weight loss

[Guest guest]

I've just received a newsletter from M. Lark, M.D. in which I found the

following

quote: " I've seen many weight problems vanish with magnesium. This is

because it stops cortisol production, which makes you big in the

belly.....Too little magnesium,

and you're likely to have an inflamed, bloated body...Adjust the chemical

balance,

and I've seen women lose up to ten pounds in a single week. You need 400 mg

of magnesium a day to get every cell and every hormone cranking but most

women only get half that. "

Does anyone know anything about this? (Dr. Lark is selling her newsletter,

Not magnesium tablets).

dorothy

[Guest guest]

What kind of magnesium preparation does Dr. Lark advise using? I use 250

mgs. of magnesium oxide and gluconate when I need a laxative. I think it

indicates that I'm not absorbing the magnesium. I take magnesium citrate

sometimes, and it doesn't loosen things up, so maybe it's being absorbed?

One tablet of 200 mgs. doesn't seem to do anything I can notice. By the

way, does anyone know of any adverse affects of the citrate preparations?

I've been meaning to write to vitaminshoppe to see if the citric acid in

supplements is derived from corn as it sometimes can be. I read somewhere

that calcium citrate has more citric acid in it than calcium and that it

floods cells. Doesn't sound too good. J.

weight loss

I've just received a newsletter from M. Lark, M.D. in which I found

the

following

quote: " I've seen many weight problems vanish with magnesium. This is

because it stops cortisol production, which makes you big in the

belly.....Too little magnesium,

and you're likely to have an inflamed, bloated body...Adjust the chemical

balance,

and I've seen women lose up to ten pounds in a single week. You need 400 mg

of magnesium a day to get every cell and every hormone cranking but most

women only get half that. "

Does anyone know anything about this? (Dr. Lark is selling her newsletter,

Not magnesium tablets).

dorothy

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[Guest guest]

<< What kind of magnesium preparation does Dr. Lark advise using? >>

She doesn't say in the newsletter, but her website is DrLark.com and

this contains message boards and some answers to questions by Dr. L.

dorothy

[Guest guest]

<< You might want to research this a bit first. Magnesium is in fact quite

helpful and important in a number of problems, but mercy it doesn't " stop

cortisol production " . >>

Well, that's why I asked about it...I get all these newsletters from

Whittaker,

, Sinatra, and several others...and they are all designed to sell the

newsletter--so have no idea how much is really accurate. dorothy

[Guest guest]

You might want to research this a bit first. Magnesium is in fact quite

helpful and important in a number of problems, but mercy it doesn't " stop

cortisol production " . Might help balance things, but some of what that

doctor is saying is a little bit hyped up. Many people with LOW CORTISOL

levels need magnesium, so it's definitely not accurate to say that it " stops

cortisol production " . Besides the fact that you would DIE if it did. (duh)

If people have high cortisol levels (cushings disease) then it wouldn't be

at all suprising if dealing with vitamin and mineral deficiencies helped

balance out the cortisol levels somewhat, but my goodness, that doesn't mean

that everyone who is fat can just take magnesium and lose weight. Sounds

like you'd just be losing water from swelling anyway. A more balanced way

of determining a supplement regimen would be to use hair analysis or at

least a logical plan. Things work together, so they should be taken in a

balanced, informed way (which I'm not even informed enough about to have any

opinions on).

Weight is all about balance, and for some people maybe magnesium would help,

but for others it's going to be only PART of the picture. Magnesium is

good, but not necessarily just for the reasons this doctor is saying. I

haven't read it (trying to get it through interlibrary loan), but someone

told me that one of Sherry books talks about the effects/benefits of

magnesium.

The kind my doctor has me on is by Bio-Metabolic Nutrition " made with

growform nutrients " and I have a feeling it's one of those kinds that you

can only get through a practitioner. I know Teitelbaum in 'FromFatigued to

Fantastic " debates the various kinds of magnesium sources. Probably

" Prescription for Nutritional Healing " would have good information as well.