Magnesium Deficiency – Predicting Heart Disease

Can Magnesium Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease by 50%? Magnesium is required for proper electrical signaling within the heart muscle and helps stabilize a normal rhythm. Deficiency of the mineral has been shown to increase arterial stiffness, spiking blood pressure and increasing the work load of the heart, directly impacting cardiovascular health and mortality. [...]

Magnesium and Green Juices

Interview with Carolyn Dean, MD, ND. When, and why, do you think green juices have become so popular? We seem to have cycles of people “going back to the land” “eating raw” “going natural” and green juicing is one of those “fads” that seems to be on the rise because people want to eat healthier [...]

Magnesium and the Common Cold

Natural Remedies for Children’s Cold Symptoms. Back To School Tips: While you are sick, keep your toothbrush in 3 percent hydrogen peroxide (that you can get from the drug store), then replace or boil your toothbrush when you recover so you won’t reinfect yourself. Stop all sugar, dairy, and wheat to decrease mucus and don’t [...]

Magnesium Nutrition Benefits

Benefits of Magnesium, Signs of Deficiency and Food Sources. Magnesium is just one mineral offering numerous health benefits. But the average person likely couldn’t name two, let alone tell you which foods are good sources of the important nutrient. From reducing your risk of stroke to helping fight Type 2 diabetes, magnesium is something we [...]

Low Magnesium Level Symptoms

16 Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms and Why Supplementing with Magnesium is a Good Idea. Firstly, magnesium is necessary for the proper transportation of calcium across cell membranes. Why? Calcium needs other nutrients that help get calcium into bone matter. Those other nutrients are silica, vitamin D, vitamin K, and, you guessed it – magnesium. Excessive calcium [...]

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How To Spot Magnesium Deficiency

Carolyn Dean MD ND, Medical Advisory Board Member, Nutritional Magnesium Association Magnesium is a crucial mineral that allows the proper functioning of over 325 enzyme systems in the body. The most touted aspect is the ability to relax muscles to prevent heart attacks and high blood pressure. The list of health benefits of magnesium is very [...]

Optimum Calcium Magnesium Ratio

The 2-to-1 Calcium-to-Magnesium Ratio By A. Rosanoff, PhD, Director of Research & Science Information Outreach, Center for Magnesium Education & Research, LLC, www.MagnesiumEducation.com Some History As early as 1964, Dr. Mildred Seelig showed that calcium intake can be a factor in the body’s retention of dietary magnesium.1 This magnesium pioneer later considered the possible impact of [...]

Milk and Pregnancy

By Nisha Obaidullah Prenatal health & fitness expert and author of “The 9 Month Club – The Complete Support System for Pregnancy. If you asked one hundred pregnant women to name five essential nutrients for pregnancy you can bet that 99 percent of them would name calcium as one of their answers. Everyone knows that [...]

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Treating Menstrual Cramps Naturally

By Dr. Daemon Jones, ND – Women’s health expert Dr. Daemon Jones talks about how you can treat menstrual cramps that result from female hormonal imbalances in a natural, painless way and live a happier, healthier life. Whenever one of my patients is in pain, I always create a short-term approach and a long-term approach [...]

Osteoporosis and You

By James Fedich, D.C. – According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, 1 in 2 woman over the age of 50, and 1 in 4 men in the same age group will suffer a hip fracture due to osteoporosis. There are currently 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 8 million of which are women. The cost of [...]