DR. MERCOLA: According to researchers, over a third of all cellular magnesium is found in mitochondria, and various cellular processes rely on this mineral to function.

“According to researchers, over a third of all cellular magnesium is found in mitochondria, and various cellular processes rely on this mineral to function. When magnesium mitochondrial homeostasis is disrupted, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) production becomes compromised and…

— Wejolyn 🇺🇸 (@Wejolyn) September 18, 2024

DR. CAROLYN DEAN, M.D., ND: Our high-calcium [cheesy] diet and tendency to take calcium supplements make getting enough magnesium almost impossible.

A 2015 study confirms that magnesium has a major role in dissolving calcium crystals in calcified arteries. All muscle cells including those of the heart & of the smooth muscles lining the blood vessels, contain more magnesium than calcium. If magnesium is deficient calcium floods into the smooth muscle cells of blood vessels and causes spasms, leading to constricted blood vessels and therefore higher blood pressure, arterial spasm, angina, and heart attack. A proper balance of magnesium to calcium can prevent these symptoms. Calcium excess stimulating the cells in the muscular layer of the temporal arteries (located over the temples) can cause migraine headaches. Excess calcium can constrict the smooth muscle surrounding the small airways of the lungs, causing restricted breathing and asthma. Finally… too much calcium, without the protective effect of magnesium can irritate delicate nerve cells of the brain. Cells that are irritated by calcium fire electrical impulses repeatedly, depleting their energy stores and causing cell death (DR. CAROLYN DEAN, MD, ND)

“The irony of the calcium-magnesium story is that without magnesium, calcium will not work properly in the cells, but it will inappropriately precipitate out into soft tissues. However, our high-calcium diet and tendency to take calcium supplements make getting enough magnesium… pic.twitter.com/PBHwAf1zRe

— Wejolyn 🇺🇸 (@Wejolyn) July 5, 2024

"Understanding Magnesium," Dr. Carolyn Dean, 2023.

"Magnesium and Longevity," Dr. Carolyn Dean, 2023.

"Magnesium and Heart Health: What You Need to Know," Dr. Carolyn Dean, 2023.

In "Are You Taking Too Much Calcium," Dr. Dean writes,

During one of my radio shows where the topic was magnesium and osteoporosis, I shared the following:

Did you know that there are approximately seventeen nutrients essential for healthy bones, including magnesium, the most important mineral, along with calcium? Susan Brown, Ph.D., Director of the Osteoporosis Education Project in Syracuse, New York, [be sure to check out her videos] warns that “the use of calcium supplementation in the face of magnesium deficiency can lead to a deposition of calcium in the soft tissue such as the joints, promoting arthritis, or in the kidney, contributing to kidney stones.” Dr. Brown recommends a daily dose of 450 mg of magnesium for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

To meet Dr. Brown’s “requirement” for 17 nutrients, I recommend, picometer liquid magnesium [ why this type?  For greatest absorption], calcium in the diet, a picometer liquid multiple mineral, food-based vitamins, ¼ tsp of a good colorful sea salt in each liter of your drinking water. 

Further, Dr. Dean's point on the calcium/magnesium conflict provides excellent insight, 

Calcium and magnesium are antagonists, and this antagonism drives many functions of the body. For example, calcium contracts muscles; whereas, magnesium relaxes muscles. Magnesium helps reduce blood clots; whereas, calcium helps with blood clotting. Calcium may contribute to inflammation according to several studies; magnesium is a natural anti-inflammatory. This opposition helps the heart to beat, contributes to blood circulation, and allows us to move our bodies. 

Do you want to be precise on your calcium intake?  Try the app, Cronometer.

To discover how much calcium is in the food you eat, begin with the Cronometer, an app that helps you add up the nutrients in your diet to see if you are getting the 600mg of calcium you require.

Got questions about magnesium?  Go ahead and ask: questions@drcarolyndean.com.  You can also call: 888-577-3703. 

Magnesium: The Missing Link to Total Health (Revised) https://t.co/SQZx7hoDdk via @amazon

— St. Michael, the Archangel (@aveng_angel) July 5, 2024

DR. MICHAEL NEHLS: if it activates the immune system of the brain, it shuts down the function of the mental immune system and shuts down the production of nerve cells that should be produced in order for us to have mental energy, to think, to have a high level of resilience, to be curious, and even to be able to have doubt about things that are happening

there is sufficient evidence that shows that once it enters the brain it activates the immune system in the brain.  And if it activates the immune system of the brain, it shuts down the function of the mental immune system [in the hippocampus]. It shuts down the production of nerve cells that should be produced in order for us to have mental energy, to think, to have a high level of resilience, to be curious, and even to be able to have doubt about things that are happening. --Dr. Michael Nehls

Covid mRNA injections were intentionally designed to debase human intelligence and cognition. Learn more at our interview of Dr. Michael Nehls https://t.co/MeupPzp3Fd read his book The Indoctrinated Brain from Skyhorse https://t.co/DhHWi9WzyD https://t.co/HLeYTZ4A8O

— The Solari Report (@solari_the) June 18, 2024

I don't want to call it a vaccine, it's a spiking program.  It's delivering the mRNA of the spike protein . . . 

