How Magnesium Helps You Sleep

By Judy Phillips – Master Herbalist When the things that “go bump in the night” seem like sonic booms and wake you from sleep, the problem could be magnesium deficiency. Among its many important qualities, magnesium has a calming effect on the nervous system. In fact, magnesium has recently received considerable attention as an inexpensive [...]

Magnesium Potassium Lowers Blood Pressure

Report #6320 9/10/94 – By Gabe Mirkin, M.D., for CBS Radio News www.drmirkin.com High blood pressure can shorten your life by causing heart attacks and strokes. Several recent reports show that you can lower high blood pressure just by changing your intake of the minerals in your diet. A normal blood pressure is 120 when your [...]

Magnesium Health for High Blood Pressure

By Dr. Allan Sosin, M.D. Supplemental magnesium may reduce blood pressure in people with high blood pressure, but with seemingly normal magnesium levels, says a new study. On the other hand, the supplements had no effect on the blood pressure measurements of individuals with normal blood pressure, according to findings. These findings suggest that magnesium [...]

Magnesium Benefits Your Blood Pressure

Dr. Mercola – Magnesium may reduce blood pressure in people with high blood pressure, according to new findings. The study adds to data from epidemiological studies that have reported more magnesium, potassium and calcium may reduce your risk of hypertension. Researchers recruited 155 people to take part in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. The subjects [...]

Attack Symptoms Heart

Why Are So Many People Using These Internet Search Words to Find Help? Heart health expert Dr. Carolyn Dean talks about how you can improve your heart health, avoid heart attack and live a healthier life. Coronary heart disease (CHD) causes about 1 out of every 5 deaths in the United States and in 2009, [...]

Heart Nutrition: Top Ten Nutrients

By P.L. Chang - Energyfanatics.com How healthy your heart is depends heavily on proper nutrition. If you are a person who has a stressful life, don’t exercise much and eat a lot of unhealthy food, your chance of getting heart disease later on in life is very high. Some signs of early heart disease are: high [...]

Heart Health and Magnesium Deficiency

According to noted author and researcher, Mildred S. Seelig, MD, “Most modern heart disease is caused by magnesium deficiency. A vast and convincing body of research, largely ignored, has convinced us and many of our colleagues of this fact. The diet of the industrial world is short on magnesium, and this is causing an epidemic [...]

Magnesium May Benefit Blood Pressure

By Dr. M. Rosenberg – Without minerals, vitamins are useless and magnesium is an important mineral for many body functions. It’s critical for enzymatic reactions involved in energy production, assists with the uptake of calcium and potassium, helps with nerve transmission, and helps the body maintain a normal pH. Now researchers find that it helps reduce [...]

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Nutritional Magnesium Lowers Blood Pressure

Magnesium supplements may lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure. Report #6320 9/10/94 – By Gabe Mirkin, M.D., for CBS Radio News www.drmirkin.com High blood pressure can shorten your life by causing heart attacks and strokes. Several recent reports show that you can lower high blood pressure just by changing your intake of [...]

Magnesium Nutrition for Heart Disease?

by, Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., via The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carolyn-dean-md-nd In my experience, mild to moderate cases of hypertension, elevated cholesterol and high blood sugar are lifestyle conditions that are not being addressed by drug intervention. In fact, the opposite may be true. Let me explain. I’ve observed a disturbing trend some clients who consult [...]