Podcasts about serum magnesium

HOUR 1Why I Call Magnesium a Miracle --Carolyn Dean MD ND I was asked to write The Magnesium Miracle for Random House in 1999 and it wasn’t long into my research before I realized my nightly Charlie horse leg cramps, heart palpitations, insomnia, and neck and back muscle spasms were due to magnesium deficiency. When I began to supplement with magnesium I noticed my symptoms started to subside. It was the beginning of my very own miracle. Magnesium is necessary for the activation and proper function of 1,000 enzyme systems in the body. It catalyzes most of the chemical reactions in the body. It synthesizes protein; stabilizes RNA and DNA; transmits nerve signals; relaxes muscles – whereas calcium contracts muscles. Six of the 8 steps to make energy (ATP) in the mitochondrial Krebs Cycle require magnesium yet it’s often dismissed as just a laxative. It’s also dismissed because there is no readily available lab test to find out how much magnesium is in your cells. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hot topic with researchers drilling down into these digestive organelles that make ATP to find out why they aren’t working. I say, if you saturate your mitochondria with enough magnesium to do their job – the whole system revs up and begins working more efficiently. These impressive facts make magnesium the main building block for the body and the primary nutrient that your body requires. Magnesium paves the way for most biochemical functions in the body and works synergistically with most other minerals and vitamins. As a matter of fact, if you are able to saturate the body with enough magnesium, up to 65 different disease conditions may be eliminated, because they were created by magnesium deficiency in the first place. The versatility of magnesium never ceases to amaze me, in fact, it always pleasantly surprises me. This year as COVID-19 spread across the globe, our favorite research partner Dr. Taylor Wallace wrote: Several aspects of this infectious disease mimic metabolic events shown to occur during latent subclinical magnesium deficiency. Hypomagnesemia is a relatively common clinical occurrence that often goes unrecognized since magnesium levels are rarely monitored in the clinical setting. Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation after potassium. It is involved in >600 enzymatic reactions in the body, including those contributing to the exaggerated immune and inflammatory responses exhibited by COVID-19 patients. As if that reason alone isn’t enough to celebrate the Miracle of Magnesium, here are some of the health conditions that have been proven through evidence-based science to be magnesium deficiency related. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Dr. James DiNicolantonio’s abstract for “Subclinical Magnesium Deficiency: A Principal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease and A Public Health Crisis” describes the reasons we are in the midst of a magnesium deficiency public health crisis. He also mentions why magnesium deficiency goes undiagnosed and untreated. Because serum magnesium does not reflect intracellular magnesium, the latter making up more than 99% of total body magnesium, most cases of magnesium deficiency are undiagnosed. Furthermore, because of chronic diseases, medications, decreases in food crop magnesium contents, and the availability of refined and processed foods, the vast majority of people in modern societies are at risk for magnesium deficiency. Certain individuals will need to supplement with magnesium in order to prevent suboptimal magnesium deficiency, especially if trying to obtain an optimal magnesium status to prevent chronic disease. Subclinical magnesium deficiency increases the risk of numerous types of cardiovascular disease, costs nations around the world an incalculable amount of healthcare costs and suffering, and should be considered a public health crisis. That an easy, cost-effective strategy exists to prevent and treat subclinical magnesium deficiency should provide an urgent call to action. DIABETES Medicine recognizes magnesium deficiency as one of the signs of diabetes for the following reasons: Magnesium is necessary to make and secrete insulin.Magnesium facilitates carbohydrate metabolism;Magnesium allows insulin to transfer glucose into cells. Otherwise, glucose and insulin build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.Tyrosine kinase, an enzyme that allows glucose entry into the cell (along with insulin) is magnesium-dependent.Seven of the ten enzymes needed to metabolize glucose in the process called glycolysis are also magnesium-dependent.One of the major reasons the cells don’t respond to insulin is lack of magnesium. Studies do show that chronic insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with a reduction of magnesium because magnesium is necessary to allow glucose to enter cells. Studies also confirm that when insulin is released from the pancreas, magnesium in the cell normally responds and opens the cell to allow entry of glucose, but in the case of magnesium deficiency combined with insulin resistance the normal mechanisms just don’t work. However, the higher the levels of magnesium in the body the greater the sensitivity of the cells to insulin and the possibility of reversing the problem. MIGRAINES By 2012, Dr. Alexander Mauskop had sufficient clinical success and had published enough about treating migraine with magnesium to title his paper “Why All Migraine Patients Should Be Treated with Magnesium.” Dr. Mauskop stated that “all migraine sufferers should receive a therapeutic trial of magnesium supplementation.” He explains, “A multitude of studies have proven the presence of magnesium deficiency in migraine patients.” OSTEOPOROSIS Magnesium is just as important as calcium to prevent and treat osteoporosis.Magnesium keeps calcium dissolved in the blood so it will not form kidney stones or precipitate in soft tissues of the body.Taking calcium for osteoporosis (without magnesium) can promote kidney stones.A 2014 meta-analysis confirmed the association between Serum Magnesium levels and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Seven studies involving 1,349 postmenopausal women were identified. Overall, postmenopausal osteoporotic women had lower serum levels of magnesium than the healthy controls. The same association was found for women below the age of 60 and above 60. The investigators concluded that low Serum Magnesium seems to be a risk factor for osteoporosis among the postmenopausal group. AGING The following is an excerpt from my book, The Magnesium Miracle (2017) It describes a study published in 2014 on Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Aging. The senior authors of the paper are world-renowned magnesium researchers Drs. Burton and Bella Altura who say: We believe in view of the current report, and other works recently published by our labs, prolonged magnesium deficiency should be categorized as another epigenetic mechanism. By epigenetic mechanism they mean that telomerase is not being affected by some factor inherit in our genes and chromosomes but by an outside “switch”. That outside switch is magnesium. Epigenetics is the study of cellular or genetic variations that result from external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells express genes. It’s great news that magnesium has the ability to positively effect genes, and keep our telomeres where they belong at the end of chromosomes. In The Magnesium Miracle book, I provide direct quotes from the Alturas’ paper because I want readers to understand the incredible value of magnesium in all tissues, in all cells, in all our mitochondria, and in our RNA and DNA. Also I note that the Alturas mention several times that magnesium should be measured properly with Ionized Magnesium technology. Aging and Magnesium Deficiency Aging is now agreed to be critical in the etiology of metabolic decline in most subjects as they close-in on their 65th birthday. Many