Magnesium Chloride is an important mineral,as the air we breath. It is a mineral we don't hear much about, Yet a lack of it will bring cellular life to a stand still. Magnesium Chloride, amplifies DNA fragments, it a good laxative, excellent for most skin conditions, magnesium chloride is an anti-icer, stabilize the correct combination of calcium, alkalinity and pH Values
Magnesium Deficiency.
by Nelson Brunton
Magnesium is an essential mineral. The body cannot make it so it has to be taken from the diet. Its one of the minerals that is largely deficient in most people the world round. There are several reasons why one becomes deficient in magnesium, and one of the consequence of low magnesium is Stress. Long term stress is one of the reasons for magnesium deficiency. The other reason for it is when you are prescribes diuretic to help control blood pressure.. It must also been known that one of the commonly use of diuretics is caffeine. Most people have a mug of coffee to start their day. The other most common diuretic is alcohol.
The other main reason for magnesium deficiency is due to poor diet. One of the main culprit is the high use of refined carbohydrates. E.g bread, pasta, cereals, crackers, cookies, cakes, highly processed foods that have a lot of calories, sugars, and food with no nutritional value.
What are the consequences of a magnesium deficiency? The first sign of a magnesium deficiency is depression. A feeling of sadness, apathy, What is one of the top selling drugs? its anti depressants. and the GP does not address the main cause before they prescribe. The most common drug prescribes is SSRI.'s ( selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.) They are supposed to raise the serotonin level and make the patient feel better, but instead it deplete them of Folic Acid, Vitamin B5 and Vitamin B12.
Common side effects of SSRI's include: feeling sick, low sex drive, difficulty achieving orgasm during sex or masturbation in men, difficulty obtaining or maintaining an erection (erectile dysfunction) and blurred vision.
Note: antidepressants do not necessarily make sad people happy. The word 'depressed' is often used when people really mean sad, fed-up, or unhappy. True depression is different to unhappiness and has persistent symptoms (which often include persistent sadness).
The success rate of SSRI antidepressants can vary when used to treat the other conditions listed above (bulimia, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder).
So what happens when Folic Acid, Vitamin B5 and Vitamin B12 deficiency occurs? You suffer depression as a result. Now if the GP addressed the magnesium deficiency then non of the symptoms will follow.
Another condition as a result of magnesium deficiency is vaso constriction. This can bring about High Blood Pressure, because the vessels go into a spasm. So what will your GP prescribe for HPB, the common drug is diuretic. Back to a repeat of the same scenario. Now you are magnesium deficient and suffering HBP as a result of the diuretic, it make the patient feel worse than before. So by treating the patient we have only reintroduced the problem due to the drugs.
Had the stress, diuretic and diet been addressed in the first place we would never have reached this point.
What is the other symptoms we suffer as a result of magnesium deficiency? Its bone loss. Magnesium is the mineral that help with the thickening and mineralizing bone. Without magnesium we develop a deficiency in bone causing osteoporosis, or osteopenia.
Now what will the GP prescribe for this condition? Its HRT. Estrogen is the most commonly prescribed HRT. What do estrogen do? It causes Vitamin B5, B12 and folic acid deficiency. The patients condition is worsened by not addressing the main problem, that is magnesium deficiency.
The patient now suffers muscle spasm. A common symptom of magnesium deficiency. When your eyelids go into spasm or your muscles twitch, its a sign of magnesium deficiency. This spasm will develop muscle pains, resulting in tightening the joints, causing inflammation with wearing and tearing of the joints. What's next? You are now given NSAIS's. They are Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. These drugs deplete the body of Iron, Folic acid and vitamin C, which contribute to muscle and joint pains.
Magnesium deficiency can also bring about the thickening of the blood known as blood viscosity. When this happens Blood pressure goes up. Combined with the vaso constrictions the persons is now in line for a heart attack or stroke. In such a case the GP will now prescribe a blood thinner like Warfarin. This drug is derived from rat poison and will inhibit Vitamin K. Vitamin K deficiency will cause bone loss. Now we are going round in circles and still not addressing the main cause which is magnesium deficiency. The wise decision should be to check you magnesium levels. Don't have a blood test, because this is not a reliable test. Ask for a Spectracell lab test. Its a test that will show up the amount of magnesium in your cells.
Magnesium deficiency is linked with elevated Cholesterol. In this case the GP will prescribe Statin Drugs. Statin drugs cause low Co-enzyme Q10, which will bring about Hypertension and you will be back on the diuretic which caused the problem in the first place. Statin can also create other forms of heart diseases. Magnesium has been know to benefit suffers in of Migraine headaches, infertility, HBP, Type 1 & 2 diabetes, Osteoporosis, thyroid diseases and much more.
Magnesium is responsible of over 1800 functions in the human body. Watch out for high prolonged stress, if on diuretic or on high refines starches, they can all cause magnesium deficiency and when addressed it can alleviate a host of conditions from manifesting, leading to a better quality of life.
