There is always a lot of talk about vitamins and minerals but often they are viewed as a secondary concern to the macronutrients carbohydrates, fat and protein.

The truth is that vitamins and minerals are the little workhorses behind EVERYTHING that goes on in our bodies. Deficiencies can be literally life-threatening.

The great news is that as well as extracting vitamins and minerals from fresh fruit and vegetables, some of the most important can be supplemented very cheaply (especially when compared to typical medication) In the past, we as humans didn’t need to supplement magnesium because of high dietary intakes of nuts, seeds and vegetables.

However, in modern times, not only are our consumption levels of these foods much lower, but the quality of them is also in rapid decline leading to depleted mineral levels.

So why is magnesium so important?

In this article and another soon to follow, I’ll be exploring why magnesium supplementation (in particular through the skin rather than as an oral supplement) is critical for anyone suffering with chronically low energy levels, heart complications, diabetes and a whole host of other conditions both minor and major.

The first thing to get your head around is that your GP won’t have talked to you about magnesium as a supplement because it is inexpensive and therefore promises little to pharmaceutical companies. The outrageous contention that it ACTUALLY WORKS to improve your health (often quicker than you can imagine) also means that it will prevent you needing further medication or at least in such doses as you may currently require. Again this would be bad news for the greedy drugs companies.

Even if your GP has the best intentions to improve your health, they are controlled and educated by these companies hence why often they know little about natural preventative measures as oppose to costly synthetic drugs. How many people do we see walk in to their doctor with pre-diabetic conditions only to be on a whole range of medication within 5 years when simple lifestyle choices and natural supplementation could have done the job?!

Magnesium can help alleviate muscle pain, insomnia, migraines, menstrual pain and depression as well as ramping up your energy levels by activating enzyme processes which are vital for energy production and it’s also essential for immune response, nerve and brain function and blood pressure.

Magnesium deficiency is also associated with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney and liver damage, MS, Alzheimer’s, recurrent bacterial infection, fungal infections due to immune system depression, osteoporosis, Type 2 diabetes, cramps, muscle weakness, impotence, aggression, arryhtmia, some forms of cancer etc.

Fairly important then!

I have personally had female clients report the disappearance of stomach cramps at their time of the month within days of using a transdermal magnesium spray (applied to the skin on a daily basis) as well as countless clients improving their sleep and energy levels, again within days or maybe a few weeks depending on the individual.

With high blood pressure being a major problem in modern society there needs to be a more natural way of addressing which doesn’t involve calcium and beta blockers which often do more harm than good. Enter magnesium which, through it’s powerful vasodilation properties, opens up the arteries allowing better blood flow and hence lower blood pressure.

Magnesium and calcium

This is a good time to consider the insanity that surrounds calcium consumption.

Due to the clever marketeers who control the dairy industry, we are brainwashed into believing that we need to be plying ourselves with calcium at every opportunity or risk osteoporosis and disintegration of our teeth.

The truth is that dairy products make the body more acidic and it is an acidic environment which draws calcium out of the bones in order to alkalize the blood stream. The fact that Asian and African countries who consume little or no dairy yet have the lowest rates of osteoporosis should turn a light bulb on!

It is also imperative to understand that magnesium works to keep calcium in check! Too much calcium in the body leads to calcification of not only the heart and blood vessels resulting in artherosclerosis in the worst cases, but also the joints and tissues producing arthritic conditions and accelerating the age-related degeneration of the human body.

Even worse, calcification of the mitochondria in our cells dramatically lowers energy production and can lead to accelerated biochemical aging.

This clearly indicates that rather than spending hundreds of pounds per year on anti-aging creams which are full of cancer-causing substances, we would be better to dose up on transdermal magnesium!

The dominance of calcium intake has also meant be now don’t absorb the already depleted intake of magnesium in our diets! As magnesium helps move calcium from the tissues into the bones through activation of thyrocalcitonin, it should be clear that to improve bone density, we should be focussing on increasing magnesium rather than calcium!

Finally on the subject of the calcium-magnesium relationship, calcium causes muscles to contract, while magnesium helps them relax. Given that we are already stressed and uptight with tense muscles and virtually no relaxation time, this is a recipe for disaster! Applying magnesium directly to the skin around tight muscles can bring almost instant relaxation and comfort

More About Magnesium

Magnesium is a key weapon in the removal of toxic heavy metals. Such metals are becoming more and more prevalent in the human body due to poisoning from unclean tap water, pollution, mercury fillings and vaccinations.

(On the subject of vaccines, they not only pollute the body with more chemicals, but also inflict immune system trauma on the body which must be addressed by using up what little magnesium and Vitamin C you do have in your body!)

Our food is already deficient in magnesium because the acidic conditions of modern day soil prevents plants from absorbing minerals from the soil. This leaves us extremely vulnerable to poisoning by these heavy metals.

We then need to consider that both sugar and alcohol stimulate magnesium excretion through urine. Given that many people now drink alcohol on a regular basis and consume dangerously high levels of synthetic sugars, the problem just keeps getting worse!

In 1909 we got 408mg from the food supply, in 1985 we got around 280mg. This is even worse now in 2010, and given that the RDA ofr magnesium is around 300-400mg it is clear that nearly all people are now deficient in this critical mineral and fighting a losing battle to stay healthy and energetic!

Is that it?!

Well no actually!

Diarrhoea from poor dietary habits, extreme physical training, sodas, high salt intake, stress and intense sweating all use up more of your magnesium store!

This doesn’t mean you should stop exercising hard or sweating lots as they both provide many benefits. However, you should immediately stop your intake of table salt, processed foods and fizzy drinks and begin to increase your intake of magnesium on a daily basis.

Sources of magnesium

In Part 2, we will discuss the importance of transdermal magnesium, but in the mean time you can begin to increase your intake of magnesium from natural food sources.

As we have eaten less and less fresh food, our intake of magnesium has plummeted.

Below are the best sources of dietary magnesium. You should be aware that even if you increase your intake of these foods, you are still unlikely to be getting sufficient magnesium into your system.

Absorption is affected by declining food quality, heavy metal toxification from tap water, mercury fillings and air pollution and high calcium intake so these areas need to be both addressed directly and counteracted with transdermal magnesium supplementation.

Pumpkin seeds

Almonds

Brazil nuts

Sesame seeds

Peanuts

Walnuts

Green vegetables such as spinach as magnesium is stored in the chlorophyll molecule

Whole grain rice (starchy carbs should be kept to the meal after intense training)

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In Part 2, we will delve even deeper into the power of transdermal magnesium.

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