subjects at 65 years of age show signs of metabolic decline, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, and often type 2 diabetes, which eventually contribute to congestive heart failure by their 75th-85th year. It is, thus, of considerable interest here to remind the reader that all of these attributes have been associated, both experimentally and clinically, with the presence of Mg-deficient states where they have been looked for and measured properly. The aging process is also associated with an increase in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in tissues and cells all present in Mg-deficient animals, tissues, and different cell types. STRESS I turn to The Magnesium Miracle again to describe the importance of magnesium in defeating stress. Magnesium supports our adrenal glands, which are overworked by stress leading to combined magnesium deficiency symptoms and adrenal exhaustion symptoms of anxiety, depression, muscle weakness, fatigue, eye twitches, insomnia, anorexia, apathy, apprehension, poor memory, confusion, anger, nervousness, and rapid pulse. How do we graduate from being a calm person in control of our nervous system to an anxious, fearful individual? I think it’s due to a gradual but chronic decrease in magnesium reserves. When the body is stressed – and it can be for a dozen different reasons, our magnesium reserves dump this crucial mineral into our blood stream and we immediately become one of those people blessed with the ability to cope. We are both calm and alert. Our friends and relatives think it’s just who we are but it’s really how much magnesium we have in reserve. If the stress continues and we don’t rest or replace our magnesium between episodes, our magnesium stores become depleted. Then, when you are faced with the next stressor, your stress hormones (adrenalin and cortisol) don’t activate your magnesium reserves with a calming effect. Instead, adrenalin revs up your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure, and tenses your muscles in a fight or flight reaction. One of the early studies on stress and magnesium identified the Type A personality as requiring magnesium. Henrotte JG, “Type A behavior and magnesium metabolism.” Magnesium, vol. 5, pp. 201–210, 1986.Prolonged psychological stress raises adrenaline, the stress hormone, which depletes magnesium.Cernak I et al., “Alterations in magnesium and oxidative status during chronic emotional stress.” Magnes Res, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 29–36, 2000.NEUROPATHY In The Magnesium Miracle I wrote that: Insufficient magnesium and the relative excess of calcium will cause sustained nerve excitation in any nerve cells in the body. Magnesium alleviates the following nerve disturbances that can occur: Burning pain, Muscle weakness, Numbness, Paralysis. Pins-and-needles, sensations, Seizures and convulsions, Skin sensitivity, Tingling, Twitching, Vertigo, Confusion I have seen reversal of these symptoms in my patients and my customers. In The Magnesium Miracle, I present a case history of neuritis. The following is a small sample of the available literature showing the interest in diabetes and a review of the importance of magnesium in treating migraine headaches. Zhang Q, et al. Low serum phosphate and magnesium levels are associated with peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Dec;146:1-7.Razzaghi R. Magnesium Supplementation and the Effects on Wound Healing and Metabolic Status in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2018 Feb;181(2):207-215.Mauskop A, Varughese J. Why All Migraine Patients Should Be Treated with Magnesium. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2012 May;119(5):575-9.I tell people if you would like even more clinical evidence for the importance of magnesium in neurological disorders they should print up a copy of the free online book Magnesium in the Central Nervous System. The book has 24 chapters covering the normal brain; neurological disease; and psychiatric disease.A miracle can be considered an extraordinary event that brings very welcome consequences! Science is clear: we can improve the health outcomes for every individual who suffers from these conditions as a result of magnesium deficiency. My life’s work continues to culminate with and focus on educating the public and practitioners about the role of magnesium in the body and encourage those who have experienced their own magnesium miracle to join me in this effort! With that in mind, I invite you to join me, and my vibrant, vivacious audience for tonight’s weekly live radio show. We will be talking about The Magnesium Miracle along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the ‘conflict’ in the ‘conflict basis’ of disease and much more!! Video Version:  https://youtu.be/jzgc0DgQrSECall in and Chat with Dr. Dean during Live Show with Video Stream: Call 646-558-8656  ID: 8836953587 press #.  To Ask a Question press *9 to raise your hand Dr. Dean takes questions via email. Please write questions@drcarolyndeanlive.comWe will be glad to respond to your emailLearn more about Dr. Carolyn here: https://drcarolyndeanlive.com 

HOUR 2Why I Call Magnesium a Miracle --Carolyn Dean MD ND I was asked to write The Magnesium Miracle for Random House in 1999 and it wasn’t long into my research before I realized my nightly Charlie horse leg cramps, heart palpitations, insomnia, and neck and back muscle spasms were due to magnesium deficiency. When I began to supplement with magnesium I noticed my symptoms started to subside. It was the beginning of my very own miracle. Magnesium is necessary for the activation and proper function of 1,000 enzyme systems in the body. It catalyzes most of the chemical reactions in the body. It synthesizes protein; stabilizes RNA and DNA; transmits nerve signals; relaxes muscles – whereas calcium contracts muscles. Six of the 8 steps to make energy (ATP) in the mitochondrial Krebs Cycle require magnesium yet it’s often dismissed as just a laxative. It’s also dismissed because there is no readily available lab test to find out how much magnesium is in your cells. Mitochondrial dysfunction is a hot topic with researchers drilling down into these digestive organelles that make ATP to find out why they aren’t working. I say, if you saturate your mitochondria with enough magnesium to do their job – the whole system revs up and begins working more efficiently. These impressive facts make magnesium the main building block for the body and the primary nutrient that your body requires. Magnesium paves the way for most biochemical functions in the body and works synergistically with most other minerals and vitamins. As a matter of fact, if you are able to saturate the body with enough magnesium, up to 65 different disease conditions may be eliminated, because they were created by magnesium deficiency in the first place. The versatility of magnesium never ceases to amaze me, in fact, it always pleasantly surprises me. This year as COVID-19 spread across the globe, our favorite research partner Dr. Taylor Wallace wrote: Several aspects of this infectious disease mimic metabolic events shown to occur during latent subclinical magnesium deficiency. Hypomagnesemia is a relatively common clinical occurrence that often goes unrecognized since magnesium levels are rarely monitored in the clinical setting. Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation after potassium. It is involved in >600 enzymatic reactions in the body, including those contributing to the exaggerated immune and inflammatory responses exhibited by COVID-19 patients. As if that reason alone isn’t enough to celebrate the Miracle of Magnesium, here are some of the health conditions that have been proven through evidence-based science to be magnesium deficiency related. