Rapid recovery from major mental illness using magnesium treatment!

Are you suffering from a lack of magnesium? Chances are you could be, as many of us aren’t receiving enough from our diet. In fact magnesium deficiency is an epidemic throughout the western world. About 80% of Americans are low in it. Every organ in the body -- especially the heart, muscles, and kidneys -- needs the mineral magnesium. It also contributes to the makeup of teeth and bones. Most important, it activates enzymes, contributes to energy production, and helps regulate calcium levels as well as copper, zinc, potassium, vitamin D, and other important nutrients in the body.

            You can get magnesium from many foods. However, most people in the United States probably do not get as much magnesium as they should from their diet. Foods rich in magnesium include whole grains, nuts, and green vegetables. Green leafy vegetables are particularly good sources of magnesium.Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body, and it’s vital for good health. It’s needed for over 300 biochemical reactions. Ensure you receive enough magnesium for optimal mental and physical health.

The functions of magnesium include:

•           helping maintain normal muscle and nerve function
•           helping the body absorb calcium
•           keeping bones and teeth strong
•           relaxing muscles
•           supporting a healthy immune system
•           keeping a steady heart rhythm
•           helping regulate blood sugar levels
•           maintaining healthy blood pressure




Nutritionist Patrick Holford, Director of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London, says magnesium has an excellent reputation as a mild tranquilizer. Before the Second World War it was often used to stabilize mood. Since the introduction of lithium, magnesium has been used less for mood stabilization. Recently, however, interest in magnesium’s affects on health, including mental health, has increased. One study found magnesium stabilized mood in people with bipolar disorder (manic depression) at least as well as lithium.

Symptoms due to a lack of magnesium have three categories.
Early symptoms:

    * Anorexia
    * Apathy
    * Confusion
    * Fatigue
    * Insomnia
    * Irritability
    * Muscle twitching
    * Poor memory
    * Reduced ability to learn

Moderate deficiency symptoms:
    * Heart (cardiovascular) changes
    * Rapid heartbeat

Severe deficiency:
    * Continued muscle contraction
    * Delirium
    * Numbness
    * Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations)
    * Tingling

WHO IS AT RISK?

Plenty of us are at risk of suffering from a lack of magnesium. You are especially at risk if you:

•           drink lots of coffee
•           drink a lot of alcohol
•           are not eating enough foods high in magnesium
•           have high blood pressure or heart disease
•           have high stress
•           are pregnant
•           take oral contraceptives
•           have a malabsorption syndrome or malnutrition
•           have poorly controlled diabetes
•           have renal disease
•           are a senior citizen
•           take certain medications including diuretics, some antibiotics, and medications used to treat cancer (anti-neoplastic medication)

            Only 16% of the magnesium found in whole wheat remains in refined flour, and magnesium has been removed from most drinking water supplies, setting a stage for human magnesium deficiency. Magnesium ions regulate calcium ion flow in neuronal calcium channels, helping to regulate neuronal nitric oxide production. In magnesium deficiency, neuronal requirements for magnesium may not be met, causing neuronal damage which could manifest as depression. Magnesium treatment is hypothesized to be effective in treating major depression resulting from intraneuronal magnesium deficits. These magnesium ion neuronal deficits may be induced by stress hormones, excessive dietary calcium as well as dietary deficiencies of magnesium. Case histories are presented showing rapid recovery (less than 7 days) from major depression using 125-300 mg of magnesium (as glycinate and taurinate) with each meal and at bedtime.
           
Magnesium was found usually effective for treatment of depression in general use. Related and accompanying mental illnesses in these case histories including traumatic brain injury, headache, suicidal ideation, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, postpartum depression, cocaine, alcohol and tobacco abuse, hypersensitivity to calcium, short-term memory loss and IQ loss were also benefited. Dietary deficiencies of magnesium, coupled with excess calcium and stress may cause many cases of other related symptoms including agitation, anxiety, irritability, confusion, asthenia, sleeplessness, headache, delirium, hallucinations and hyper excitability, with each of these having been previously documented.
           
 Please take some time and research more information and please pass this to as many people as you can. You will be shocked at all of the things affected by Magnesium deficiency and how easy it is to cure.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT FOODS HAVE MAGNESIUM IN THEM? FOR A LIST OF FOODS, POSSIBLE MEDICATION INTERACTIONS AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT MAGNESIUM? GO HERE!! ==>    

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium/

Other Sources

•           Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment.

            George Eby Research, 14909-C Fitzhugh Road, Austin, TX 78736, USA. george.eby@coldcure.com

            http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16542786

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•           http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/magnesium-000313.htm

•           http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002423.htm

           http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium/

•           http://extrahappiness.com/happiness/?p=468


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