Magnesium Health Watch

This informative article by magnesium expert Carolyn Dean profiles three patients in different circumstances, all dealing with magnesium deficiency.   One patient had heart palpitations and the potential of adult onset diabetes.  Another was suffering from migraines.  For each patient, they discuss symptoms and how they dealt with the magnesium deficiency, through either magnesium-rich foods, magnesium supplements or both.

Here’s an excerpt:

“I gave Mary a list of magnesium-rich foods that she needed to start eating, which included nuts, beans, greens, and seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin. Mary realized that she’d been avoiding almost all of these foods: She thought nuts were fattening, beans gave her gas, and greens never seemed fresh enough at the supermarket. She had never even thought about eating seeds.”

The article is actually an excerpt from Dean’s book, “The Miracle of Magnesium.”

THE MIRACLE OF MAGNESIUM | Toronto Canada alternative health natural medicine green living.

We’ve consulted Dr. Dean’s health blog on a variety of topics.  Here she offers some interesting advice on magnesium intake.  She suggests that traditional doctors may underestimate the nutritional importance of magnesium and other supplements.  However, as a naturally occurring mineral in the body, it’s incredibly useful for more than just a colon purge.

“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says the “maximum upper-tolerable is 350mg.”

Well, I regularly recommend 600mg to my patients. I, myself, take higher amounts. For some people 300mg is enough. But 350mg is hardly a “maximum upper-tolerable limit.”

Case in point, your typical colonoscopy bowel purge formulation like CitroMag contains 1,745mg of magnesium. That’s almost FIVE TIMES as much magnesium than the NIH warns against.

So, yes, I actually agree with the doc that you should not take 1,745mg of magnesium with your medication. In fact, you shouldn’t take that much magnesium with anything you want to absorb. If someone is trying to poison you, okay, sure, maybe 1,745mg of magnesium is a good idea.”