I call it an experimental gene therapy.

Yeah, that's what it is fundamentally, but practically speaking it delivers the spike protein to all of our cells.  I mean the mRNA, eventually the spike protein, and particularly a modified spike version, a version of the spike protein, after the cleavage that takes place after this bio-weaponizing introduction of the furin cleavage site, you have this S1 supplement, and the S1 supplulent is able to transverse into the brain, over the blood brainer, BBB.  And here it's clearly shown and there is sufficient evidence that shows that once it enters the brain it activates the immune system in the brain.  And if it activates the immune system of the brain it shuts down the function of the mental immune system. It shuts down the production of nerve cells that should be produced in order for us to have mental energy, to think, to have a high level of resilience, to be curious, and even to be able to have doubt about things that are happening.  So that is shut down by this spike protein, and it was known already in 2007, 2008 from another SARS-CoV-1 virus that made this possible.  And the modifications they made by infusing the spike, the furin cleavage site into the spike protein allowed essentially now to have a more efficient bioweapon essentially targeting the brain. 

Dr. Michael Nehls explains that there are countermeasures to brain deterioration.  Vitamin D3 first and foremost.  Remember that magnesium needs to accompany the D3 for it to work.  Give a listen @ the 6:22.

The Indoctrinated Brain: How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom, Michael Nehls, Naomi Wolf, 2023.

The Indoctrinated Brain: How to Successfully Fend Off the Global Attack on Your Mental Freedom https://t.co/j9UPxfSgpf via @amazon

— St. Michael, the Archangel (@aveng_angel) June 18, 2024

a higher intake of magnesium leads to more brain volume. In this study, on average, higher baseline dietary Magnesium intake was associated with larger brain volumes in both men and women.

“Our study shows a 41% increase in magnesium intake could lead to less age-related brain shrinkage, which is associated with better cognitive function and lower risk or delayed onset of dementia in later life” from the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab at the Australian National University (ANU)

HT: @Mindzatwork https://t.co/oc1yWDErx1

— J P Fanton (@HealthyFellow) January 13, 2024

The study concludes that,

Summary: Adding more magnesium-rich foods, such as spinach and nuts, to your daily diet can help reduce age-related brain shrinkage and stave off symptoms of dementia. 

I am sure that spinach and nuts could help, but red meat from ruminant animals is the ticket for raising magnesium.   

Life Extension Neuro-mag Magnesium L-threonate, Magnesium L-threonate, Brain Health, Memory & Attention, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, Non-GMO, 90 Vegetarian Capsules https://t.co/gouIJJGdgx via @amazon

— St. Michael, the Archangel (@aveng_angel) January 13, 2024

Again… fluoride binds magnesium- making it unavailable pic.twitter.com/YtlLuKgZ20

— Wejolyn 🇺🇸 (@Wejolyn) January 9, 2024

Magnesium is a pain killer. Magnesium Glycinate (Glycerin) for Sore Throats . . .

Need an alternative to 'pain killer' meds (that have negative impacts on your gut & microbiome even slowing your healing?)

Try magnesium - but ideally not the magnesium oxide version

There are other options available too depending on where the pain is
eg Glycerin for throats https://t.co/K2fLFpSNFO

— Magnesium Girl - Yin solutions in a yang world (@LocalRachel) December 1, 2022

"elevated Magnesium levels significantly reduced the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and regulated its function in vitro"

"elevated Magnesium levels significantly reduced the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability and regulated its function in vitro"

Study from 2018.

Could the reason for brain fog & dementia link to magnesium deficiency?https://t.co/pByG79P7ql

— Magnesium Girl - Yin solutions in a yang world (@LocalRachel) January 19, 2022

MAGNESIUM:Improves the ability of the immune system to eliminate infected & cancerous cells.

2011 - one of my first blogging themes.
Magnesium is how our immune cells kill cancerous or infected cells. https://t.co/r8QKhd6CSU

— Jennifer Depew, RD (@deNutrients) January 26, 2022

"Higher Intakes of Potassium and Magnesium, but Not Lower Sodium, Reduce Cardiovascular Risk.."