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Dr. James DiNicolantonio’s abstract for “Subclinical Magnesium Deficiency: A Principal Driver of Cardiovascular Disease and A Public Health Crisis” describes the reasons we are in the midst of a magnesium deficiency public health crisis. He also mentions why magnesium deficiency goes undiagnosed and untreated. Because serum magnesium does not reflect intracellular magnesium, the latter making up more than 99% of total body magnesium, most cases of magnesium deficiency are undiagnosed. Furthermore, because of chronic diseases, medications, decreases in food crop magnesium contents, and the availability of refined and processed foods, the vast majority of people in modern societies are at risk for magnesium deficiency. Certain individuals will need to supplement with magnesium in order to prevent suboptimal magnesium deficiency, especially if trying to obtain an optimal magnesium status to prevent chronic disease. Subclinical magnesium deficiency increases the risk of numerous types of cardiovascular disease, costs nations around the world an incalculable amount of healthcare costs and suffering, and should be considered a public health crisis. That an easy, cost-effective strategy exists to prevent and treat subclinical magnesium deficiency should provide an urgent call to action. DIABETES Medicine recognizes magnesium deficiency as one of the signs of diabetes for the following reasons: Magnesium is necessary to make and secrete insulin.Magnesium facilitates carbohydrate metabolism;Magnesium allows insulin to transfer glucose into cells. Otherwise, glucose and insulin build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.Tyrosine kinase, an enzyme that allows glucose entry into the cell (along with insulin) is magnesium-dependent.Seven of the ten enzymes needed to metabolize glucose in the process called glycolysis are also magnesium-dependent.One of the major reasons the cells don’t respond to insulin is lack of magnesium. Studies do show that chronic insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with a reduction of magnesium because magnesium is necessary to allow glucose to enter cells. Studies also confirm that when insulin is released from the pancreas, magnesium in the cell normally responds and opens the cell to allow entry of glucose, but in the case of magnesium deficiency combined with insulin resistance the normal mechanisms just don’t work. However, the higher the levels of magnesium in the body the greater the sensitivity of the cells to insulin and the possibility of reversing the problem. MIGRAINES By 2012, Dr. Alexander Mauskop had sufficient clinical success and had published enough about treating migraine with magnesium to title his paper “Why All Migraine Patients Should Be Treated with Magnesium.” Dr. Mauskop stated that “all migraine sufferers should receive a therapeutic trial of magnesium supplementation.” He explains, “A multitude of studies have proven the presence of magnesium deficiency in migraine patients.” OSTEOPOROSIS Magnesium is just as important as calcium to prevent and treat osteoporosis.Magnesium keeps calcium dissolved in the blood so it will not form kidney stones or precipitate in soft tissues of the body.Taking calcium for osteoporosis (without magnesium) can promote kidney stones.A 2014 meta-analysis confirmed the association between Serum Magnesium levels and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Seven studies involving 1,349 postmenopausal women were identified. Overall, postmenopausal osteoporotic women had lower serum levels of magnesium than the healthy controls. The same association was found for women below the age of 60 and above 60. The investigators concluded that low Serum Magnesium seems to be a risk factor for osteoporosis among the postmenopausal group. AGING The following is an excerpt from my book, The Magnesium Miracle (2017) It describes a study published in 2014 on Atherogenesis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Aging. The senior authors of the paper are world-renowned magnesium researchers Drs. Burton and Bella Altura who say: We believe in view of the current report, and other works recently published by our labs, prolonged magnesium deficiency should be categorized as another epigenetic mechanism. By epigenetic mechanism they mean that telomerase is not being affected by some factor inherit in our genes and chromosomes but by an outside “switch”. That outside switch is magnesium. Epigenetics is the study of cellular or genetic variations that result from external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells express genes. It’s great news that magnesium has the ability to positively effect genes, and keep our telomeres where they belong at the end of chromosomes. In The Magnesium Miracle book, I provide direct quotes from the Alturas’ paper because I want readers to understand the incredible value of magnesium in all tissues, in all cells, in all our mitochondria, and in our RNA and DNA. Also I note that the Alturas mention several times that magnesium should be measured properly with Ionized Magnesium technology. Aging and Magnesium Deficiency Aging is now agreed to be critical in the etiology of metabolic decline in most subjects as they close-in on their 65th birthday. Many subjects at 65 years of age show signs of metabolic decline, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, and often type 2 diabetes, which eventually contribute to congestive heart failure by their 75th-85th year. It is, thus, of considerable interest here to remind the reader that all of these attributes have been associated, both experimentally and clinically, with the presence of Mg-deficient states where they have been looked for and measured properly. The aging process is also associated with an increase in the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in tissues and cells all present in Mg-deficient animals, tissues, and different cell types. STRESS I turn to The Magnesium Miracle again to describe the importance of magnesium in defeating stress. Magnesium supports our adrenal glands, which are overworked by stress leading to combined magnesium deficiency symptoms and adrenal exhaustion symptoms of anxiety, depression, muscle weakness, fatigue, eye twitches, insomnia, anorexia, apathy, apprehension, poor memory, confusion, anger, nervousness, and rapid pulse. How do we graduate from being a calm person in control of our nervous system to an anxious, fearful individual? I think it’s due to a gradual but chronic decrease in magnesium reserves. When the body is stressed – and it can be for a dozen different reasons, our magnesium reserves dump this crucial mineral into our blood stream and we immediately become one of those people blessed with the ability to cope. We are both calm and alert. Our friends and relatives think it’s just who we are but it’s really how much magnesium we have in reserve. If the stress continues and we don’t rest or replace our magnesium between episodes, our magnesium stores become depleted. Then, when you are faced with the next stressor, your stress hormones (adrenalin and cortisol) don’t activate your magnesium reserves with a calming effect. Instead, adrenalin revs up your heart rate, elevates your blood pressure, and tenses your muscles in a fight or flight reaction. One of the early studies on stress and magnesium identified the Type A personality as requiring magnesium. Henrotte JG, “Type A behavior and magnesium metabolism.” Magnesium, vol. 5, pp. 201–210, 1986.Prolonged psychological stress raises adrenaline, the stress hormone, which depletes magnesium.Cernak I et al., “Alterations in magnesium and oxidative status during chronic emotional stress.” Magnes Res, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 29–36, 2000.NEUROPATHY In The Magnesium Miracle I wrote that: Insufficient magnesium and the relative excess of calcium will cause sustained nerve excitation in any nerve cells in the body. Magnesium alleviates the following nerve disturbances that can occur: Burning pain, Muscle weakness, Numbness, Paralysis. Pins-and-needles, sensations, Seizures and convulsions, Skin sensitivity, Tingling, Twitching, Vertigo, Confusion I have seen reversal of these symptoms in my patients and my customers. In The Magnesium Miracle, I present a case history of neuritis. The following is a small sample of the available literature showing the interest in diabetes and a review of the importance of magnesium in treating migraine headaches. Zhang Q, et al. Low serum phosphate and magnesium levels are associated with peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Dec;146:1-7.Razzaghi R. Magnesium Supplementation and the Effects on Wound Healing and Metabolic Status in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2018 Feb;181(2):207-215.Mauskop A, Varughese J. Why All Migraine Patients Should Be Treated with Magnesium. