pill form I'm using now) Magnesium Glycinate Chelate (Dr's Best - highly rated) Please note that I am not affiliated in any way with these companies. This is simply information that I want to share with those I know. I hope it helps you as much as it's helped me. So, do some reading, and when you're ready, purchase some magnesium supplements and get started. Cheers, Robert P.S. Hopefully this will give you enough information to get started, however, I recommend that you take some time to visit the websites mentioned to learn more. Be educated about your health and nutrition before you make any changes. |