Yep https://t.co/lydQYELX6O

— Jennifer Depew, RD (@deNutrients) January 14, 2022

RUDOLPH STEINER ON VACCINES, 1917

This is the best quote on vaccines from Steiner,

“I have told you that the spirits of darkness are going to inspire their human hosts, in whom they will be dwelling, to find a vaccine that will drive all inclination toward spirituality out of people’s souls when they are still very young, and this will happen in a roundabout way through the living body. Today, bodies are vaccinated against one thing and another; in future, children will be vaccinated with a substance which it will certainly be possible to produce, and this will make them immune, so that they do not develop foolish inclinations connected with spiritual life – ‘foolish’ here, or course, in the eyes of materialists. . . . 

I don't know.  I count 30 different vaccines that the CDC has determined should be a part of your child's vaccination schedule from the first month of life all the way to your 18th year.  And to think that pediatricians get on board with this and coerce new parents into accepting poisons to be injected into their babies. 

Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, educator, and spiritualist, and over the course of his life, he published numerous books and papers on the science of spirituality. He viewed the human body as a spiritual vessel, open to occupation by other entities.

To be conscious of these forces was to have the power to reject their negative influence. To remain unconscious of them was to be a leaf in their wind, and spiritual cultivation was the key to developing a conscious awareness of them.  

He was no slouch.

Steiner was an editor on the works of Goethe and Schopenhauer, and an expert on German philosophers in general. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Rostok – he was an accredited intellectual – and he founded his own new philosophy of Anthroposophy.

This concept postulates an objective, intellectually understood spiritual world which can be directly experienced through the development of one’s mental faculties of perception, imagination, and intuition. It values independent thinking and conclusions based on intuition, though subject to rational, scientific verification. Anthroposophy merges science and spirituality without dogma or institutions, just individual rationalization. This view of reality came after a personal vision Steiner had of meeting Christ in person. In Steiner’s words, his personal “experience culminated in my standing in the spiritual presence of the Mystery of Golgotha in a most profound and solemn festival of knowledge.” 

Eastern religion can be fascinating.

Some students of Zoroastrianism think Ahriman may be the first description of the Antichrist.

In the earliest texts of Zoroaster, in Yasna 45:2 of the Avestan language Gathas, “Angra Mainyu” was the “angry spirit” or spirit of destruction or evil which was Zoroaster’s antithesis to Ahura Mazda, the spirit of good and creation. In the Persian language that followed Avestan, “Angra Mainyu” became “Ahriman.” Much later Persian traditions would write Ahriman’s name upside down in contempt for the destructive one “whose religion is evil.” Even later concepts of Ahriman describe the Creator’s omniscient foreknowledge of Ahriman’s future evil rebellion, but that it would be wrong “to punish Ahriman before he wrought evil” before he commits it. The world must wait for the conclusive battle between good and evil, even though the Creator knows how and when evil will inevitably lose. 

I've witnessed this loss of spirit, loss of personality, loss of sense of humor in some folks who've been vaccinated.  It is hammering their immune system and causing them to be a bit angry.  One of the best remedies for this vaccinated anger is magnesium.  Take Magnesium Glycinate.  

But it's not just vaccines that are murdering the soul, it's all of modern medicine.  The following image is taken from ForTrueHumanity.  You do have options.  And if you're one of those folks who doesn't really trust the nutritional supplement market, there are ways that you can hold them accountable that you can in no way hold the vaccine manufacturers accountable.

When do we wake up?  When do we begin to fight?  When do the troglodytes of big pharma return to the bowels of a dark hell from where they're spawned?  

Magnesium deficiency is my guess. Can cause anxiety or anger, hot temper, even violence.

Sp!ke likely blocks Magnesium absorption in the GI tract. Home Page https://t.co/jBNydFI03c https://t.co/UatS2i5Z2a

— Jennifer Depew, RD (@deNutrients) January 13, 2022

“Angra Mainyu” was the “angry spirit” or spirit of destruction or evil which was Zoroaster’s antithesis to Ahura Mazda, the spirit of good and creation.  

If you want to dissolve that Angra Mainyu in you, that angry spirit of destruction, then you should be on magnesium, even more so if you're vaccinated.

"I have a breathing disorder. I like breathing fresh air."

