Magnesium, Health and the Body

Magnesium and Health

Most people have a magnesium deficiency in their body and don’t even realize it. Magnesium is a big part of human nutrition that affects almost every organ in the human body. If taken in the right amounts, it can treat and/or prevent the following:

Aging, alcoholism, autism, asthma, aggressive behavior, attention-deficit disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, arrhythmia, cancer, Cerebral Palsy, constipation, chronic fatigue, cluster headaches, cramps, diabetes, heart disease, AIDS, hypertension, kidney stones, menopause, migraines, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, stress, stuttering, TMJ, and more!

At a cellular level, cells can only produce energy if there is a certain level of magnesium present in the cell membrane to activate ATP energy. If someone is magnesium deficient, the cells slow and eventually stop making energy, they are not detoxifying, so organs stop functioning properly, leading to diseases.

Magnesium Sources

There are a few ways to make sure you get your daily intake of magnesium, and there is no such thing as too much. First, you can find it in various foods such as spinach, legumes, nuts, seeds, halibut, yogurt, and avocados.

You can also take a daily supplement found in pill or liquid form. But if you are already deficient in magnesium in your body, it would taken many many pills to correct it, and that would result in explosive diarrhea. One oral supplement I have found to very useful is Natural Vitality’s product, Natural Calm plus Calcium. It provides you with magnesium, as well as the calcium you need. I add it to smoothies, but you can just mix it with water or juice and drink it on a daily basis.

The best, and cheapest, way to take magnesium is the trans-dermal way, through absorption of the skin. You can buy magnesium in oil form, gel form, or bath crystal form. I use Magnesium Oil, which is really not an oil at all, but a seawater extract. It is 35% magnesium chloride, and the balance is seawater and naturally occurring trace minerals. Because it is so easily absorbed into the skin, it is found to relieve many aches and pains. You just rub it in like a massage oil. To enhance the effect, after it is massaged in, put a warm, wet cloth on the area. It is possible to experience a little burning and stinging of the skin, which I experienced, so you can dilute it with water. Right now I use a 50/50 solution. I spray it all over my skin when I get out of the shower. As soon as the rejuvenation processes begin though, I will eventually be able to use it at full strength. It is also very beneficial to use it as a foot soak. Whatever is not absorbed, you can pour back into the bottle.

For more information about magnesium oil, you can read the book by Mark Sircus Ac., OMD, called “Transdermal Magnesium Therapy”.

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