The Magnesium Miracle (Second Edition) by Carolyn Dean (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Magnesium Miracle (Second Edition) by Carolyn Dean "Discover the missing link to total health: lower the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease; treat diabetes and obesity; ease anxiety and depression; relieve headaches, including migraines; alleviate insomnia"--Cover. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Now updated with 30 percent new material, the only comprehensive guide to one of the most essential but often-overlooked minerals, magnesium—which guards against and helps to alleviate heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, diabetes, depression, arthritis, and asthma Magnesium is an essential nutrient, indispensable to your health and well-being. By adding this mineral to your diet, you are guarding against—and helping to alleviate—such threats as heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, diabetes, depression, arthritis, and asthma. But despite magnesiums numerous benefits, many Americans remain dangerously deficient. Updated and revised throughout with the latest research, this amazing guide explains the vital role that magnesium plays in your body and life. Inside you will discover • new findings about the essential role of magnesium in lowering cholesterol • improved methods for increasing magnesium intake and absorption rate • how calcium can increase the risk of heart disease—and how magnesium can lower it • a magnesium-rich eating plan as delicious as it is healthy • information on the link between magnesium and obesity • vitamins and minerals that work with magnesium to treat specific ailments • why paleo, raw food, and green juice diets can lead to magnesium deficiency The Magnesium Miracle, now more than ever, is the ultimate guide to a mineral that is truly miraculous. Praise for The Magnesium Miracle"Dr. Carolyn Dean has been light-years ahead of her time when it comes to the crucial mineral magnesium and its many lifesaving uses. Her work is a gift to humanity. I highly recommend it."—Christiane Northrup, M.D."Throughout this volume and with utmost clarity, Dr. Carolyn Dean presents invaluable recommendations—based on the latest magnesium research. Virtually every American can benefit."—Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods "Dr. Carolyn Dean has the best credentials for bringing solutions to those suffering from the hidden magnesium disorders that affect most of us. This book needs to be read by anyone wishing to improve their quality of life."—Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., author of The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology Author Biography Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., is a medical doctor and naturopathic doctor on the cutting edge of the natural medicine revolution since 1979. She holds a medical license in California and is a graduate of the Ontario Naturopathic College and a former board member of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Dean is the author of thirty-three health books and more than one hundred ebooks, including Atrial Fibrillation: Remineralize Your Heart, Invisible Minerals Parts I & II, Death by Modern Medicine, IBS for Dummies, Future Health Now Encyclopedia, and Hormone Balance. Dr. Dean has written nearly a thousand articles and given interviews in various print and online health magazines, radio, and television. She has a weekly radio show, an online blog, and a two-year online wellness program called Completement Now! Dr. Dean is on the medical advisory board of the nonprofit educational site Nutritional Magnesium Association. Her magnesium outreach has won her an award from the Heart Rhythm Society in the U.K. for Outstanding Medical Contribution to Cardiac Rhythm Management. Review "Dr. Carolyn Dean has been light-years ahead of her time when it comes to the crucial mineral magnesium and its many lifesaving uses. Her work is a gift to humanity. I highly recommend it."—Christiane Northrup, M.D."Throughout this volume and with utmost clarity, Dr. Carolyn Dean presents invaluable recommendations—based on the latest magnesium research. Virtually every American can benefit."—Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods "Dr. Carolyn Dean has the best credentials for bringing solutions to those suffering from the hidden magnesium disorders that affect most of us. This book needs to be read by anyone wishing to improve their quality of life."—Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., author of The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology Review Quote "Throughout this volume and with utmost clarity, Dr. Carolyn Dean presents invaluable recommendations--based on the latest magnesium research. Virtually every American can benefit." --Paul Pitchford, author of Healing with Whole Foods Excerpt from Book Part One The History of Magnesium 1 The Case for Magnesium Ill build my argument for magnesium beginning with three case histories of people who successfully overcame their magnesium deficiency. Mary joked that she felt as though she were constantly being run over by a slow--moving bus. Cramping in her legs startled her awake at night, making her an insomniac, and she had heart palpitations daily. Her doctor also found that she had high blood sugar. It wasnt bad enough for her to need insulin injections. but he prescribed pills to try to stimulate more insulin production. Finally, frightening panic attacks came out of nowhere and made this vibrant, fun--loving woman afraid to go outside. To try to relieve her leg cramps, Mary began taking calcium at night, having read that it was good for cramps and sleep. At first the calcium seemed to help, but after a week or two the pains got worse. If she yawned and stretched in bed, her calf muscles would seize up and catapult her to the floor, where she would lie frantically massaging her muscles to try to release the spasm. All the next day she would limp about with a very tender, bruised feeling in her calf. Although Marys heart palpitations had improved somewhat after shed given up her three cups of coffee a day, they resumed after a few weeks. Every time the palpitations occurred, which was several times a day, they made her cough slightly and catch her breath. She found it frightening, even though her doctor said her stress tests for heart disease were negative and she didnt need further testing with an angiogram. Both Marys parents had suffered adult--onset diabetes, and Mary knew that she should watch her diet, but she was overweight and found sugary and high--carbohydrate foods hard to resist. When the panic attacks hit on top of everything else, Mary knew she had to seek help, and came to my office. She was only fifty--three, far too young to be feeling so ill, and she was worried about her future health. Sam was just forty--nine and experiencing chest pains. At first he thought they were indigestion, but sometimes the pains would occur in the middle of the night. Concerned, he went to a cardiologist, who found two slightly blocked arteries, not serious enough for bypass surgery. Sams cholesterol was somewhat elevated, as was his blood pressure, which he attributed to his high--stress occupation and the fact that he had not exercised regularly for the past six months, when he was sidelined with back pain. The cardiologist warned Sam that his arterial blockage would almost inevitably worsen over time and eventually necessitate surgery. The doctor offered him medication for his high cholesterol and slightly elevated blood pressure, told him not to eat butter or eggs, and gave him nitroglycerine to take whenever he had the pain. He said that if the symptoms got worse, he would prescribe more medications. Sam couldnt imagine taking pills for the rest of his life and waiting to have surgery when he got worse! He knew there must be something he could do to avoid surgery, and came to me for advice. At thirty--five, Jan had actually begun to look forward to menopause. Thats how bad her PMS symptoms were every month. And as soon as those horrible PMS feelings lifted, she was hit by the sledgehammer of menstrual cramps. She also had migraines, which for years had come before her period but now were occurring once or twice every week. She was so miserable that she was considering a complete hysterectomy, with removal of her hormone--producing ovaries, but wondered whether the migraines were not actually hormonal, since they were happening all month. Different as their symptoms are, Mary, Sam, and Jan were all suffering from magnesium deficiency. While women and men seem equally susceptible to magnesium deficiency, women, pound for pound, have less magnesium. Women have fewer circulating red blood cells, which carry magnesium, and perhaps less magnesium available, but they seem to utilize the magnesium they do have more efficiently than men. There are a few other gender differences. Because of magnesiums effect on hormonal regulation and vice versa, women appear to have more problems with low magnesium because they can suffer deficiencies during pregnancy, when breast--feeding, with premenstrual syndrome, and with dysmenorrhea (painful periods). Osteoporosis, which affects more women than men, is evidence of an imbalance of calcium and magnesium. An overactive thyroid, which afflicts more women than men, increases the metabolic rate, which uses up magnesium--requiring ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the energy packets made in each cell in the body. Without magnesium, ATP would not be produced. However, womens efficient use of magnesium may explain why prior to menopause they are more protected from heart attacks than men. Lets follow Mary, Sam, and Jan and see how they overcame their magnesium deficiencies. When Mary visited me, I charted her health history in detail, according to procedures commonly used by naturopathic doctors, and found several symptoms of magnesium deficiency. In her case it had been made even worse by too much calcium, however, so simple magnesium supplementation wouldnt be enough for Mary. Her diet and