First, I want to thank Robert Wenzel for keeping on top of all issues surrounding the COVID-lockdown-riot nonsense.  The way that the local mini-Maos, not Mini-Mouse, are dictating how to behave to taxpayers and how they've got people scared to death in fear of their neighbor if they get sick, sneeze or cough is an abomination and needs to be fought against.  That's where Wenzel comes in.  He posts these videos from a few shoppers who've gained entrance into different WalMarts in Missouri and Mississippi.  And even though the mask-monitors reminded him that he must wear a mask, the shopper was able to get through on an exemption.  You need to do the same.  Check these out.

Here's video #1.  The guy says, "I was talking to your corporate, and he said that exemptions were allowed."  

"Yes, sir.  Of course."  Notice that no question about the specifics on the exemptions was raised.  That's our advantage.  That's where you want to be.

Here's video #2.  I loved this one.  Both customers loathe wearing a mask and complying with the stupid mandate.

Here's video #3.  

Here's video #4.  

The videos are courtesy NoMask.Info.

So what's the answer in any store that you go into, or what's the answer for getting your employer to bend to your will or exemption?  Stand strong on your beliefs.  Stick to what you believe.  If we give up, we'll never get back our freedoms again."

Zinc is the premiere anti-viral compound as is vitamin D.  Take them in conjunction.  Though I have yet to try this particular zinc product, the price looks pretty good.  You get 90 lozenges of zinc acetate that is powerful medicine to regrow your thymus gland for $30.  That's less than $10 per bottle and about $.33 per lozenge.  Not bad.  I want to try this brand because I trust the producer, Bill Sardi.  There are, however, other brands. 

But whatever brand of zinc you take, try it with magnesium.  Magnesium enhances the effects of almost any nutritional compound you consume.  

WITHOUT MAGNESIUM, YOUR TEETH WILL PRODUCE ONLY SOFT ENAMEL

I thought I'd send along the latest findings from Bill Sardi with his "34 Ways to Stay Healthy that Costs Next to Nothing."  I figure that with 34 different ways to stay healthy, there ought to be something in here for everybody.  In section #5 on Teeth, I found an article that Sardi links to on the connection between magnesium and dental health.  On the link to the NCBI summary, it states that

increased serum Mg/Ca was significantly associated with reduced probing depth . . . , less attachment loss . . . , and a higher number of remaining teeth . . . .  Subjects taking Mg drugs showed less attachment loss . . . and more remaining teeth than did their matched counterparts.  These results suggest that nutritional magnesium supplements may improve periodontal health.

That means that the greater the amount of magnesium in your blood, the longer your teeth will last in your mouth AND the harder your teeth will be.  Without magnesium, your teeth will produce only soft enamel.  Further, increased magnesium means fewer craters or fewer "probing depth[s]" in your teeth, fewer lost teeth or "less attachment loss," meaning that a greater number of teeth remain in your head.  All this thanks to magnesium.  Will your dentist ever tell you this?  He can't.  Or she can't.  Or it can't.  Magnesium supplements are a much better option than having to deal with that idiot in a white coat who asks you to lie prostrate in a chair and, after shooting you up with novocaine, commands you to say "Aaah." 

So more magnesium in your blood keeps your teeth.  

Big deal, right?  Big whoop!  You already knew that, right?  Well, you might also want to know that applying magnesium onto your toothbrush is also an effective way to remineralize your teeth.  

REMINERALIZATION THRU MAGNESIUM

Yep.  First time I ever heard of remineralizing your teeth was in 2013 and I thought it was a hoax.  But it sounded like something was possible.  But the dentist was promoting Xylitol, a sugar-free, sweetener found in gum, mouthwash, toothpaste, and other products for its anti-bacterial capabilities.  But it was still sugar.  So the recommendation to use Xylitol gum from a dentist meant most likely that this was another dentist trying to sell me something to pay down his beach-front condo and boat docked in Mazatlan instead of directing me to the nutritional compounds that would nourish my teeth.  [Mike, you're so cynical.]  

NUTRITION

With nutrition, we're never going to achieve corrective or therapeutic levels of nutrients by eating the right foods unless you're eating all day.  Who has the time or the energy for that?  To get daily amounts of vitamin C, you need to eat like 3 oranges.  Good luck with that.

What really remineralizes teeth and corrects periodontal disease is magnesium--magnesium that you ingest in the form of a supplement and magnesium that you apply topically to your teeth.  

But what about calcium, you ask?  (You were thinking that, weren't you?)  You don't need to supplement with calcium since the dairy industry fills up one to two aisles in your supermarket where folks get plenty of cheese, milk, yogurt, ice cream, butter, and the list goes on . . . or does it?  So you're getting plenty of calcium already.  

