Girlie said...
Some points I picked up:
Magnesium is the important mineral in the body.
6 of the 8 steps in the kreb cycle (producing energy) require magnesium. So, if you're low in magnesium, you won't have energy.
Another thing it does is relax and calm muscles and nerves - so low magnesium - then you're hyperexcitable.
When you're magnesium is low, then your calcium is relatively high. Your body goes into tension.
"Total body melt-down - When nothing works and everything hurts."
Also talks about a Pharmacist she knows with hashimotos - that she feels it was the 'end phase' of magnesium deficiency combined with yeast overgrowth.
- magnesium deficiency going into sodium deficiency and adrenal fatigue.
- light sleeper, anxiety - mag. deficient. and b vitamin deficiency
- chronic fatigue - mag def. and yeast overgrowth
- mitral valve prolapse - mag def.
She wonders if the Pharmacist had caught the mag def. 7 years before, maybe she would not have ended up with thyroid issues. Suggesting that hashimotos could be caused by years of low mag.
Wow - very interesting - I'm going to up my magnesium intake.
Thank you, Girlie! That was a fantastic summary!
The Pharmacist that Dr. Dean mentioned is
Izabella Wentz - who often appears on various online summits, such as the
Immune Defense Summit.
Dr. Dean also noted than most magnesium supplements are poorly absorbed. Magnesium Oxide is one example. However, she also alluded that any magnesium supplementation is better than none. Her product
ReMag is supposed to be a highly-absorbable form.
From her website:
Dr. Dean's Pico Meter Magnesium - 8.1 oz. bottle
* Activates 700-800 body enzyme systems
* 100% absorbed at the cellular level
* No laxative effect
ReMag™ is truly The Magnesium Miracle™ as it is an essential cofactor required by 700-800 enzyme systems that promote thousands of biochemical reactors in the body. It regulates temperature, produces and transports energy, transmits nerve signals, and relaxes muscles. Magnesium is vital for glucose, fat, and protein metabolism, and affects every cell in the body in a positive life-supporting way. Magnesium also supports healthy bones by regulating calcium absorption and metabolizing the active form of Vitamin D from its storage form.
Created by Dr. Carolyn Dean (author of The Magnesium Miracle), ReMag™ minerals are meticulously created from a pure source of magnesium chloride and developed to deliver stabilized magnesium ions that are similar in size to plant magnesium. ReMag is a picometer-ionic form of magnesium, smaller in diameter than the body's cell mineral ion channels. Its direct and complete absorption into cells means ReMag™ bypasses a leaky gut and does not even reach the large intestine to cause diarrhea. Therefore, ReMag does not have a laxative effect.