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2012 May;119(5):575-9.I tell people if you would like even more clinical evidence for the importance of magnesium in neurological disorders they should print up a copy of the free online book Magnesium in the Central Nervous System. The book has 24 chapters covering the normal brain; neurological disease; and psychiatric disease.A miracle can be considered an extraordinary event that brings very welcome consequences! Science is clear: we can improve the health outcomes for every individual who suffers from these conditions as a result of magnesium deficiency. My life’s work continues to culminate with and focus on educating the public and practitioners about the role of magnesium in the body and encourage those who have experienced their own magnesium miracle to join me in this effort! With that in mind, I invite you to join me, and my vibrant, vivacious audience for tonight’s weekly live radio show. We will be talking about The Magnesium Miracle along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the ‘conflict’ in the ‘conflict basis’ of disease and much more!! Video Version:  https://youtu.be/jzgc0DgQrSECall in and Chat with Dr. Dean during Live Show with Video Stream: Call 646-558-8656   ID: 8836953587 press #.  To Ask a Question press *9 to raise your hand Dr. Dean takes questions via email. Please write questions@drcarolyndeanlive.comWe will be glad to respond to your email Learn more about Dr. Carolyn here: https://drcarolyndeanlive.com  

Question: What to do when serum magnesium is high but RBC magnesium is low? The magnesium in the blood and the hair is high. When you say blood, I'm assuming this is serum or plasma because the RBC magnesium is low. I'm hoping that's not whole blood magnesium in which case it would be hard to separate from the RBC magnesium. But I mean even for whole blood, if the RBC magnesium is low and the blood magnesium is high, then the magnesium that's in the blood that's high is in the serum or plasma, not in the RBCs obviously. Clearly this means that you're deficient in magnesium transport. You're not deficient in magnesium. So, the last thing that you should do is start blasting high-dose magnesium at that. Because not only is it not going to help, but you basically have two or three times the risk of harm from supplementing high-dose magnesium, because the harm of high-dose magnesium comes when your serum levels go to double the upper limit of the reference range. If your serum level is high, and your RBC is low, and you start blasting. B6, even if it's adequate, maybe try 10 milligrams. Work your way slowly up to 100 milligrams of P5P. See if that helps. If it doesn't, you probably have a more serious issue with magnesium transport. You might have a rare genetic defect in a magnesium transporter. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure how to manage that. There's probably things you can't do. It might come down to just maximizing all the different possible ways that you can get magnesium into your system and cells. That might mean that you want a modest hypermagnesemia. In other words, you want your serum magnesium to be a little over the top of the upper reference range in order to try to drive magnesium into the red blood cells. But you still need to measure it regularly so that you know that you're not anywhere near twice the top of the upper reference range. Then just do what you can to maximize the other factors. Insulin, salt, and B6 is what I think there. This Q&A can also be found as part of a much longer episode, here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/podcast/2019/03/30/ask-anything-nutrition-march-4-2019 If you would like to be part of the next live Ask Me Anything About Nutrition, sign up for the CMJ Masterpass, which includes access to these live Zoom sessions, premium features on all my content, and hundreds of dollars of exclusive discounts. You can sign up with a 10% lifetime discount here: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/q&a

Download my free thyroid resources here (including hypothyroid symptoms checklist, the complete list of thyroid lab tests + optimal ranges, foods you should avoid if you have thyroid disease, and more): https://www.restartmed.com/start-here/ Thyroid lab tests are important, no question, but you also need to be looking at other systems: Why? #1. Your thyroid affects almost every system in your body. #2. Your thyroid affects OTHER hormone systems and leads to imbalance. #3. Your thyroid affects your ability to absorb nutrients and leads to deficiencies. #4. These imbalances/problems/deficiencies/issues are NOT corrected with thyroid supplementation alone (or necessarily with natural therapies). Lab tests to get: FIRST - A word about insurance - these labs SHOULD be covered. Call your insurance company if you are worried, though, to prevent having to pay out of pocket. The diagnosis codes of hypothyroidism and Vitamin D deficiency work well and I've used these codes to get these covered by most insurance companies. The FULL set of lab tests you should be ordering as a thyroid patient: Serum Magnesium or RBC magnesium Vitamin B12 Folate Vitamin D Leptin Insulin, Hgb A1c, blood glucose - assess for insulin resistance Estradiol Progesterone Free and total testosterone Sex hormone-binding globulin Cortisol Iron studies (ferritin, iron, TIBC, % saturation) Cholesterol studies (HDL, LDL, total cholesterol) CMP Liver/kidney function (Creatinine and AST/ALT) Inflammatory markers (ESR, CRP, ferritin) Autoimmune markers (mostly thyroid antibodies, thyroid peroxidase antibody and thyroglobulin antibody) Make sure to get these lab tests AND Thyroid lab tests: Which includes: TSH, free T3, total T3, reverse T3, free T4 + thyroid antibodies (initially and frequently if you have Hashimoto’s). Recommended thyroid supplements to enhance thyroid function: - For thyroid hormone production and conversion: https://www.restartmed.com/product/thyroid-adrenal-reset-complex/ + https://www.restartmed.com/product/t3-conversion-booster/ - For hair loss: https://www.restartmed.com/product/thyroid-hair-regrowth-complex/ - For weight management: https://www.restartmed.com/product/gut-bomb-350-billion/ + https://www.restartmed.com/product/functional-fuel-complete/ - For gut health: https://www.restartmed.com/product/ultra-biotic-x100/ - For energy and adrenal health: https://www.restartmed.com/product/thyroid-adrenal-reset-complex/ + https://www.restartmed.com/product/power-b-complex/ I'm Dr. Westin Childs and I focus on thyroid health, hormone balance, and weight loss. I write about thyroid disorders, weight loss, insulin resistance, estrogen/progesterone balance on my blog. I truly believe that hormone balance is the key to managing your weight, your mood and your quality of life which is why I'm so passionate about it. If you enjoyed this video please subscribe on youtube or leave a comment on my podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-westin-childs-podcast-thyroid-weight-loss-hormones/id1141207688?mt=2 This video is not intended to be used as medical advice. If you have questions about your health please consult your physician or primary care provider. Dr. Westin Childs goes to great lengths to produce high-quality content but this is NOT a substitute for medical care.