If you want hardened teeth, you'll want to use fluoride toothpaste.  The fluoride-free toothpastes were a craze that I bought into because of reports of toxicity with fluoride.  There is fluoride in municipal water supplies (in your tap water) and that fluoride is probably there to lower IQ more than it is to protect your teeth as the authorities, ahem, claim.  The amount of dental protection from fluoridated water is next to nothing.  So if it doesn't really protect people's teeth, then what the heck is it doing in your tap water?  Even worse perhaps than fluoride in the city water supply, if that weren't bad enough, is the chlorine in the water.  Over a lifetime, chlorinated water does raise the risk of colon cancer.  Thank God for the free market that bottles water.  If you use only fluoride-free toothpaste, it might make you feel like you're doing the right thing, but it render weak enamel and weak roots later on.  So fluoride toothpaste, my brothers and sisters, fluoride toothpaste.  

One Dr. Carolyn Dean [whom I've not followed] writes

I think the following report is even more amazing. “I want to tell you a wonderful thing about Magnesium. I had pyorrhea and gingivitis for years. When I started taking magnesium the pyorrhea and gingivitis cleared up. Then I noticed my right front cuspid was thinner than the left but there was also a diagonal chip in the left cuspid. I began a regimen of brushing my teeth with magnesium and within 3 months the tooth had remineralized. Both teeth are fine and the right cuspid that was thinner is now normal. It truly is a miracle mineral. I told my dentist about it but really, he didn’t pay attention. Professionals think it’s some kind of idiocy. When will they wake up?”

The type of magnesium to use on your toothbrush is magnesium oil. This is a supersaturated magnesium chloride (from seawater) in distilled water.

Not all magnesium is created equal, despite what Nancy Pelosi says.  Magnesium Oxide is ubiquitous.  It's in all of the Magnesium Complexes, and it is poorly absorbed, only about 4% of it is absorbed because it is mainly a powerful laxative.  Hello!  The preferred forms of magnesium are malate, magnesium chloride, and taurate.  I've used Citrate but learned just recently that it's not the best.  My favorite magnesium is Magtein, the brand name for Magnesium L-Threonate, which is great for the central nervous system.  Wow.  I've tried the magnesium malate but didn't like the effect for some reason.  o I will try the taurate.

Final word, vitamin D hardens enamel.  

Vitamin A supports tooth pulp.  

Vitamin C feeds blood vessels that protects your gums.  

Add magnesium as a topical and keep your pearly whites shinin' like the brightest stars in the universe.  

ReMag is a product formulated by Dr. Carolyn Dean.  Find her website here.  She's branded herself as "The Doctor of the Future."  Hello!

For more information on this product, please take a minute to watch this.  

SUPPLEMENTAL MAGNESIUM IS CRITICAL FOR DIABETICS

Here I review Bill Sardi's article, "On Controlling Diabetes Free of Prescription Drugs."

It is amazing to me how helpless those with diabetes talk about their condition.  It used to be called a disease.  Now it's just a metabolic condition. 

Herbal supplements, like cinnamon, are touted for their ability to control

blood sugar levels.

It can certainly become a disease.  But without a glitch each person I know who has it treats it as though it is a life sentence handed down to them from their genetic make-up by claiming that "My mother had it, my father had it, and my grandmother had it."  No doubt.  

So what I hear is a surrender to a condition that they believe the primary cause is genetic and not food or diet related.  And it certainly is difficult to see the faults in eating habits when you've lived those habits your whole life.  I should know . . . though thankfully I've not yet been diagnosed with diabetes.  By the time we're adults, I would think that most people should the know the error of their ways and jettison breakfast cereals and soda pop.  Many adults who survived the onslaught of a sugary diet from childhood celebrate the survival of childhood excesses by announcing "Oh, I ate four bowls of Captain Crunch" or "I downed 5 bowls of Coco Puffs before I drank a 6 pack of Cherry Cola.  Just the thought now of those soda binges wears me out.  Two, high-energy adults I've worked with have both been addicted to Diet-Pepsi.  I mean a 6-pack a day.  I could only shake my head at what that HFCS was doing to their hormones.  iSe la vie! 

