Magnesium and Pregnancy

Pregnancy is among the most crucial months in a woman’s life. It is when dietary choices should be carefully made while avoiding foods and activities that can be detrimental for the baby. If you choose to follow a healthy diet while keeping your body in top shape then rest assured that your pregnancy will be free [...]

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Health Benefits of Magnesium – Research Review

Huffington Post – While 99 percent of the magnesium in the body is located in bone, muscular tissue and soft tissues, its occurrence is also found within cells, where it helps stabilize enzymes responsible for vital functions like muscle contraction, glucose utilization and the synthesis of fat, protein and nucleic acids (1). Its wide range [...]

C-Section Recovery and Magnesium

Harvard Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have settled on an ideal national C-section rate of 19 percent, but some hospital C-section rates can rise as high as 70 percent. Though many C-sections are emergent and medically necessary, doctors aim to keep C-section rates within this recommended 19 percent range to minimize [...]

Adjusting to Daylight Savings – Dr. Felicia Stoler

ABC Eyewitness News – The forward turn of the clock has been linked to an increase in car accidents, work injuries, even heart attacks, says dietitian and exercise physiologist, Dr. Felicia Stoler. Stoler says it’s tough for many to make small adjustments and go to bed 15 minutes earlier each night, as experts suggest. “It’s [...]

Digestion and Health – Ray Innis, MD

A good sign of weak digestion is low blood mineral levels. A sufficient supply of minerals is necessary for an efficient and capable immune system. For example, critical minerals such as magnesium, chromium, and selenium may be low due to inadequate hydrochloric acid in the stomach, thus hampering efficient digestion. One study reported that a [...]

Magnesium Supplements and Asthma

Natural Medicine Journal – Magnesium has several anti-asthmatic actions, so it is well suited to treat this condition. As a calcium antagonist, it relaxes airways and smooth muscles and dilates the lungs. It also reduces airway inflammation, inhibits chemicals that initiate spasm, and increases anti-inflammatory nitric oxide. Read complete article…

Dietary Supplements and Brain Health

Magnesium is an important mineral for maintaining good cognitive function, or for that matter, body function as a whole. According to Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., a medical advisory board member of the Nutritional Magnesium Association, “Magnesium alone is required in 700–800 different enzyme systems” and “ATP (adenosine triphosphate) production in the Krebs cycle depends on [...]

February is Heart Health Month

WholeFoods Magazine – One significant and ongoing shift is the attitude toward cholesterol. The Scientific Report of the 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee states, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient for concern of over-consumption,” given that “evidence shows no appreciable relationship between dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol” (1). That is not to say that cholesterol [...]

Magnesium Deficiency and Blood Testing

Asian Scientist – Lim Pin, MD – Professor of Medicine, National University of Singapore – Professor Lim, the son of a Chinese-school principal and teacher, was a top student at Raffles Institution, and subsequently chose to study medicine. “You’re always challenged by problems that are not trivial—they involve people’s lives and suffering,” he says. “The [...]

Survive Holiday Stress – These Foods Can Help

Fox News Health – Amie Valpone, celebrity chef and editor-in-chief of TheHealthyApple.com – There are many ways to bring down your stress levels during the holidays. First and foremost is by eating magnesium-rich foods and getting at least eight hours of sleep each night. When I was going through my decade of chronic illness I [...]