Jane Ferguson:                Hello everyone, and happy new year. Welcome to episode 24 of Getting Personal: Omics of the Heart. It's January 2019, I am Jane Ferguson, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and an associate editor at Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. We have a great line-up of papers this month in the journal, so let's jump right into the articles.                                            First up, a paper from Christopher Nelson, Nilesh Samani, and colleagues from the University of Lester entitled, "Genetic Assessment of Potential Long-Term On-Target Side Effects of PCSK9 Inhibitors."                                            I think most listeners are well aware of the efficacy of PCSK9 inhibition in reducing cardiovascular risk. However, as a relatively new treatment option, we do not yet have data on potential long-term side effects of PCSK9 inhibition. In this study, they utilized genetics as a proxy to understand potential long-term consequences of lower PCSK9 activity. They examined a PCSK9 variant that associates with lower LDL, as well as examining two LDL-lowering variants in HMGCR, the target of statins, which served as a positive control of sorts. They used data from over 479,000 individuals in the UK Biobank and looked for associations between the three LDL-lowering variants and 80 different phenotypes.                                            For the PCSK9 variant, the allele which is associated with lower LDL was significantly associated with the higher risk of type 2 diabetes, higher BMI, higher waist circumference, higher waist-hip ratio, higher diastolic blood pressure, as well as increased risk of type 2 diabetes and insulin use. The HMGCR variants were similarly associated with type 2 diabetes as expected.                                            Mediation analysis suggested that the effect of the PCSK9 variant on type 2 diabetes is independent of its effect on obesity. There were nominal associations between the PCSK9 variant and other diseases, including depression, asthma, chronic kidney disease, venous thromboembolism, and peptic ulcer.                                            While genetics cannot fully recapitulate the information that would be gained from long-term clinical follow up, these data suggest that like statins, PCSK9 inhibition may increase the risk of diabetes and potentially other disease. Overall, the cardiovascular efficacy of PCSK9 inhibition may outweigh these other risks, however, future studies should carefully examine these potential side effects.                                            Next up, we have a paper from Xiao Cui, Fang Qin, Xinping Tian, Jun Cai, and colleagues from Peking Uni and Medical College, on "Novel Biomarkers for the Precise Diagnoses and Activity Classification of Takayasu's Arteritis."                                            They were interested in identifying protein biomarkers of Takayasu arteritis, to improve diagnosis and understanding of disease activity in this chronic vascular disease. They ran a proteomic panel including 440 cytokines on 90 individuals, including individuals with active disease, inactive disease, and healthy controls. They found a number of candidates and validated one protein, TIMP-1, as a specific diagnostic biomarker for Takayasu arteritis. For assessing disease activity, there was no single biomarker that could be used for classification, however, the combination of eight different cytokines identified through random forest-based recursive feature elimination and [inaudible] regression, including CA 125, FLRG, IGFBP-2, CA15-3, GROa, LYVE-1, ULBP-2, and CD 99, were able to accurately discriminate disease activity versus inactivity.                                            Overall, this study was able to identify novel biomarkers that could be used for improved diagnosis and assessment of Takayasu arteritis, and may give some clues as to the mechanisms of pathogenesis.                                            Our next paper is entitled, "Familial Sinus Node Disease Caused By Gain of GIRK Channel Function," and comes from Johanna Kuß, Birgit Stallmeyer, Marie-Cécile Kienitz, and Eric Schulze-Bahr, from University Hospital Münster. They were interested in understanding novel genetic underpinnings of inherited sinus node dysfunction.                                            A recent study identified a gain of function mutation in GNB2 associated with sinus node disease. This mutation led to enhanced activation of the G-protein activated inwardly rectifying potassium channel, or GIRK, prompting the researchers to focus their interest on the genes encoding the GIRK subunits, KCNJ3 and KCNJ5. They sequenced both genes in 52 patients with idiopathic sinus node disease, and then carried out whole exome sequencing in family members of patients with potential disease variants in either gene. They identified a non-synonymous variant in KCNJ5, which was not present in the EVS or ExAC databases, and which segregated with disease in the affected family. This variant was associated with increased GIRK currents in a cell system, and in silico models, predicted the variant altered or spermine binding site within the GIRK channel. Thus, this study demonstrated that a gain of function mutation in a GIRK channel subunit associates with sinus node disease, and suggests that modulation of GIRK channels may be a viable therapeutic target for cardiac pacemaking.                                            Our next paper, "Key Value of RNA Analysis of MYBPC3 Splice-Site Variants in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy," comes from Emma Singer, Richard Bagnall, and colleagues from the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney.                                            They wanted to understand the impact of variants in MYBCP3, a known hypertrophic cardiomyopathy gene, on splicing. They recruited individuals with a clinical diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and genetic testing of cardiomyopathy-related genes. They further examined individuals with a variant in MYBCP3 which had an in silico prediction to affect splicing. They sequenced RNA from blood or from fixed myocardial tissue and assessed the relationship between each DNA variant and gene splicing variation.                                            Of 557 subjects, 10% carried rare splice site variants. Of 29 potential variants identified, they examined 9 which were predicted to affect splicing, and found that 7 of these were indeed associated with splicing errors.                                            Going back to the families, they were able to reclassify four variants in four families from uncertain clinical significance to likely pathogenic, demonstrating the utility of using RNA analysis to understand pathogenicity in genetic testing.                                            The next paper this issue comes from Catriona Syme, Jean Shin, Zdenka Pausova, and colleagues from the University of Toronto, and is entitled, "Epigenetic Loci of Blood Pressure: Underlying Hemodynamics in Adolescents and Adults."                                            A recent large meta epigenome-wide association study identified methylation loci that associate with blood pressure. In this study, they wanted to understand more about how these loci related to blood pressure and hemodynamics. They recruited adolescents and middle-aged adults and assessed 13 CPG loci for associations with hemodynamic markers, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, stroke volume, and total peripheral resistance, measured over almost an hour during normal activities. Several of the loci replicated associations with blood pressure, and two of these also showed age-specific associations with hemodynamic variables. One site in PHGDH was particularly associated with blood pressure and stroke volume in adolescents, as well as with body weight and BMI, where lower methylation resulting in higher gene expression associated with higher blood pressure. A second site in SLC7A11 associated with blood pressure in adults but not adolescents, with lower methylation and consequent higher gene expression associated with increased blood pressure.                                            