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Nourish Yourself With Natural Magnesium Supplements

Oral magnesium supplements are often ineffective and laxative at therapeutic levels, requiring about a year to raise levels significantly. Intravenous magnesium is the most rapid, but most people don’t like needles, and it may be difficult to find a physician to prescribe them. The simple, painless, no risk method is absorption of magnesium through your body’s largest organ, the skin.

Magnesium oil and gel can help alleviate joint pain & stiffness. It’s also an excellent treatment for skin conditions such as psoriasis and resistant skin rashes.

Magnesium Supplementation for Numerous Symptoms

Treat a wide range of discomforts and disease with magnesium supplementation therapy, such as:
Asthma
Blood clots
Bowel disease
Cystitis
Depression
Detoxification
Diabetes
Fatigue
Heart disease
Hypertension
Hypoglycemia
Insomnia
Kidney disease
Migraine headaches
Musculoskeletal conditions
Nerve problems
Obstetrical problems
Panic attacks
Gynecological problems
Osteoporosis
Raynaud’s syndrome
Tooth decay

Benefits of Magnesium Supplementation Therapy

Improve Sleep
Boost Energy Levels
Relieve Muscle Discomfort
Overcome Stress
Relax Nerves
Improve Bad Mood
Improve Heart Function
Increase Kidney Health
Support Healthy Blood Pressure
Improve Bone Health
Alleviate Various Aches
Keep Bones in Alignment

Listen to Your Body Signals

These signals are in the form of body symptoms. A slight deficiency and you will notice slight depression and lack of well-being. The body is telling you, help, I’m in trouble. Then you start getting headaches, pain in the lower back, stiff, tight muscles, particularly in the back. The body is telling you, I’m in worse trouble, help me! Now!

But you ignore these messages. You haven’t learned to read and decipher them. You seek professional advice and … Well, you know what they advise.

Time goes by and now you start getting muscle cramps, then calcium deposits, muscle twitches and tics, high blood pressure. You ignore it and don’t do anything about these signals.

You start to get nervous; you jump at sudden sounds. You are told that you are getting old, that you can expect this sort of thing. You now have trouble sleeping and continually wake up feeling tired. Your body goes into spasms (involuntary and abnormal muscular contractions) and jerks. Your body is calling out, you idiot, I need help now!

Don’t Ignore Warning Signals

You ignore these signals. Next, you find yourself with a chest pain, called angina. You ignore this also because no one else seems to know what is causing it. You never did learn how to take care of your own body and have always left it to the so-called experts. These experts don’t know either.

The next thing that happens is suddenly your heart starts racing. It goes out of rhythm. You don’t know what to do and neither does anyone else. Then one day, after working out hard physically or being under stress, you suddenly have a heart attack. Your body is telling you, I am in real trouble; I am almost at the end of the line. I need magnesium urgently and fast. NOW! The body is crying out for magnesium. It cannot function unless it has sufficient of this mineral. If you are lucky enough to be in an emergency room with a properly trained resident, he will inject magnesium sulfate into your body and you will probably survive. Which begs the question, WHY WAIT?

The Importance of Magnesium

Magnesium is the most important major mineral that is needed by your body.  In order to function correctly and efficiently, your body needs many nutrients.  However, if it is deficient in magnesium, there are over 350 biochemical reactions that either will not occur at all or will occur very inefficiently.  Also, magnesium is necessary for the correct assimilation of potassium and the correct and efficient functioning of enzymes, the most important of which transport, store and utilize energy.  Many aspects of cell metabolism are regulated by magnesium such as DNA and RNA synthesis, cell growth and cell reproduction.  Magnesium also orchestrates the electric current that sparks through the miles of nerves in our body.

As you can imagine, without magnesium your body is going to be performing at very much less than full capacity.  A deficiency in magnesium can go from slight to very severe and your body will be signaling to you that it is in trouble.

What depletes magnesium?

Aluminum in food and drink containers, baking powder and anti-perspirants blocks many normal magnesium functions.  Unfortunately, a staple of our society’s diet is white flour and 85% of its magnesium has been removed.  Our high consumption of fats and proteins inhibits magnesium absorption.  Environmental pollutants in air, soil and water, emotional stresses and many prescription drugs all aggravate magnesium depletion. 