But here again, it's Bill Sardi who lays out a new way of seeing old problems.  He's not simply pulling these assessments out of a hat but he cites research after research, collating data to demonstrate that a lot of the medical assumptions that have reached the popular culture are just wrong.  With regards to diabetes, not completely wrong, but wrong as to the causes.  The cause is the overconsumption of sugar in all of its forms.  Bill Sardi takes it apart, starting with almost a comical scene--a meeting in which the nation's largest food companies were asked to "share" some of the responsibility.  I laugh because when I emailed Pederson's bacon about their use of soy as feed for the pigs, I got a reply that went like this "If we told you, we'd have to kill you."  That was their attempt at a joke, of course, a Customer Service joke.  Ha, ha.  But one has to ask--Should customer service be joking like that?  So, I turn to honest, direct and ethical men like Bill Sardi.  He starts

At a 1999 conclave, executives of the nation’s biggest food companies walked out on a meeting that attempted to get them to share some of the responsibility for the then growing diabesity epidemic.  [New York Times Feb 20, 2013]  With sugarized bacon, ketchup, peanut butter, wrapped meats, salad dressings and processed foods dominating grocery store shelves, shockingly half the nation now is diabetic or pre-diabetic.  [LA Times Sept 8, 2015; Journal American Medical Assn. Sept 8, 2015] 

That's about right.  I couldn't imagine anything good coming from this meeting either.  Absolutely--high blood sugar levels are the causes of diabetes.  The answer then is to bring down the high blood sugar levels by removing from one's diet those foods that cause it to soar, regardless if they are traditional foods of your culture.  

Pre-diabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as adult-onset (type II) diabetes and you have not developed symptoms yet (eyes, kidneys, heart, pancreas).  You are more likely to develop full-blown diabetes within 2 to 10 years. [Mayo Clinic] 

What I find interesting is that the theory of a disease is driven in part, perhaps in large part, by a pharmaceutical monopoly on the medicines that treat specific diseases put forth by institutions funded by the companies providing the antidote.  Wow!  Does that ever sound conspiratorial.  But it is mainly just folks jimmying with the free market.  Instead of allowing the customer or patient to find his own cure, conglommerants put enough safeguards in place so as to ensure a higher percentage of patients purchasing their prescription.  And so the narrative that folks walk around with in their heads about a condition is an old one.  Hell, it's antique.  So as the profession has a lock on the narratives that filter down to us folks, we are left with antiquated knowledge that serves as a terrible guide for greater health.  

On the diabetic front, Sardi points out important feature of diabetic drugs--

It is common for diabetics to experience frequent urination.  Elevated blood sugar has diuretic action induces frequent urination which results in loss of nutrients.  Yet replacement of lost nutrients is not the mainstay of diabetic therapy.

I wonder how many diabetics know this.  What is astounding is that physicians are phyto-phobic and mineral phobic when it comes to diabetes.  Sardi explains that supplemental magnesium is critical for diabetics.  

More than 50% of diabetics take dietary supplements, but most are unguided.  [Diabetic Educator 2011]  Even dietitians look at dietary supplements with disdain when it comes to diabetes.  One prominent dietitian says she doesn’t recommend over-the-counter supplements for fear of possible drug contraindications. 

She says: “I’d never advise anyone to take extra magnesium or to use a supplement-level doses of herbal remedies that claim to lower blood sugar.”  [Todays Dietitian Nov 2011]  Yet, as you will learn below, supplemental magnesium is critical for diabetics. 

Phyto-phobic physicians themselves issue caution over dietary supplements interfering with anti-diabetic drugs even though vitamins and minerals are essential for life.  It may be the drugs that are interfering with nutrients. [Advances Clinical Experimental Medicine Nov 2014]

And people wonder why doctors are held in such contempt.  Perhaps they hold your health in contempt.  More importantly, it is vitamins and minerals that are the first line of defense.  This goes for any non-diabetic individuals as well. 

 In development of a list of supplemental nutrients for diabetics, essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamins C and D should be given priority over herbal or other supplements.  While there are many herbal supplements that are touted for sugar control (among them cinnamon, Gymnema sylvestre, and many others), it is important to first utilize essential nutrients (vitamins and minerals) in a daily dietary supplement regimen for diabetics. 

Could it be clearer?  If someone has diabetes, your first line of attack is a daily vitamin C and D supplement.  Commit to this regime for a few weeks first before you look for the long-term benefits from herbs, like cinnamon, to bring under control other symptoms associated with diabetes.  

MAGNESIUM for DIABETIC CONDITIONS

Low magnesium blood levels are common among adults with diabetes. [Journal College Physicians Surgery Pakistan Nov 2014]

Low dietary intake of magnesium or increased excretion of magnesium due to diuretic use, are the most common causes of magnesium deficiency.  [World Journal Diabetes Aug 2015; Journal Renal Injury Prevention 2014]

Blood serum magnesium levels decline as blood sugar levels rise.  The hemoglobin A1c blood test, a measure of long-term blood sugar status, rises as serum magnesium levels decline.  [Diabetes Metabolism Syndrome Jan 2015]

In another study, 382 mg of supplemental magnesium taken over a 4-month period resulted in 50.8% of supplemented patients improving their blood glucose levels compared to just 7.0% taking an inactive placebo.  [Diabetic Metabolism June 2015]

One of the biological actions of metformin, a commonly prescribed anti-diabetic drug, is it raises magnesium levels. [Biology Trace Element Research July 2011]

Magnesium has been proposed as a public health strategy against diabetes.  Diabetics are commonly deficient in magnesium.  Insulin and glucose regulate magnesium and visa versa. 