lifestyle needed a complete overhaul. I explained that calcium appears to help leg cramps, at least initially, because excess calcium forces magnesium to be released from storage sites. But if someone is magnesium--deficient, the excess calcium will eventually cause more problems. I gave Mary a list of magnesium--rich foods that she needed to start eating, which included nuts, beans, greens, and seeds such as sunflower and pumpkin. Mary realized that shed been avoiding almost all of these foods: she thought nuts were fattening, beans gave her gas, and greens never seemed fresh enough at the supermarket. She had never even thought about eating seeds. After a week of enthusiastically eating a lot more magnesium--rich foods, Mary felt somewhat better. To make sure she could get fresh organic greens regularly, she tracked down a local CSA (community--supported agriculture) program and bought a share from a neighboring organic farm. Mary also learned how to soak and cook beans to prevent them from causing gas, and began eating nuts and seeds rich in magnesium and healthy oils, such as almonds, walnuts, pecans, sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds. After her second visit I recommended that Mary begin taking magnesium supplements. Starting with a dosage of 75 mg a day, we added another 75 mg every two days to build slowly to 600 mg. I cautioned her that it could take months to eliminate magnesium deficiency symptoms and that not all her symptoms would necessarily respond quickly. Mary, excited by the improvement she felt by just increasing magnesium--rich foods, expressed impatience and wanted to know if she should have intravenous magnesium to saturate her tissues more quickly. I explained that IV magnesium would indeed do just that, but a more effective and much less expensive way would be to stay with her picometer ionic magnesium (ReMag) and use Epsom salts regularly in baths, including foot baths. Within one month Mary was singing the praises of magnesium. Her palpitations and panic attacks had disappeared. Her cravings for sweets were fewer, she was able to control her blood sugar with diet alone, and tests for blood sugar were normal. Her leg cramps were gone, and with them her insomnia. At three months we added calcium--rich foods along with magnesium supplements to keep a 1:1 ratio between the two. Marys internist was quite surprised at her improved health and told her to keep up the good work with her diet and supplements. Sam had an inquiring mind, and I encouraged him to start reading about heart disease and magnesium. He found that up to 30 percent of angina (chest pain) patients do not have badly blocked arteries but may be suffering from an electrical imbalance that is driven by mineral deficiency, most commonly magnesium.1 An astonishing 40 to 60 percent of sudden deaths from heart attack may occur in the complete absence of any prior artery blockage, clot formation, or heart rhythm abnormalities, most likely from spasms in the arteries (magnesium is a natural antispasmodic).2, 3, 4, 5 Moreover, he found that magnesium deficiency has been linked to sudden cardiac death. Sam didnt want to wait around for a heart attack to happen; he was determined to find out what was causing his problem. The more he read, the more intrigued he became. When he read that magnesium deficiency is also associated with muscle pain, especially back pain, that really got his attention, since he started having back pain four or five months before he developed chest pain.6 With a packet of information on magnesium, Sam went back to his cardiologist. After Sam had been waiting impatiently for the doctor a full thirty minutes, a nurse took his blood pressure; it was elevated, even though at home it was usually only a few points above normal. (Doctor--induced hypertension, often called "white coat syndrome," is commonly reported by patients.) After hearing the blood pressure reading from his nurse, the cardiologist swept into Sams room and immediately began talking about blood pressure medication. Sam countered with magnesium. The cardiologist visibly cooled and said that magnesium was used to control hypertension that occurred in pregnant women because there were no side effects, but that there were plenty of effective drugs for everyone else. When Sam said he would rather not have side effects either, the cardiologist gathered up his file and told him to come back when he was ready to take medications for his heart disease. When Sam Details ISBN0399594442 Author Carolyn Dean Short Title MAGNESIUM MIRACLE (SECOND EDIT Language English ISBN-10 0399594442 ISBN-13 9780399594441 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-08-15 UK Release Date 2017-08-15 Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Replaces 9780345494580 AU Release Date 2017-08-15 NZ Release Date 2017-08-15 US Release Date 2017-08-15 Pages 608 Publisher Random House USA Inc Imprint Ballantine Books Inc. DEWEY 613.2 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:116644686;

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