1 - Magnesium is necessary for the proper functioning of 700-800 enzyme systems in the body – that’s why it is implicated in scores of symptoms and 65 health conditions.
2 - Most people are magnesium deficient.
3 - Excess calcium in the diet depletes magnesium in the body, and many people take too much calcium, either as supplements, in fortified foods or dairy products.
4 - Magnesium is often very deficient in the soil and in the food supply, especially in “modern” processed foods, so it must be supplemented.
5 - Many forms of magnesium supplements cause a laxative effect, which prevents them from being taken in a therapeutic dose to relieve magnesium deficiency and its symptoms. Magnesium chloride, though, can be taken in therapeutic dosages.
6 - Magnesium deficiency can cause mitochondrial dysfunction. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) energy molecules are made in the mitochondria via the Krebs cycle. Six of the 8 steps in that cycle depend on adequate levels of magnesium.
7 - The Serum Magnesium test is inaccurate, but is still the standard test used in hospitals, clinics and in most clinical trials, and it doesn’t even appear on a standard electrolyte panel.
8 - Magnesium deficiency is a major factor in chronic disease – diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, migraines, IBS, and heartburn. Moreover, the drugs used to treat all these conditions deplete magnesium, often making symptoms worse.
9 - Telomeres (the DNA sequence at the ends of the chromosomes) hold the key to aging, as does magnesium, which prevents telomeres from deteriorating.
BENEFITS:
1 - Muscles - Magnesium is a genuine muscle relaxant, so it only makes sense that you can use it as a massage oil. Magnesium chloride supersaturated in water is called “magnesium oil“. It’s not really an oil, but it has a bit of an oily feel.
Dilute the oil with filtered water so that it doesn’t burn or tingle your skin. Spray the entire body with magnesium oil, after thirty minutes have a shower.
2 - Skin - When used on the skin, magnesium chloride is effective for treating infected boils, carbuncles, and ulcers. It can also speed the healing of wounds. Traditionally is has been used to promote muscle relaxation, and has been known to relieve the pain of arthritis, cramps and other joint and muscle inflammations. Some even use it as a natural deodorant.
3 - Children - It’s not only adults who suffer from magnesium-deficient diets. Our children are also susceptible when their favorite foods are magnesium-deficient fast foods. Kids feel stressed from peer pressure, academic and athletic performance pressures, worries about body image, hormonal fluctuations of puberty, and exposure to negative events and violence through the media. Even playing in a band (because of the loud noise) can be a risk factor. ADHD, autism, juvenile delinquency, and childhood depression are associated with magnesium deficiency, and many state that these conditions can be caused by it.
ADHD and autistic children often can’t sleep, are constipated, and experience twitching and spasming, irritability and moodiness – all symptoms of magnesium deficiency. Within days of taking magnesium, these kids are frequently entirely different. They are no longer constipated, they sleep better, and they are calmer and more enjoyable to be with.
As for the safety of magnesium – there is no buildup of magnesium in the body. If there is “too much”, then users experience the laxative effect, which removes excess magnesium from the body.
FOOD SOURCES:
Some of the magnesium-rich foods you may add to your diet include:
- Wheatgrass juice
- Spinach
- Swiss chard
- Avocado
- Papaya
- Broccoli
- Bok Choy
- Beet greens
- Turnip greens
- Seeds and nuts, such as pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, cashews and raw almonds
- Dulse
- Brussels sprouts