80% or more of the Unites States population is deficient in magnesium including many who take supplements regularly.  These people may still think that regular magnesium supplements will fix magnesium deficiency.  Unfortunately, this is not the case.  The stress of our modern lifestyle, whether chemical, environmental or mental, depletes magnesium reserves far more rapidly than was previously realized.

The following is a list of things which cause magnesium depletion:  mental stress, physical stress, coffee, sugar, high sodium diet, alcohol, cola type sodas, tobacco, high perspiration, medical drugs of all types, low thyroid, chronic pain, diuretics, a high carbohydrate diet and a high calcium diet.   The more dominant they are in your life, the more magnesium your body will need.  

Calcium? Yes.  Excess calcium can become a real problem.  Excess magnesium, on the other hand, is impossible.  Excess calcium combined with low magnesium will create osteoporosis and fragile bones.

Magnesium to Calcium Ratio

The ratio between magnesium and calcium is very important when dealing with the cause and prevention of a number of disorders including cardiovascular health, heart disease and high blood pressure. The absorption and metabolism of magnesium depends upon calcium intake and vice versa.  Therefore, the balance between these two minerals is especially important.  In view of the overwhelming benefits of magnesium, the traditional ratio of approximately 2 parts calcium to 1 part magnesium needs to be revised.  The ideal ratio for most people’s needs is equal amounts of calcium and magnesium.  If calcium consumption is high, then magnesium intake also needs to be high.  Since calcium and magnesium depend on each other to be assimilated into your body, they should never be taken alone.  Milk has a ratio of about 8 calcium to 1 magnesium causing a problem with milk drinkers.  The high calcium intake can cause a magnesium deficiency which creates ill health.

Magnesium regulates the entrance and utilization of calcium in the cells.  Without magnesium, calcium remains in the body unused.  This will result in calcium deposits in the joints which aggravates arthritis, gallstones, kidney stones and in extreme cases, calcification of the brain and other body organs.  This, in turn, results in memory loss as well as the loss of ability to reason and eventually, the termination of life.  All of these conditions have frequently been known to disappear after taking extra magnesium.

Again, magnesium and calcium must be in the correct proportions.  Otherwise, the calcium becomes a pollutant in the body.  The rule is “never take calcium without magnesium.”  Calcium depends on magnesium for it to assimilate but magnesium does not require calcium in order to function.  In fact, in many cases, magnesium taken on its own without any calcium will help you feel more energetic, stronger and give you a multitude of other benefits as a result of the magnesium being present to do its job.

Excess Calcium Can Cause Magnesium Deficiency

America has the highest rate of milk consumption.  America has the highest consumption rate of calcium supplements.  Yet America has the highest occurrence of osteoporosis in the Western world. Taking more calcium will not fix a calcium deficiency which is quite evident from statistics.  Yet more magnesium will handle the calcium deficiency as well as the magnesium deficiency.

A magnesium deficiency can result in symptoms of internal stress, even when the person takes supplements, if they take more calcium than magnesium.  Extra magnesium can often mean the difference between a stressed body and a completely relaxed one.

Listen to Your Body Signals

These signals are in the form of body symptoms.  A slight deficiency and you will notice slight depression and lack of well being.  The body is telling you “help, I’m in trouble.”  You start getting headaches, pain in the lower back and stiff tight muscles, particularly in the back.  The body is telling you “I’m in worse trouble.  Help me now!”

However, you ignore these messages.  You have not learned to read and decipher them.  You seek professional advice and…well, you know what they advise.

Magnesium Supplementation is Necessary

The recommended daily requirement of magnesium is impossible to obtain from food sources because our soils have been seriously depleted of this mineral by herbicides, pesticides and chemical fertilizers.  Even at the risk of long term health, your body will draw magnesium out of storage in the bones to maintain levels required for health.

Many debilitating and life threatening diseases are associated with magnesium deficiencies such as heart problems, strokes, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, asthma, premenstrual syndrome, attention deficit disorder, anorexia and bulimia, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, hypoglycemia and kidney disease.

Magnesium is a key essential nutrient.  It is necessary for every major process in your body such as digestion, protein synthesis, cellular energy production and glucose metabolism.  Magnesium is also needed for bone strength, muscle strength and heartbeat as well as the functioning of your nervous system.  Without these taking place efficiently, your body is in trouble.

