MAGNESIUM
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Magnesium Linked To Aging Mystery & Calcifications By Dr. H. Ray Evers |
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The average American consumes
only 40 percent of the recommended daily allowance of
magnesium. This has serious consequences, including
death, in many people, according to magnesium expert Dr.
Mildred Seeling. Eighty to 90 percent of the U.S.
population is magnesium deficient.
Dr. John Prutting said in an issue of "Family Circle" that 70 percent of Americans had mismanaged their diets enough to have some degree of magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium activates 76 percent of the enzymes in the body according to Dr. Sonni Alvarez. Potassium is primarily concerned with the way we use calcium and sodium.
Every doctor knows about the dangers of potassium deficiency, but few recognize that almost half of the patients with a potassium deficiency will also be depleted of magnesium. In fact, the low potassium state often cannot be easily corrected unless magnesium is also given.
Most mineral deficiencies stimulate an appetite for the deficient mineral, but there is no "specific appetite" for magnesium. Although intravenous magnesium is the drug of choice at the onset of a heart attack, it is not mentioned in the section on arrhythmias in the 1989 "Compendium of Drug Therapy."
Magnesium is useful in preventing unwanted calcification in the kidney, bladder and in the joints.
If a diet is high in phosphorus (common in many meat dishes as lunch meats, hot dogs, etc. and also in soda drinks), the phosphate binds up the magnesium into magnesium phosphate, which isn't absorbed. Thus you need more magnesium for complete balance.
In disease and stress states, more magnesium is needed. If a person is using diuretics (water pills), he should make sure his magnesium intake is adequate. Potassium supplementation is usually needed also. The higher the protein you consume, the more magnesium is needed. When large amounts of calcium are consumed, you need more magnesium.
Rabbits just can't take a high-cholesterol diet. Their blood fat level goes up, and they get severe arteriosclerosis/atherosclerosis. However, if you feed them five times the recommended daily allowance of magnesium, their cholesterol goes down and they don't get arteriosclerosis.
Magnesium is a very important ingredient of the green coloring matter in plants (chlorophyll). Magnesium helps in the use of fat in the diet. In many cases of individuals suffering from irritability, the blood has shown low values for magnesium.
Normal development apparently depends on the presence of magnesium. Approximately 70 percent of the magnesium in the body is found in the skeletal system. At least half of the magnesium in the body is combined with calcium and phosphorus in the bones. The remainder is in the muscles, red blood cells and the other tissues of the body.
Magnesium ensures the strength and
firmness of the bones, and it makes the teeth harder.
Adequate intake of magnesium counteracts acidity, poor
circulation and glandular disorders. Children with
magnesium deficiency are very often mentally backward.
Influences On Absorption:
The absorption of magnesium from the intestines may be
influenced by (1) the parathyroid hormone, (2) the
condition of the intestines, (3) the rate of water
absorption, and (4) the amounts of calcium, phosphate and
lactose (milk sugar) in the body.
Recent studies have shown that magnesium deficiency is found in 25 percent of eating disorders, such as obesity and anorexia nervosa. Symptoms such as weakness, leg cramps, anxiety and confusion will often clear up with magnesium therapy. A magnesium deficiency in humans can occur in patients with diabetes, chronic diarrhea or vomiting.
Heart palpitations, "flutters" or racing heart, otherwise called arrhythmias, usually clear up quite dramatically on 500 milligrams of magnesium citrate (or aspartate) once or twice daily or faster if given intravenously.
The optimal daily requirement for
children of 20 kilograms of body weight is 0.25 grams (a
kilo is 1,000 grams, equal to 2.2046 lbs). A child of 20
kilos would weigh 44.09 lbs, and for an adult of 70 kilos
the requirement is 0.35 grams. The recommended daily
allowance is approximately 200 to 300 mg for men and 300
mg for women, although specific requirements depend upon
body size.
High-Calcium Dangers:
A diet which is high in calcium increases the body's need
for magnesium and also may increase the excretion of
phosphorus and calcium; however, dietary intake of
magnesium remains relatively low. The chemical reaction
of magnesium is alkaline (acid binding). It regulates the
acid-alkaline balance of the body.
Magnesium is one of the nutrients needed to lose weight. Undulant fever is said to clear up if above-adequate amounts of magnesium and manganese are given.
Without sufficient magnesium one cannot control the adrenals, and this lack of control can result in diabetes, hyperexcitability, nervousness, mental confusion and difficulty coping with simple day-to-day problems. Depressed and suicidal people often display inadequate levels of magnesium.
Magnesium helps induce passage of
nutrients in and out of cells and thus affects the life
process. It also controls metabolism of proteins, fats,
and carbohydrates, resulting in more normal nutritional
levels. Japanese investigators have discovered that
mangesium will relieve asthmatic attacks. They give it
intravenously for acute asthma and orally for prevention.
Human Cell's Power Plant:
The power plant of human cell is called the
"mitochondrion." The mitochondrion is what generates
energy for the cell to use. What everyone refers to as
"energy" is derived from the oxidative reduction of the
cellular respiration. This is done through the
mitochondria.
But the problem arises when the cell is low in magnesium, relative to calcium. Adenosine triphosphate, the "energy currency" of the cell, is magnesium dependent. This means it is obvious that the calcium pump at the cell membrane is also magnesium dependent.
Without enough "biologically available" magnesium, the cellular calcium pump slows down. Thus a vicious cycle is established. The low levels of available magnesium inhibit the generation of energy, and the low levels of energy inhibit the calcium pump.
The end result? The mitochondrion, the powerhouse of the cell and the entire body, becomes calcified. This is the beginning of aging. It all starts in the cell. First the cells age. This leads to organ aging. And after the organs age, individual aging occurs. Since calcium is readily accumulated by mitochondria, this ion is potentially capable of antagonizing the activating influence of magnesium on many intramitochondrial enzyme reactions.
This means that every function of
your body can be inhibited when the mitochondria calcify.
It's like going through life with the emergency brakes
on. Calcium is the brake. Magnesium is the accelerator.
To be in optimal health, there must be a balance between
the two.
Balance Is Key:
Both minerals are vitally important, but there must be
that critical balance.
Andre Voisin in his book "Soil, Grass and Cancer" wrote: "Calcium content cannot be considered separately without taking the other mineral elements into account. It is the equilibria, and not the individual elements, that govern the phenomena of life." That's the magic word - "equilibria."
Everyone today is concerned with their chronological age. But they should be equally concerned with their "biological" age. The ratio of calcium to mangesium within your cells is your "biochemical age."
Tragically, in many cases, children are now starting to show high cellular calcium levels. For many people, eating a diet high in calcium and low in magnesium amounts to "cellular suicide."
Calcification can cause a thousand illnesses. As the body grows, the calcium migrates from the hard tissues (bones) to the soft tissues in your body. Few understand the full scope of this program. It is the most prevalent clinical finding in industrial cultures.
Where the calcium buildup occurs depends upon your individual biochemistry. Calcium deposits in the joints are called arthritis; in the blood vessels it is hardening of the arteries; in the heart it is heart disease, and in the brain it is senility.
The calcification process develops slowly. It occurs gradually over 10, 20, 30 years or more. It can begin in childhood. There is almost no soft tissue in your body that is immune from calcification, including your various glands.
All of this fits so well with my basic belief in medicine, which rests upon the word "balance" - mental, spiritual and physical balance. If we have perfect peace of mind and soul and eat a nutritional, poison-free diet, we will have no disease, because, after all, each of us in a scientific sense, is a chemical factory.
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