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Magnesium and Calcium Supplements For Bone Health

sarita — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:51:19 +0000

Do you wonder why you’re always seeing calcium and magnesium combined supplements? Here’s a general overview of why these two important minerals are offered together to promote bone formation, cardiovascular functioning and muscle effectiveness.

Magnesium helps with calcium absorption. Like calcium, it’s naturally found in dairy products (among other places). However, unusually large intakes of calcium reduces the absorption of magnesium in the body. When you have a mineral deficiency (through a poor diet or otherwise), the body’s pH balance becomes offset and highly acidic. Calcium and magnesium, which usually help eliminate excess acid, need to neutralize this additional acidity and are lost in the bloodstream. This results in bone loss.

If you have a condition where you are deficient in magnesium and/or calcium, there are many options including dietary modifications, mineral supplements and even skin treatments that can help restore proper mineral levels in the body.

How To Take Your Magnesium Citrate Supplement

sarita — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:22:30 +0000

The 6/12/09 Sacramento Nutrition Examiner gives some helpful insight on the best forms of magnesium citrate supplements:

“Natural Calm magnesium citrate powder often is recommended for general use. You put it in hot water. It fizzes and tastes like lemonade with no added sugar. Mix it with fruit juice, and it bubbles like champagne. But how do you choose the right type of magnesium for your own needs? Here’s the information you’ll need.

If you want a sweet lemonade or citrus-like taste rather than the taste of lemon juice in hot water, put a half scoop (2.5 grams) of d-Ribose, that tastes like sugar in a glass of water and add a tablespoon or less of magnesium citrate powder. You’ll get a wonderful sweet taste of lemonade in that beverage…”

“You want a soluble magnesium that your body can absorb. And you want the amount of ionic magnesium or elemental magnesium that the supplement is actually releasing. You want the type of magnesium that can be dissolved in water…”

Pure Transdermal Magnesium Oil: Background and Benefits

sarita — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:20:09 +0000

From magnesium-rich foods, to powders to magnesium tablets, there are myriad ways to increase your daily intake of magnesium. The mineral magnesium is essential for countless heart, nerve and muscle functions. In its many forms and compounds, magnesium has been used to treat conditions such as asthma, allergies, chronic fatigue syndrome and more.

For reasons attributed to diet or existing medical conditions, many people do not get ample magnesium from the food they eat. Magnesium oil, applied transdermally (topically) is one of the best absorbed and effective ways to supplement your diet with magnesium.

Magnesium oil is, in fact, not an oil at all. It’s a solution of magnesium chloride, mined from natural sources, and mixed with water. It does have a slightly oily texture.

The primary advantage of magnesium oil is that most people absorb it more efficiently than in a tablet supplement. However, rather than a substitute for an oral supplement, magnesium oil is recommended for use in addition to it. Another distinct advantage of using either magnesium oil or gel is that they do not typically have the same laxative effect as oral magnesium supplements. Treating health conditions transdermally is an ancient practice. It is widely believed that applying substances directly to the skin better saturates the body’s tissues and more effectively penetrates cells. This treatment is also well-suited for treating muscle and joint problems.

Magnesium, Children and ADHD

sarita — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:16:25 +0000

Is Drugging Our Children The Answer Or Could A Natural Supplement Magnesium Help?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been a commonly diagnosed illness occurring in children since the 1980s. Many people argue that ADHD should not be categorized as a disorder, but rather a set of problems that are normal to childhood. Either way, ADHD’s symptoms consist of wandering attention, nervousness, and hyperactivity. These symptoms can be extremely troubling for the parents and teachers that have to work with children suffering from ADHD. Drugs like Ritalin have been promoted ADHD treatments for many years, but have been found to have highly dangerous side effects and not be a solution to everything. Meanwhile, many nutritionists have discovered that many of the answers to ADHD can be found in a child’s diet in the form of food additives, sugar, and the missing essential nutrients.

One child who was horribly hyperactive, out of control, and diagnosed with ADHD by a school psychologist was taken off any foods that contained a particular red dye. Almost immediately, the child’s hyperactivity ceased and he began paying attention and living the life of a normal child. A study recently completed at Yale University School of Medicine supported this result, showing a direct connection between food additives and hyperactivity. This study consisted of 297 children who were given drinks that contained common artificial food colorings and additives that are usually found in food and candy. Meanwhile, a control group was given drinks without additives. The children who drank the additive-enhanced drinks showed a significantly greater amount of hyperactivity and had shorter attention spans.

Another common cause of ADHD symptoms in children is overdosing of sugar. With all the snack-like breakfast cereals available and the high sugar-constant treats, hyperactivity should be expected. Once a child consumes a large quantity of sugar, he will hit a high of out-of-control hyperactivity and then quickly become grouchy and prone to tantrums. This is often called a “sugar rush” and can easily be solved by taking children off sugar.

After removing chemical additives and processed sugar from the diet, ADHD symptoms have also been traced to a lack of mineral magnesium. This nutrient is essential and often missing from most diets today. Kids who drink a lot of soda or fruit juices are getting high amounts of sugar but not magnesium. Those children without magnesium often suffer from irritability, insomnia, and constipation. These symptoms, which are commonly diagnosed as ADHD, can be cleared up quickly by putting your child on a magnesium supplement. Most nutritionists agree, believing that many ADHD symptoms come from a high sugar diet and a magnesium deficiency. Sugar and over-stimulation, such as stress, actually exhausts a child’s nervous system. This can be cured with a magnesium supplement which allows the nervous system to rebuild. In addition, this supplement will assist the child in relaxing. Since children are the future for our society, helping them to survive in the best way possible, naturally, is something each and every one of us should take much more responsibility for. Magnesium and other natural supplements can be found at your local or internet vitamin store.

More information on Magnesium and ADHD can be found at VitaNet, LLC Health Food Store. http://vitanetonline.com/