Nourish Yourself with Natural Magnesium Oil and Gel Supplements to Prevent Disease

Oral magnesium supplements are often ineffective and laxative at therapeutic levels requiring about a year to raise levels significantly.  Intravenous magnesium is the most rapid but most people do not like needles and it may be difficult to find a physician to prescribe them.  The simple, painless, no risk method is absorption of magnesium through your skin.

The seaweed extract in the Magnesium Gel is an excellent chelator for dangerous toxins including Iodine-131 and helps your body remove it.  Iodine-131 causes chronic thyroid malfunction that is reflected in overall metabolism, weight management, energy levels and even in other hormonal levels.  Magnesium oil and gel can help alleviate joint pain and stiffness.  It is also an excellent treatment for skin conditions such as psoriasis and resistant skin rashes and will soften and smooth wrinkled skin, fade age spots and nourish sun damaged skin.  It may also be used as a massage oil in physiotherapy and chiropractic applications.

Directions for Using Magnesium Oil and Gel

Add about 2 oz. Magnesium Oil or Gel to your daily bath and soak for at least 20 minutes. Let dry and do not rinse it off. After bathing or showering, apply to your skin anywhere, then let dry. Dilute with water, if desired. If you feel the need, you may rinse it off in the shower or bath. Your body will absorb the magnesium it needs.

As a daily foot soak, in a small basin, add enough Magnesium Oil, or dilute 50/50 with water, to cover the tops of your toes. Soak for 20-30 minutes. When used full strength, the Magnesium Oil may be reused as long as it stays clean. If desired, rinse feet after soaking and towel dry.

As a body spray, mix a solution of 50% Magnesium Oil with 50% water. Spray your entire body and air dry for best results. There is no need for additional washing or rinsing. However, once dried, the natural salts in the Magnesium Oil may be uncomfortable and rinsing is fine.

Feel free to personalize your Magnesium Gel and Magnesium Oil by adding essential oils for an erotic experience! If using essential oils, remember to shake the blend every time you use it as the essential oils will separate from the Magnesium products.

Magnesium Oil and Magnesium Gel may be applied full strength. If you experience stinging, which will happen when you apply it to cut, scraped, broken or damaged skin, use 50/50 dilution with water. Apply the Magnesium Oil and/or gel to areas of concern several times a day and massage gently.

For maintaining oral health, apply gel to your toothbrush, teeth, gums and under your tongue. Even discoloration of teeth can fade. It is effective with abscesses.

Magnesium Oil can be taken internally. As a salt substitute, it can be sprayed onto foods. A little amount mixed in fruit juice takes away the sour taste.

Frankincense Holds Future Key to Fight Cancer

Some Scientists Believe Frankincense Holds Future Key to Fight Cancer
Teresa Neumann (March 1, 2010)

“Working with frankincense could revolutionize the treatment of cancer…Treatment with frankincense could eradicate the cancerous cells alone and let the others live.”

(Oman)—Noting that the frankincense given to Jesus after He was born probably came across the deserts from Oman, the BBC has published an interesting article detailing the history of the precious fragrance and why scientists believe it may someday cure cancer.

Frankincense from YeminImmunologist Mahmoud Suhail, and other scientists, “have observed that there is some agent within frankincense which stops cancer spreading, and which induces cancerous cells to close themselves down.” (Photo: Wikipedia)

“Cancer starts when the DNA code within the cell’s nucleus becomes corrupted,” says Suhail. “It seems frankincense has a re-set function. It can tell the cell what the right DNA code should be. Frankincense separates the ‘brain’ of the cancerous cell—the nucleus—from the ‘body’—the cytoplasm, and closes down the nucleus to stop it from reproducing corrupted DNA codes.”

According to the report, “Working with frankincense could revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Currently, with chemotherapy, doctors blast the area around a tumor to kill the cancer, but that also kills healthy cells, and weakens the patient. Treatment with frankincense could eradicate the cancerous cells alone and let the others live.”

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A Highly Acidic body

A highly acidic pH level  puts the pancreas, liver, and all the body’s organs at risk. Because of the important role played by the liver in removing acid waste from the body, liver function is particularly at risk when acids accumulate. When acidity prevents the liver and pancreas from regulating blood sugar, the risk of diabetes will increase.

We already know that sodium bicarbonate dramatically slows the progress of chronic kidney disease but few have followed the logical conclusion that it would also be a front line defense against diabetes. From prevention to treatment and to part of a cure, common Baking Soda is an essential tool in working with diabetic and metabolic syndromes. Obviously it does not take the place of an alkaline diet and water but bicarbonate is a front line medicine that doctors and patients can employ orally and transdermally in baths.

