Foods May Trigger Migraines

The Windsor Star – Common migraine food triggers include alcohol (especially red wine), MSG, foods like aged cheeses and soy sauce, which contain tyramine, aspartame, nitrates in cold cuts and sausages, caffeine and dairy products. Additionally, studies have shown migraine sufferers have low magnesium levels. Magnesium stores are compromised by estrogen, birth control pills and [...]

Magnesium Deficiency & Poor Sleep

Not Sleeping Well? – Survey in India reveals that one out of five nod off at work due to lack of a good night’s sleep. Magnesium plays a role in the bodily function that regulates sleep. Insomnia is one of the symptoms of lack of magnesium. One in five people nod off at their work [...]

Magnesium and Kidney Disease

Natural News. Kidney disease requires magnesium. One of the contraindications for taking magnesium is kidney failure. Unfortunately the public and many doctors think that means magnesium should not be taken by anyone with any degree of kidney disease. That’s just not true and I’ll explain why. Learn more…

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Are You Suffering From Magnesium Deficiency?

Healthy Talk w/ Dr. Michael Smith on Radio MD interviews Dr. Carolyn Dean. As a result of modern farming methods, our soils and foods are depleted of vital minerals and nutrients. It is believed that over 75% of Americans are not getting their recommended daily intake of these important nutrients, and one mineral in particular [...]

Magnesium and Insomnia

CTV News – Want a better night’s sleep? If you have difficulty getting quality zzzs, it could be linked to a vitamin or mineral deficiency. This week health website Livescience reported on three common sleep problems and the three nutrients that may cure what ails you: 1) Can’t get to sleep? Studies have shown that [...]

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Magnesium Nutrition – Radio Interview

Patrick Timpone’s – One Radio Network – Interview With Carolyn Dean, MD, ND. Dr. Dean answers the following questions: Where does the research come from which shows that 80% of all people are magnesium deficient? Why aren’t we getting enough magnesium in our diets? Magnesium is fail safe; which means what? Calcium, vitamin D and [...]

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Drug Nutrient Depletion and Magnesium

The Gainesville Sun – Drug Muggers Cause Palpitations, Leg Cramps. Scientifically termed drug-nutrient depletion, it’s what I call the “drug-mugging” effect because drugs mug your body of essential nutrients. A failure to understand or accept the drug-mugging effect costs you because you will get diagnosed with a disease you don’t have, take unnecessary medications and [...]

Magnesium May Boost Brain Power

Neuron (journal) – Mice given extra doses of a new magnesium compound had better working memory, long-term memory and greater learning ability. Before you go popping heavy doses of magnesium, however, know that much more testing is needed. Though rodent brains work similarly to ours, animal studies do not always predict what will happen in [...]

Magnesium and Postnatal Care

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnesium sulfate improves neurological outcomes of severe … Early postnatal magnesium sulfate infusions are neuroprotective in term infants with severe perinatal asphyxia, according to a prospective trial conducted in India and published in the May issue of Pediatrics … New York..

Magnesium Reduces Nerve Damage

Reuters – Magnesium useful for newborns with low oxygen. USA – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early treatment with magnesium can reduce the nerve damage seen in infants with low oxygen levels, also referred to as asphyxia … Reuters…