There is considerable evidence that diligent magnesium supplementation may delay the progression from impaired blood sugar (glucose) regulation to adult-onset diabetes.  [Diabetes Obesity Metabolism Sept 2015]

In one study, just 100 mg increase of supplemental or dietary magnesium was associated with a 16% risk reduction for diabetes.  [Biomedical Environmental Science July 2015]

In one study of 54 diabetic patients, 300 milligrams of supplemental daily magnesium improved blood sugar (glucose) levels. [Medical Journal Islam Republic Iran July 2014]

How many diabetics have ever heard of an iron overload as one of the causes for insulin resistance?  That's what I thought.

An overlooked fact is that iron overload induces insulin resistance, that is, the inability of insulin to get into cells and generate energy. 

So how do you know if you have too much iron?  Get a blood test.  Sardi identifies that test.  It's called a ferritin test.  

There is a blood test that is not part of a regular blood panel that measures iron load in the body.  It is called a ferritin test.  Transferrin is another test that measures iron transport.  Elevated transferrin and ferritin are believed to be underlying causes of high blood sugar (glucose) and insulin resistance. [European Journal Endocrinology Aug 20, 2015]

Very few diabetics are aware of the need to measure iron storage in the body.  Men begin to accumulate iron in their body earlier than females who control iron load by monthly menstruation. 

I wonder if this is why men tend to get Diabetes II at a later age than women do.  

Men tend to have a greater risk to develop diabetes as indicated by a high ferritin level.  [British Journal Nutrition Dec 14, 2014]

Males accumulate 1 milligram of excess iron per day of life after they are fully grown.  By middle age, around age 40 years, males will have double the iron load of an equally-aged female and experience double the risk for diabetes. 

I thought that this was the most interesting point about iron accumulattion.  "Iron from plant foods is absorbed on an as needed basis.  Iron from meat is absorbed whether it is needed or not."  Ouch!

Iron from plant foods is absorbed on an as needed basis.  Iron from meat is absorbed whether it is needed or not.  The consumption of red meat, which provides the most easily absorbed iron of any food source, is associated with adult-onset diabetes. [American Journal Clinical Nutrition June 2015]  High ferritin levels, as determined by a blood test for the amount of iron stored in the body, correlates with the onset of diabetes.  [Advances Biomedical Research March 2015]  Insulin resistance occurs when ferritin (iron storage) levels rise. [Journal Pakistan Medical Assn. Dec 2014; Diabetologia March 2015]  In fact, elevated ferritin levels predict future onset of insulin resistance. [Diabetes Research Clinical Practice Jan 2015; Acta Diabetology April 2015] 

Note that the quotation above says "Iron from meat . . . ," and not "iron from red meat."  So any meat--chicken, beef, pork, etc.

FOOD SOURCES of MAGNESIUM
from Healthline

Cooked spinach, one cup, 157 mgs of magnesium.

Pumpkin seeds, 150 mgs of magnesium in a one-ounce serving.

Cooked black beans, a one-cup serving, contain 120 mgs of magnesium.

Cashews, a one-ounce serving, contain 82 mgs of magnesium.

Buckwheat, one-ounce serving, contains 65 mgs of magnesium.

Dark chocolate, a one-ounce bar, contains 64 mgs of magnesium.

Avocado, one medium avocado, contains 58 mgs of magnesium.

Tofu, 53 mgs of magnesium in a 3.5 ounce serving.

Salmon, half of fillet, contains 53 mgs of magnesium.

Bananas, 37 mgs of magnesium.  

In addition to the benefits for diabetics, magnesium is also an important bone mineral.  From Bill Sardi's book, The New Truth About Vitamins and Minerals, he writes comparing the virtues of calcium to magnesium  

Magnesium interferes with crystalization and produces flexible bones that can withstand physical stress.  Boron, a trace mineral, enhances bone hardness.  

So there's that.  