Sodium bicarbonate injections are already indicated in the treatment of metabolic acidosis, which may occur in severe renal disease, uncontrolled diabetes, and circulatory insufficiency due to shock or severe dehydration, extracorporeal circulation of blood, cardiac arrest and severe primary lactic acidosis. But sodium bicarbonate can be used safely at home orally and transdermally (and should always be used with magnesium chloride for greatest effect) in all stages of diabetes.

Low grade chronic metabolic acidosis exists normally in humans eating ordinary diets,
and that the degree of acidosis increases with age.
Dr Lynda Frassetto

According to Dr Lynda Frassetto, an acid – alkaline researcher from the University of California, “We have been forced to turn an evolutionary corner.” Our bodies are so overwhelmed with cellular acid-waste that “We simply do not handle acid waste the way we used to.” People as diverse as Edgar Cayce, Dr. William Howard Hay, MD and Dr. Theodore A. Baroody, ND, author of “Alkalinize or Die”, along with Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD, Dsc, ND are trying to alert us to what is actually killing us and causing untold needless suffering.

Dr. Young, states: “Excess acidity is a condition that weakens all body systems. Excess acidity forces the body to borrow minerals – including sodium, calcium, potassium and magnesium – from vital organs and bones to buffer (neutralize) the acid and to safely remove it from the body. As a result, the body can suffer severe and prolonged ‘corrosion’ due to high acidity – a condition that may go undetected for years. Over-acidity affects virtually every person in Westernized society because of our dietary and lifestyle choices and ecological exposure – resulting in creating our own “internal environment where dis-ease can easily manifest, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows for normal body functions – necessary for the body to resist dis-ease. The pancreas is one of our body’s organs charged with the awesome responsibility to “alkalinize” us … can you start to see how our serious acidosis has overwhelmed our pancreas’ ability to operate effectively, that then results in a state called “diabetes.”

Rather than focusing on the tissues or organ we concentrate on the fluids that surround the tissues and organs. The cells or organs are only as healthy as the fluids in which they are bathed in.
Dr. Robert O. Young

Not only does high acidity make you vulnerable to diabetes. The impact of diabetes on the body increases the level of acid waste. Therefore improper pH balance puts diabetics at greater risk for complications such as kidney failure, gangrene and blindness. A diabetic suffers from an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, glucose that cannot be delivered properly to the body’s cells due to lack of insulin. As the liver absorbs more and more of the excess glucose, its ability to remove toxins from the body becomes impaired. As the toxins multiply, the acid level in the body increases.

Because glucose is not delivered properly to the body’s cells, the cells start to malfunction. They expel increasing amounts of acid waste. Some of the excess acid filters through the kidneys, causing damage that can lead to kidney failure. Some of the acid accumulates in the liver, further damaging the liver’s ability to remove toxins. Acid that is not filtered out or stored can attach to and harden the cell walls, further preventing the cells from absorbing nutrients. Eventually the cells die, starting with the glucose-dependent eyes and the extremities where it’s more difficult for nutrients to reach. Blindness and gangrene can result.

Many different causes exist for the disease called Renal Tubular Acidosis which also causes the blood to become too acidic and leads to kidney failure if not treated early. Without proper treatment, chronic acidity of the blood leads to growth retardation, kidney stones, bone disease, chronic kidney disease, and possibly total kidney failure. In all cases, the first goal of therapy is to neutralize acid in the blood, and this is done with IV and oral sodium bicarbonate, though different treatments may be needed to address the different underlying causes of acidosis.

Fortunately, a significant reduction of acids in your body can lead to organ regeneration and improved health. A diet that’s more alkaline can help you reverse the damage caused by acidity and diabetes. The right combination of fresh vegetable juices, for example, can help your body break down and destroy excessive acid waste. For a doubly positive impact, eliminate refined carbohydrates from your diet. Not only do refined carbohydrates make it difficult to control your blood sugar balance, but they also increase your body’s acidity. Vitamin and mineral supplements specially formulated to balance pH are an important part of your strategy with spirulina, wheatgrass and barley juice on top of the list in this regard. These are actually the best full spectrum vitamin and mineral supplements. Real food, not synthetic supplements, are hugely more effective.