Magnesium Health Watch

Natural Health Remedies provides tips on detox and solutions to common health problems.   They provided details of their experience with the Ancient Minerals Magnesium Gel, a transdermal magnesium (applied through the skin, not orally) made from pure magnesium chloride.

The article makes an interesting point about magnesium deficiency.  Oftentimes, doctors only measure the magnesium in blood serum, but it doesn’t necessarily indicate the cellular levels of magnesium.  The intracellular magnesium levels  are where transdermal gel or oil applications are particularly effective.

Here’s how she describes her experience with magnesium gel:

“The gel has a silken consistency and I found it ideal to massage into the skin. I have had some stiffness in the muscles around my hips (probably as a result of too much sitting at my computer!) so I decided to massage the gel into my hip muscles and legs every morning. After a few days I noticed they were much less stiff and after using it every day for 4 weeks the stiffness and also the soreness I had in the muscle on the outside of my shin has completely gone.”

Natural Health Remedies & Detox: Magnesium Gel Magic – A Natural Health Remedy to Boost Energy & Health.

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with leg cramps?  There are many remedies for this irritating and painful condition, where your leg or foot will flex without your intending.

Studies have shown that in addition to Vitamin E, other mineral therapies such as magnesium may reduce leg cramping, by addressing the all-too-common magnesium deficiency.

Here’s more detail:

“Low levels of certain minerals known as electrolytes—magnesium, potassium, calcium and sodium—have long been linked to leg cramps. (Marathon runners sweating out the miles are particularly prone to this variety.) Certain drugs, such as diuretics (water pills) for the heart and for high blood pressure, have also been cited as a cause of leg cramps. Dialysis patients, who have their blood filtered by a machine because their kidneys don’t work properly, often complain of leg cramps. And pregnancy, it seems, is also a factor”

Prevention’s Healing with Vitamins Leg Cramps.