Overall, this study indicates that methylation mediated changes in gene expression may modulate blood pressure and hemodynamic responses in an age-dependent manner.                                            Next up is a research letter from Ben Brumpton, Cristen Willer, George Davey Smith, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, and colleagues from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, entitled, "Variation in Serum PCSK9, Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and an Investigation of Potential Unanticipated Effects of PCSK9 Inhibition: A GWAS and Mendelian Randomization Study in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, Norway."                                            As we heard about from the first study this issue, the long-term side effects of PCSK9 inhibition remain unknown. In this study, they also applied a genetic approach to understand potential unanticipated consequences of PCSK9 inhibition. They analyzed phenotypes from over 69,000 participants in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study and measured serum PCSK9 in a subset.                                            In PCSK9 GWAS of over 3,600 people, with replication in over 5,000 individuals from the twin gene study. They defined a genetic risk score for serum PCSK9 and assessed the relationship between genetically predicted PCSK9 and outcomes. They saw the expected associations between lower PCSK9 and lower LDL and coronary heart disease risk. However, there was minimal evidence for associations with other outcomes.                                            While our first study in this issue, from Nelson, et al, found that lower PCSK9 from a single genetic variant was associated with higher diabetes risk, this risk was not found here using the genetic risk score. Differences in the genetic definitions and in the populations used can perhaps explain these differences between the two studies, but overall, the studies are consistent in suggesting that long-term PCSK9 inhibition is unlikely to be associated with major adverse outcomes.                                            Our second research letter comes from Young-Chang Kwon, Bo Kyung Sim, Jong-Keuk Lee, and colleagues from Asan Medical Center in Seoul, on behalf of the Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium. The title is, "HLA-B54:01 is Associated with Susceptibility to Kawasaki Disease," and reports on novel Kawasaki disease variants.                                            HLA genes have been previously associated with disease, and in this report, the authors sequenced selected axons in HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1, HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-DBP1 in 160 Kawasaki disease patients and 278 controls. They find a significant association with HLA-B, and replicated this in a sample of 618 Kawasaki disease patients, compared with over 14,000 in-house controls. They identified specific amino acid residues conferring disease susceptibility, highlighting HLA-B as a potential modulator of Kawasaki disease.                                            Our third and final research letter concerns "Serum Magnesium and Calcium Levels and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: a Mendelian Randomization Study," and comes to us from Susanna Larsson, Nikola Drca, and Karl Michaëlsson, from the Karolinska Institute.                                            Because magnesium and calcium are known to influence atrial fibrillation, this group was interested in whether genetic predictors of serum methyls associated with disease. They constructed genetic predictors from GWAS of calcium in over 61,000 individuals, and GWAS of magnesium in over 23,000 individuals. They applied these predictors to an AF GWAS including over 65,000 cases and over 522,000 controls. Genetically predicted magnesium was inversely associated with atrial fibrillation, while there was no association with genetically predicted calcium.                                            While this study does not definitively prove causality, future studies aimed at assessing whether dietary or other strategies to raise serum magnesium are protective against AF may yield novel strategies for disease prevention.                                            And that's it from us for this month. Thank you for listening, and come back next month for more from Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine.                                            This podcast was brought to you by Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine and the American Heart Association Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine. This program is copyright American Heart Association, 2019.  

Magnesium deficiency is running rampant. Many experts estimate that 80% of Americans are magnesium deficient. And, a major contributing factor is the presence of excess calcium in the body mainly coming from the extreme ratio difference in common foods such as: fortified orange juice (27:1), cheese (26:1), yogurt (11:1), dairy (7:1) and the very commonly used antacids (300:1). Other common contributing factors include: -Fluoride -Processed foods -Alcohol -Coffee -Sugar -Stress -Medications When should you take magnesium? How do you test your magnesium levels or know if you have a deficiency? It’s critical to get high enough doses of magnesium to compensate for the fact that our typical diet runs low on this vital mineral. But fact is, although magnesium is an incredibly important mineral, there are many unanswered questions and confusion around magnesium, so I though it was high time to have my friend and nutrition researcher Thomas DeLauer back on the show. I first interviewed Thomas DeLauer in the episode  I then interviewed him again in the episode  Thomas is one of the leading experts in the world of chronic inflammation as well as the response of the human body to a low-carb diet. He is noted for his personal transformation from a 280-pound overweight corporate executive to not only being on the cover of health and fitness magazines worldwide but pioneering some of the mainstream awareness of auto-immune diseases and inflammation in general! Thomas has been highlighted in over 20 magazines showcasing his transformation and has been featured worldwide on the cover of Ironman Magazine, Muscle and Performance Magazine, Natural Muscle Magazine, ICON Magazine, Platform Magazine and Ironman Japan. His background is in Sports Psychology, although it is this passion for psychology coupled with a career in healthcare as a physician recruiter and owner of an ancillary lab services company that sparked his love for nutritional science and what makes the body tick. He is currently working on  to identify a strain of bacteria that may help modulate inflammation within the body. Residing near Santa Barbara, California, with his wife, three dogs, two horses, and 11 month old son. Thomas promotes a lifestyle of living as close to the earth as possible to obtain the best possible results while still achieving maximum performance in every possible area of life. What form of magnesium is best, and are different forms better for different needs, like sleep vs. brain vs. digestion? In this episode, Thomas and I also discuss , a product Thomas is helping to develop, is the only time-release, high-potency magnesium supplement with peer-reviewed clinical trials to back up it's efficacy. MagSRT®  was evaluated in the Scottsdale Magnesium Study (SMS), a placebo-controlled, human clinical trial of 91 participants. The study measured Serum Magnesium, Red Blood Cell (RBC) Magnesium, and Magnesium Deficiency symptoms. The results are published in the peer-reviewed Journal of American College of Nutrition (JACN). It is a Sustained Release Technology (SRT) magnesium in a super-absorbable, premium organic form called dimagnesium malate, along with an active form of Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) and Vitamin B6 (P5P) During our discussion, you'll discover: -Is there a way to supplement your magnesium levels without unpleasant side effects such as loose stool and "constarrhea"?...11:20 Magnesium is "hydrophilic" meaning it attracts water.  