MAGNESIUM HELPS FIX CALCIUM PROPERLY

"Magnesium helps to fix calcium properly"

One of the supplements that I love, one in which there are no adverse side effects, is magnesium.  When I do have a bout of high blood pressure, I take magnesium, and it is gone and managed for the next several months.  And because this mineral is so important in managing this condition and has benefits overall for everything else, I do prefer to take this nutrient in supplement form instead of a food.  Why?  Because some of the foods that are high in magnesium I have a mild allergy to.  Not allergic to bananas, but the sugar content does not help me.  I am, however, mildly allergic to brown rice.  I like brown rice.  I eat it on rare, rare occasions because I like the taste and like how I can doctor it up with vegetables, spices, meats, and so forth.  But I can only tolerate this on rare, rare occasions.  

The particular kind of magnesium that I take is Life Extension's, Magnesium L-Threonate.  This stuff produces amazing dreams when you sleep.  Talk about waking up refreshed and cogent.  Love this stuff.  Though truth be told I do like GABA for relaxation and focus.  But there are other benefits one obtains from magnesium, and I've lifted them from this article by Marcus Julian Felicetti and listed them below.  I thought that they were worth a gander.  

Though I am not a big advocate of high doses of anything or of everything, and not using the nutrient or soil deficiency argument but instead pointing to a diet that is inconsistent, I do believe that taking a little extra for a short time does right the ship so to speak.  Like a cold, for example.  It doesn't hurt to take high doses of Vitamin C with the sole and exclusive purpose of diminishing the viral load, particularly if you're living with other people whose immunity might be vulnerable during the winter months from being inside more hours of the day than, say, in the summer.  It's not nice to get other people sick.  Try it some time, and you'll see what it does to long-standing friendships.

Felicetti points to insufficient nutrients in our foods:

If you think that the amount of Magnesium you obtain from your food is sufficient without supplementation, then I would say thinking is for people who don't know. Be sure by having it tested. And when you do have it tested, aim to have optimum levels of Magnesium, not just meeting the minimum.

Then he reminds us that our soil is deficient, even on farms where organic products are grown:

Remember that even organic soils are depleted of minerals. And non-organic farming has virtually no nutrients in it. Furthermore, there are many ways in which Magnesium is lost from the body, e.g. alcohol, coffee, black tea, grains, soy, most pharmaceutical drugs, calcium supplements.

He adds that

Regular supplementation is a reliable way to boost your magnesium levels. For more information on what kinds of magnesium supplements are well absorbed and utilized, see my website.

Here is his list of benefits of Magnesium:

1. Better sleep - The sleep-regulating hormone melatonin is disturbed when Magnesium is deficient. Furthermore, Magnesium brings balance and controls stress hormones. Stress and tension are often reasons why people suffer from insomnia in the first place.

2. Relaxes the nervous system - Serotonin, which relaxes the nervous system and elevates mood, is dependent on Magnesium.

3. Bigger, stronger muscles - Magnesium allows the body to produce more Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1), which is a major contributor to the growth and strength of muscles. Furthermore, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the cell's energy store and is created with help from Magnesium.

4. Better flexibility -Magnesium loosens tight muscles. Without Magnesium, muscles do not relax properly and cramps occur. Magnesium is important for flexibility, because of low Magnesium results in a buildup of lactic acid, causing pain and tightness.

5. Bone integrity and strength - Magnesium helps to fix calcium properly. It may blow some people's minds that the calcium supplements they're taking are not only useless but are actually contributing to osteoporosis! There are actually about eighteen essential nutrients that contribute to bone health; Magnesium is definitely one of the most essential because it stimulates a particular hormone called calcitonin. And, it also suppresses a hormone called parathyroid that breaks down bone.

6. Remineralizes teeth -Magnesium deficiency causes an unhealthy balance of phosphorous and calcium in saliva, which damages teeth.

7. Alkalizes the body -Magnesium helps return the body’s pH balance. Magnesium reduces lactic acid, which is partly responsible for post-exercise pain (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness).

8. Hydrates -Magnesium is a necessary electrolyte essential for proper hydration.

9. Helps to relieve constipation -Magnesium can be used to cleanse the bowels of toxins.

10. Enzyme function -Enzymes are protein molecules that stimulate every chemical reaction in the body. Magnesium is required to make hundreds of these enzymes work and assists with thousands of others.

11. Diabetes -Magnesium enhances insulin secretion, which facilitates sugar metabolism. Without Magnesium, glucose is not able to transfer into cells. Glucose and insulin build up in the blood, causing various types of tissue damage, including the nerves in the eyes.

There are many other benefits of Magnesium: It helps prevent stroke, heart disease, period pain, and more. You can check out my website for further information on Magnesium and how exactly to increase magnesium levels effectively.