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Magnesium for Rejuvenation Other Health Benefits Calcium and magnesium are opposites in their effects on We see how essential magnesium is to the normal our body structure. As a general rule, the softer our body _ function of the cardiovascular and nervous systems as well structure, the more we need calcium; the more rigid and _as in over 300 enzyme reactions and in energy production. inflexible it is, the less calcium and the more magnesium According to Mark Sircus: we need. Magnesium can reverse the age-related Magnesium is the single most important mineral for degenerative calcification of our body structure and, with maintaining proper electrical balance and facilitating this, help us to rejuvenate. Walter Last calls magnesium smooth metabolism in cells. Magnesium is the second "the mineral for rejuvenation". most abundant intracellular and the fourth most Young women, children and, most of all, babies have abundant cation (positively charged ion) in the body. soft body structures and smooth skin, with low calcium It is a transmembrane and intracellular modulator of and high magnesium levels in their organs and soft tissues. cellular electrical activity. As such, a deficiency in the They generally need high calcium body is nothing short of disastrous intakes. This is the biochemistry of for the cell's life. Yet, this fact is youth. As we age, we become more not widely known.” and more inflexible; this is most pronounced in old men and post- And is it not at the cellular level that menopausal women. health and disease start? The arteries harden to cause We see how essential Sircus also. says: "Without arteriosclerosis; the skeletal system magnesium there is no energy, no calcifies to cause rigidity, with fusion magnesium is to the movement, no life."”! of the spine and joints; kidneys and . In practice, I often use the help of a other organs and glands increasingly normal function of reference software program called calcify and harden, with stone the cardiovascular Hyperhealth (the definitive database for formation; calcification in the eyes natural medicine based on published causes cataracts; and even the skin and nervous systems scientific research; see http://www. hardens, becoming tough and . hyperhealth.com). It lists the wrinkled. In this way, calcium is as well as in over health benefits that magnesium in the same league as oxygen and 300 enzyme reactions exerts on the different body free radicals, while magnesium ° systems, including the and in energy production. works together with hydrogen and cardiovascular and nervous the antioxidants to keep the body systems (as already stated) and the structure soft. digestive, respiratory, excretory, While a higher magnesium lymphatic, immune, intake is beneficial for most musculoskeletal, respiratory and individuals, those with low blood reproductive systems, as well as on pressure usually require more energy production. calcium. Normal blood pressure is It mentions magnesium's about 120/80; the lower it is, the positive influence on metabolism higher should be the daily intake such as in control of weight, blood of calcium. While those with high blood pressure may __ sugar and cholesterol, and states that magnesium is needed benefit from ingesting up to twice as much magnesium as _for protein, starch and fat metabolism and is important in calcium, those with low blood pressure may take twice as __ liver, thyroid and parathyroid function. It even lists much calcium as magnesium, but both minerals in __ benefits in hearing, vision and oral health. relatively high amounts. Those with low blood pressure The pathologies associated with magnesium deficiency and a tendency towards inflammation may also reduce are staggering: hypertension and other cardiovascular their intake of phosphorus. diseases, kidney and liver damage, migraine, multiple A gynaecologist reported that some of the first organs to sclerosis, glaucoma, Alzheimer's disease, recurrent calcify are the ovaries, leading to premenstrual tension. _ bacterial infections, fungal infections, premenstrual When he put his patients on a high magnesium intake, syndrome, calcium and potassium deficiency, diabetes, their PMT vanished and they felt and looked much cramps, muscle weakness, impotence, aggression, younger. Most of these women said that they lost weight, _fibromas, hearing loss and iron accumulation.” increased their energy, felt less depressed and enjoyed sex Increased magnesium intake helps to prevent or dissolve again much more than before. For men, magnesium is _ kidney stones and gall bladder stones.* Activation of equally beneficial for problems arising from an enlarged digestive enzymes and bile production as well as prostate gland. Symptoms commonly improve after a improvement of intestinal flora health are factors that period of supplementation with magnesium chloride.” make magnesium chloride beneficial in normalising Other Health Benefits We see how essential magnesium is to the normal function of the cardiovascular and nervous systems as well as in over 300 enzyme reactions and in energy production. According to Mark Sircus: Magnesium is the single most important mineral for maintaining proper electrical balance and facilitating smooth metabolism in cells. Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular and the fourth most abundant cation (positively charged ion) in the body. It is a transmembrane and intracellular modulator of cellular electrical activity. As such, a deficiency in the body is nothing short of disastrous for the cell's life. Yet, this fact is not widely known.” "Without 300 enzyme reactions and in energy production. NEXUS ¢ 25 We see how essential magnesium is to the normal function of the cardiovascular and nervous systems as well as in over OCTOBER — NOVEMBER 2008 www.nexusmagazine.com