It creates "passive diffusion" where it attracts water into the intestine. There's nothing to regulate how fast the water enters the small or large intestine. The type of magnesium (ex. epsom salt vs. magnesium citrate) one takes makes a big difference in how fast it will attract water. -A few of the more popular forms of magnesium, and which one is optimal for the varying functions we might like to use it...13:40 Magnesium citrate: high bio availability; creates a laxative effect. Magnesium chloride: Typically contains only 10-15% magnesium. It's used to chelate other minerals such as iron and other heavy metals. These two factors are why magnesium chloride is recommended for detoxes. Topical magnesium (epsom salt, etc.): Gets absorbed into the serum, but not red blood cells. Doesn't have the same laxative qualities. Only 1% of magnesium is ever measured, and that's in the serum and blood levels. Elevated magnesium levels in the serum means it's likely pulling it from blood and plasma, thus decreasing levels there. A high reading in magnesium can actually mean you're low in magnesium if you're only measuring it in the serum. RBC (red blood cell) magnesium:  This is the gold standard for when you want your magnesium tested. Magnesium Glycinate: (Marge amazon link) Is often recommended by doctors.  Transferred through the intestinal wall. Very expensive option. Calming on NMDA receptor. (Glutamate is excitatory) Magnesium Malate:  Absorbs very slowly; sustained release. More powerful on the energy cycle. You'll see more of a difference in how you actually feel. Thomas uses it to remain even keeled. How combining magnesium with malic acid contributes to ATP production. Has to do with how it accompanies potassium. When you have malate, magnesium can do its job better. It aids the magnesium as well as potassium in producing ATP. -More forms of magnesium...26:53 Magnesium oxide: Non-chelated; you'll take it throughout the day. Used more for acid reflux treatment. Very low bio-availability and very specific uses. Magnesium Oratate: Same category as magnesium taurate. Helps with delivery to the cell membrane. Good for the DNA and RNA cycle. Used in calming situations such as meditation. Cardiac benefits. Magnesium sulfate: Easy to overdose. Epsom salt baths: Hard to determine if it's absorbed via the skin or through the breath. -How much magnesium actually gets absorbed with the lotions and sprays available on the market...38:40 The form of magnesium changes when it enters your body. Flawed marketing; not enough research to determine its efficacy one way or the other. Magnesium carbonate... Used as an alternative to a calcium form of chalk you find at the gym. -Magnesium threonate...42:00 Powerful effect on the blood brain barrier. Has been used in the treatment of PTSD. -The supplement Ben uses to induce weird and amazing dreams...45:30 -Is there a way to elongate the time in which magnesium is absorbed in order to reduce the laxative and other unpleasant effects?...47:36 Take into account what other minerals it's working with. Couple it with the right vitamins and minerals. P5P = Vitamin B6.  Magnesium has over 300 enzymatic reactions. B6 helps with ~30 of those reactions, including the manufacturing of serotonin and dopamine in the brain. Is involved in the absorption of magnesium. Hard to convert folic acid into folate. Vitamin B9, along with magnesium is a co-factor with Vitamin B6; allows you to better absorb the magnesium. Vitamins B6, B9 and B12 are the trifecta for working with magnesium. -The relationship between magnesium and ceruloplasmin and iron.59:30 Iron oxidizes, whether in your body or out. Too much of it will occupy oxygens that could be doing other good things. We have an abundance of iron, but it's "bound iron." We need the unbound iron; it allows other minerals to do their job. We need other minerals to counteract the overabundance of bound iron. Magnesium allows iron to enter into the unbound state and help red blood cell function. Ceruloplasmin helps with the utilization of iron; taking the iron in your body and turning it into a true storage form. -What tests Thomas recommends to analyze these things...1:06:00 -The study Thomas published on the effects of magnesium...1:08:10 Sponsored by . 28% and 63% improvement over 30 and 60 days. Red blood cell magnesium increased 6% and 30% over 30 and 90 days. Resources from this episode: -The Ancient Minerals magnesium bath flakes Ben uses -The Ancient Minerals magnesium lotion Ben uses -The longevity panel Ben performs that has an RBC magnesium evaluation -The Facebook video in which Ben demonstrates how he uses an infrared light in a magnesium chloride bath - -BioCBD topical CBD lotion -Mugwort essential oil from Essential Oil Wizardry - -The Magnesium Miracle book by Dr. Carolyn Dean Episode Sponsors: - Support for normal blood sugar levels and healthy energy metabolism, even after large, carb-rich meals. 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Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of how magnesium deficiency affects the brain, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researched and provided over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. In spite of all these potential outcomes, protecting your brain power can be simple! Tonight on our internet based radio show, we'll be talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean about Magnesium - How It Protects Your Brain along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with our callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the 'conflict' in the 'conflict basis' of disease and much more!!

Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of how magnesium deficiency affects the brain, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researched and provided over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. In spite of all these potential outcomes, protecting your brain power can be simple! Tonight on our internet based radio show, we'll be talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean about Magnesium - How It Protects Your Brain along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with our callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the 'conflict' in the 'conflict basis' of disease and much more!!

Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of how magnesium deficiency affects the brain, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researched and provided over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. In spite of all these potential outcomes, protecting your brain power can be simple! Tonight on our internet based radio show, we'll be talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean about Magnesium - How It Protects Your Brain along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with our callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the 'conflict' in the 'conflict basis' of disease and much more!!

Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of how magnesium deficiency affects the brain, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researched and provided over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. In spite of all these potential outcomes, protecting your brain power can be simple! Tonight on our internet based radio show, we'll be talking with Dr. Carolyn Dean about Magnesium - How It Protects Your Brain along with a wide range of health topics and safe solutions. You will love hearing the beneficial interactions with our callers and hosts alike including the body/mind connection, identifying the 'conflict' in the 'conflict basis' of disease and much more!!

Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of the implications of magnesium deficiency on individuals and families, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researches and provides over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. **You can get a free chapter of Dr. Dean's 2017 Edition of The Magnesium Miracle here** Given the complexity of many of these conditions, it would seem that boosting your brain power may be difficult. But, actually, in many cases boosting your brain power can be simple! You can supplement your dietary intake of magnesium and other beneficial minerals such as zinc with Dr. Dean's very own ReMag Magnesium Solution, a 60,000 ppm concentration of 99.99% pure elemental magnesium and ReMyte, her very same proprietary picometer mineral product, both designed to slip right into the mineral channels of your cells and saturate your entire body, mind and spirit with magnesium and mineral delight!

ncreasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of the implications of magnesium deficiency on individuals and families, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researches and provides over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. **You can get a free chapter of Dr. Dean's 2017 Edition of The Magnesium Miracle here** Given the complexity of many of these conditions, it would seem that boosting your brain power may be difficult. But, actually, in many cases boosting your brain power can be simple! You can supplement your dietary intake of magnesium and other beneficial minerals such as zinc with Dr. Dean's very own ReMag Magnesium Solution, a 60,000 ppm concentration of 99.99% pure elemental magnesium and ReMyte, her very same proprietary picometer mineral product, both designed to slip right into the mineral channels of your cells and saturate your entire body, mind and spirit with magnesium and mineral delight!

Increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of the implications of magnesium deficiency on individuals and families, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researches and provides over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. **You can get a free chapter of Dr. Dean's 2017 Edition of The Magnesium Miracle here** Given the complexity of many of these conditions, it would seem that boosting your brain power may be difficult. But, actually, in many cases boosting your brain power can be simple! You can supplement your dietary intake of magnesium and other beneficial minerals such as zinc with Dr. Dean's very own ReMag Magnesium Solution, a 60,000 ppm concentration of 99.99% pure elemental magnesium and ReMyte, her very same proprietary picometer mineral product, both designed to slip right into the mineral channels of your cells and saturate your entire body, mind and spirit with magnesium and mineral delight!

ncreasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities. This comes on the heels of much research and speculation that inadequate levels of magnesium could impair cognitive function, leading to faster deterioration of memory in aging humans. In fact, because of the implications of magnesium deficiency on individuals and families, world-renown magnesium expert  Dr. Carolyn Dean thoroughly researches and provides over 600 medical and scientific references in her newest edition of The Magnesium Miracle 2017 Edition, many of which refer directly to the function of the central nervous system! The following excerpts citing magnesium's role in the brain function and cognition is taken from The Magnesium Miracle, 2017 Edition: * Stroke: The U.S. population, deficient in magnesium, is at greater risk for stroke with severe post-stroke complications. There can be poor recovery from head injury and escalating neurological damage. Lack of magnesium can enhance neurotoxin damage from vast numbers of chemicals in our air, food, and water. * Brain Trauma: Higher magnesium levels are associated with a better recovery, and giving magnesium will create a better healing outcome. IV magnesium sulfate significantly reduces brain edema following brain injury and is used to treat patients with severe TBI without adverse effects. This is crucial information to give your doctor if your child suffers a head injury or any family member is involved in a motor vehicle accident. Good Neurosurgeons give IV magnesium to all their surgical patients. * Diuretics Dry Out The Brain: A journal case study reported that an elderly woman’s Serum Magnesium level became depleted due to a diuretic she was taking for hypertension. She was admitted to the hospital with severe weakness and developed an overt psychosis with paranoid delusions. Following large intravenous doses of magnesium, her symptoms disappeared within twenty-four hours. However, her symptoms returned as long as she was taking the diuretic. People who are prescribed diuretics should check with their doctor about taking at least 600 mg a day of supplemental magnesium in divided doses. In that way, many of the side effects of diuretics can be avoided. * Aging: French magnesium researcher Dr. Pierre Delbet, who practiced in the early 1900s, was convinced that the aging body’s tissues have three times more calcium than magnesium. He knew that calcium precipitates out into tissues that are deficient in magnesium. He observed the toxicity of excess calcium in the testicles, brain, and other tissues and concluded almost a century ago that magnesium deficiency plays a role in senility. * Memory: Research at MIT, however, produced a study in 2004 that elevates magnesium to the position of memory enhancer. Particular brain receptors important for learning and memory depend on magnesium for their regulation. The researchers describe magnesium as an absolutely necessary component of the cerebrospinal fluid in order to keep these learning and memory receptors active. The term they use for this activity, interactivity, and changeability is plasticity. * Fear: MIT researcher found that “As predicted by our theory, increasing the concentration of magnesium and reducing the background level of noise led to the largest increases of plasticity ever reported in scientific literature.” In English, that statement simply means that magnesium reduces the physical reaction to fear, which can only be a good thing! * Treating Telomeres: A telomere is an essential part of chromosomes that affect how our cells age. Telomeres are the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect them from unraveling or getting attached to another chromosome. The current research on aging is firmly tied up with telomeres. It should come as no surprise that magnesium is tightly wrapped up with telomeres. But the real shock is how few researchers are focusing on the miracle of magnesium in keeping telomeres from unraveling. Instead, they are looking for drugs or formulating expensive supplements to save the telomeres – ignoring the solution that’s right before their eyes. * Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s: There is evidence that magnesium deficiency can trigger or worsen Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.[i] These conditions are the neurological equivalent of heart disease. After all, both heart and brain are excitable tissues that give off electrical energy, and both must have magnesium. **You can get a free chapter of Dr. Dean's 2017 Edition of The Magnesium Miracle here** Given the complexity of many of these conditions, it would seem that boosting your brain power may be difficult. But, actually, in many cases boosting your brain power can be simple! You can supplement your dietary intake of magnesium and other beneficial minerals such as zinc with Dr. Dean's very own ReMag Magnesium Solution, a 60,000 ppm concentration of 99.99% pure elemental magnesium and ReMyte, her very same proprietary picometer mineral product, both designed to slip right into the mineral channels of your cells and saturate your entire body, mind and spirit with magnesium and mineral delight!